[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Readington
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-4-1999 by Ord. No. 20-99]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Readington and the Board of Health of Readington Township of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Readington and the Board of Health of Readington Township, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
1 through
277, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Readington," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all other general and permanent
ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances
as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal or continued in force.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication
according to law.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form and disposition lists have been
filed in the office of the Township Clerk and shall remain there for use and
examination by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance; and,
if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the
Clerk of the Township of Readington by impressing thereon the Seal of the
township, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file
in the office of the Clerk of the township, to be made available to persons
desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when passed
and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the governing body to
make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code
so that reference to the "Code of the Township of Readington" shall be understood
and intended to include such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions,
amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter
be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing
said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Township of Readington, pursuant to law, shall cause
to be published, in the manner required, a copy of this Adopting Ordinance
in a newspaper of general circulation in the township. Sufficient copies of
the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk for inspection by
the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and publication
of this Adopting Ordinance, coupled with availability of copies of the Code
for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due
and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or someone authorized and directed
by the Clerk to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing
the Code required to be filed in his or her office for the use of the public.
All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted subsequent to the effective
date of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of the
Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such
changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said Code book, at
which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased
from the Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk, upon the payment of a
fee to be set by the Township Committee. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures
for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions
or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such
Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Township of
Readington to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or
any part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to one or more
of the following: a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more
than 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, in the
discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
Each section of the Code and every part of each section is an independent
section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof
to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed
to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts
thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent section, and the holding
of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any other sections or parts thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature
adopted and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance and not
contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this
Adopting Ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in §
1-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any ordinance adopted subsequent to 10-20-1999.
B. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance
or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty,
punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding
pending or any judgment rendered, prior to the effective date of this ordinance,
brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred.
F. Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing of grade, changing
of name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement,
street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. Any ordinance or resolution appropriating money or transferring
funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance
and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the township's
indebtedness.
H. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer
of property or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
I. The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges
or the approval of the municipal budget.
J. The dedication of property or approval of preliminary
or final subdivision plats.
K. All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the
rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
L. Any ordinance adopting or amending the Zoning Map.
M. Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan
or pension fund for municipal employees.
N. All currently effective land development ordinances.
O. Any ordinance establishing or amending voluntary agricultural
districts and boundaries.
P. All currently effective ordinances establishing or amending
permit and other fees for the uniform construction codes.
Q. All currently effective ordinances regulating dogs and
other animals.
R. The swimming pool ordinance adopted 11-20-1972, as amended.
S. All currently effective ordinances regulating vehicles,
traffic and parking in the township.
A. In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption
and revision as part of the Code pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, certain grammatical
changes and other minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances.
It is the intention of the Township Committee that all such changes be adopted
as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally
amended to read as such.
B. In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions as
set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith,
to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and
section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered
and appear in the Code.)
C. Nomenclature changes. The following changes in titles
and references are hereby enacted:
(1) Throughout the Code, references to "Magistrate" are deleted
or revised to read "Judge."
(2) In Chapter
18, Environmental Commission, the title "Conservation Commission" is revised to read "Environmental Commission."
(3) In Chapter
142, Improvement Standards, the term "Planning Board" is changed to "Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment."
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in §
1-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any ordinance of the Board of Health adopted subsequent
to 9-17-1998.
B. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance,
or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision, or any penalty,
punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding
pending, or any judgment rendered, prior to the effective date of this ordinance,
brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred.
F. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer
of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.
G. Any provisions of an ordinance or resolution of the Board
of Health creating employments, positions or offices and fixing salaries and
duties therefor which are not provided in the Code hereby adopted and which
are not in conflict or inconsistent therewith, or any ordinance pertaining
to the salaries and compensation of Board of Health officers and employees.
A. In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Board
of Health for adoption and revision as part of the Code pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:49-4, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes were made in
one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Board of Health
that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances
so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions
are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance
(chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have
been renumbered and appear in the Code).
(1) Violations and penalties. The following sections have been added or amended to replace the penalty with standard fines of not less than $5 nor more than $500: §§
248-6; 257-8; and 265-23.
(2) Chapter
265, Sanitation (Ord. of 12-15-1995). Original Sections 2:4-3 through 2:4-6 are deleted as superseded by Chapter 12 of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code.
(3) Chapter
268, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, Article
III, Individual Subsurface Sewage Disposal (Ord. Nos. 98-1 and 98-2). Section
268-15 is amended to read as follows: "A copy of this article, together with a written statement and supporting data explaining all provisions which differ from the state regulations, is on file with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection."
(4)
(a) Article
I, Individual and Semipublic Water Supplies (Ord. of 10-19-1971). Section 277-2B(5) is amended to change "60 feet" to "50 feet."
(b) Article
II, Water Emergencies (Ord. of 12-18-1991). Section
277-19 is amended to delete the words "and N.J.S.A. Title 7, Ch. 19A-1.1 et seq."
C. Nomenclature changes. Throughout the Code, references
to "Magistrate" are hereby deleted or revised to read "Judge."
In the interpretation of wording in the Code of the Township of Readington,
it is the intention of the Board of Health that all words purporting the male
gender be interpreted to include the female gender as well, unless the context
precludes such interpretation.
[During the process of codification, certain complete new ordinances
were approved by the Township Committee for inclusion in the Code of the Township
of Readington. Such new ordinances are noted in the histories of individual
chapters as "Adopted ... during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II." During the course of routine supplementation, specific amendment
dates will be inserted where pertinent in the text of the various chapters.
The listing below sets forth each chapter affected by any such legislation
adopted during codification. The complete text of such ordinances is on file
in the office of the Township Clerk where it may be inspected during regular
office hours.]
Chapter/Article
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Adoption Date
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Legislation
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9, Claims, Article II, Payment of Bills and Claims
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10-4-1999
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Ord. No. 22-99
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