City of Clifton, NJ
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2024-02-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 461 Zoning
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Article XIV Violations and Penalties
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 6 Advisory Beautification Committee
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing
- Ch 9 Bonds and Notes
- Ch 11 Advisory Committee on Civil Rights
- Ch 12 Open Space Trust Fund Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 Claims for Damages
- Ch 15 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 17 Clifton Arts Center Gallery and Sculpture Park Committee
- Ch 19 Constables
- Ch 23 Cooperative and Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 27 Court, Municipal
- Ch 31 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Elections, Municipal
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Fire Department
- Ch 43 Advisory Committee for Individuals With Disabilities
- Ch 44 Environmental Commission
- Ch 45 Hazardous Materials Control Board
- Ch 47 Health Department
- Ch 50 Historian
- Ch 51 Historical Commission
- Ch 57 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 61 Leases
- Ch 65 Library
- Ch 73 Personnel Policies
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 81 Protected Tenancy Act, Administration of
- Ch 85 Recreation, Advisory Board of
- Ch 87 Recreation, Department of
- Ch 91 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 95 Residency Requirements
- Ch 99 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 103 Seal
- Ch 107 Solid Waste Management Authority
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 121 Advertising
- Ch 125 Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment
- Ch 127 Air Pollution
- Ch 129 Airports and Aircraft
- Ch 133 Alarm Devices
- Ch 137 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 141 Amusements
- Ch 145 Apartment Rental Businesses
- Ch 149 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 153 (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Barges and Boats
- Ch 159 Bazaars, Carnivals, Circuses and Festivals
- Ch 163 Billiard Rooms, Bowling Alleys and Dance Halls
- Ch 167 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 171 Bootblacks
- Ch 175 Brush, Weeds, Uncut Grass and Debris
- Ch 179 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 181 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 185 Political Signs
- Ch 189 Canvassing and Soliciting
- Ch 193 Cemeteries
- Ch 195 Certificates of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 196 Compost, Mulch and Topsoil
- Ch 197 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 199 Contractors
- Ch 201 Developer Fees and Escrow Deposits, Zoning
- Ch 203 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 205 Donation Bins, Clothing/Material
- Ch 207 Dry-Cleaning Establishments, Coin-Operated
- Ch 209 Dumpsters and Refuse Containers
- Ch 210 Dwelling Certificate
- Ch 211 Body Piercing, Scarring, Branding
- Ch 213 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 215 Entertainment
- Ch 219 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 223 Fees
- Ch 227 Fingerprinting
- Ch 231 Fire Limits
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 235 Fire Zones
- Ch 239 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 241 Florists
- Ch 245 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 247 Foodstuffs
- Ch 251 Fund-Raising, Political
- Ch 255 Gambling Devices
- Ch 257 Games of Chance
- Ch 259 Garage Sales and House Sales
- Ch 261 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 263 Graffiti
- Ch 265 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 269 Heating of Buildings
- Ch 271 Hours of Construction
- Ch 273 Housing Standards
- Ch 277 Hunting
- Ch 281 Ice Cream Peddling
- Ch 283 Illegal Occupancies and Conversions
- Ch 285 Insurance
- Ch 289 Junkyards and Junk Shops
- Ch 295 Landfills
- Ch 296 Landscapers
- Ch 299 Library Property
- Ch 303 Licensed Businesses
- Ch 305 Lighting
- Ch 307 Littering
- Ch 309 Massage Establishments
- Ch 311 Meats
- Ch 315 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 317 Motion-Picture Filming
- Ch 319 Motorbuses
- Ch 323 Newsracks
- Ch 327 Noise
- Ch 331 (Reserved)
- Ch 332 Nuisances
- Ch 335 Obscene Materials
- Ch 337 Oil Heat Retrofit Program
- Ch 339 Parades
- Ch 341 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 343 Parking for Handicapped Persons
- Ch 345 Parking, Off-Street
- Ch 347 Parking of Truck Tractors, Trailers and Buses
- Ch 349 Permit Parking on Residential Streets and Municipal Lots
- Ch 351 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 355 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 358 Portable Storage Units
- Ch 361 Quarries
- Ch 363 Rent Control
- Ch 367 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 369 Right-Of-Way Use Agreements
- Ch 371 Sales, Special
- Ch 374 Sewer Utility
- Ch 375 Sewers
- Ch 376 Sexual Offenders, Registration of
- Ch 377 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 378 Shopping Carts
- Ch 379 Skating Rinks
- Ch 381 Smoking on Municipal Property
- Ch 383 Snow and Ice, Removal of
- Ch 387 Soil Removal
- Ch 391 Solicitations, Public
- Ch 393 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 393A Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting, Private
- Ch 394 Stormwater Control
- Ch 395 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 399 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 403 Swimming and Swimming Pools
- Ch 407 Tattooing
- Ch 411 Taxation
- Ch 413 Taxis and Limousines
- Ch 415 Telephones, Public
- Ch 417 Tenancies, Protected
- Ch 421 Theaters
- Ch 425 Towers
- Ch 429 Transient Merchants and Pawnbrokers
- Ch 433 Trees and Shrubbery
- Ch 439 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 441 Vehicles, Diesel-Powered
- Ch 443 Vehicles, Renting and Leasing of
- Ch 445 Vehicles, Sale of New or Used
- Ch 449 Vending Machines
- Ch 451 Venereal Disease Preventatives
- Ch 455 Water
- Ch 461 Zoning
- Ch 461 Art XIV Violations and Penalties
- § 461-71 Violations and penalties.
- § 461-72 Interpretation of provisions.
- Appendix
- Ch A470 Cable Television
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 5-16-1989 by Ord. No. 5351-89; 5-3-1994 by Ord. No. 5680-94; 7-18-1995 by Ord. No. 5752-95]
A.Â
Any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished
by one or more of the following:
[Amended 8-7-2002 by Ord. No. 6300-02]
B.Â
The minimum penalty or fine for the violation of any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be $100.
[Amended 8-7-2002 by Ord. No. 6300-02]
C.Â
Each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be
a separate and distinct offense.
[Amended 8-7-2002 by Ord. No. 6300-02]
D.Â
In addition to the foregoing fines or penalties, any
person, partnership, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter within one year of the date of a previous violation
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to be sentenced
to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine shall
not be less than the minimum nor exceed the maximum fine as set forth
above and shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for
a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 8-7-2002 by Ord. No. 6300-02]
E.Â
The imposition of a penalty for a violation of this
chapter shall not excuse the violation and shall not prevent the enforced
removal of the prohibited condition, and each day the prohibited condition
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
F.Â
Any tenant who receives a notice of eviction pursuant
to Section 3 of P.L. 1974, c. 49 (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.2) that results
from zoning or code enforcement activity for an illegal occupancy,
as set forth in Paragraph (3) of Subsection g of Section 2 of P.L.
1974, c. 49 (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1), shall be considered a displaced
person and shall be entitled to relocation assistance in an amount
equal to six times the monthly rental paid by the displaced person.
The owner of the structure shall be liable for the payment of relocation
assistance pursuant to this section. In addition to being required
to pay reimbursement for relocation assistance, an additional fine
shall be paid by the owner of the structure for each illegal occupancy,
up to an amount equal to six times the monthly rental paid by the
displaced person.
G.Â
In addition, any person, partnership, firm or corporation
who or which rents, leases or causes to be rented, leased or otherwise
occupied any dwelling unit in violation of any provision of this chapter
or any other chapters of the Code of the City of Clifton which results
in the displacement of tenants shall be responsible for all relocation
costs as set forth in N.J.S.A. 20:4-6.1 et seq.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements
for the promotion of the public health, safety, convenience, prosperity
and general welfare.
