Township of Alexandria, NJ General Provisions

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Alexandria of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Township Committee of the Township of Alexandria, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 177, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Alexandria," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."

§ 1-2 Code supersedes prior ordinances.

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.

§ 1-3 When effective.

This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication according to law.

§ 1-4 Copy of Code on file.

A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has 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 Alexandria 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.

§ 1-5 Amendments to Code.

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 Alexandria" 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.

§ 1-6 Publication; filing.

The Clerk of the Township of Alexandria, 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.

§ 1-7 Code book to be kept up-to-date.

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.

§ 1-8 Sale of Code book.

Copies of the Code book containing the Code may be purchased from the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Township Township Committee, which may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.

§ 1-9 Altering or tampering with Code; penalties for violation.

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 Alexandria 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.

§ 1-10 Severability of Code provisions.

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.

§ 1-11 Severability of ordinance provisions.

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.

§ 1-12 Repealer.

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.

§ 1-13 Ordinances saved from repeal.

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:

Any ordinance adopted subsequent to 7-9-1997.

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.

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.

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.

Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.

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.

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.

Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.

The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges or the approval of the municipal budget.

The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.

All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.

Any ordinance adopting or amending the Zoning Map.

Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.

§ 1-14 Changes in previously adopted ordinances.

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 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.

In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof (chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code).[1]

[1]

Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-14B, the chapters, articles and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this local law are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 12-10-1997." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Township Clerk's offices.

General Nomenclature:

(1)

Municipal Magistrate is changed to Municipal Court Judge.

(2)

Dog Warden is changed to Animal Control Officer.

§ 1-15 General penalty.

[Amended 4-12-2006]

Except as may be otherwise provided herein or in any chapter of this Code or by state law, any firm, person or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: a minimum fine of not less than $100 but not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day that a violation shall exist shall constitute a separate offense.

For the violation of an ordinance pertaining to unlawful solid waste disposal, at least a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine of not less than $2,500 but not exceeding $10,000.

Any person convicted of the violation of any ordinance may, in the discretion of the court by which he or she was convicted, and in default of the payment of any fine imposed therefor, be imprisoned in county jail or place of detention provided by the municipality, for any term not exceeding 90 days, or be required to perform community service not exceeding 90 days.

Article II Checks and Other Written Instruments

[Adopted 10-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-09-011]

§ 1-16 Authority.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:5-18, and as may be amended from time to time, there is hereby established a service charge for checks or other written instruments tendered to the Township, which are returned for insufficient funds.

§ 1-17 Service charge established.

Whenever payment on an account owing to the Township is tendered by check or other written instrument which is returned for insufficient funds, there shall be a service charge of $20, or the maximum fee as may be permitted by N.J.S.A. 40:5-18, as amended from time to time, whichever is greater, collected and added to the amount due and owing on the account.

§ 1-18 Tax or special assessments.

Whenever an account owing to the Township is for a tax or special assessment, the service charge authorized by this section shall be included on the list of delinquent accounts prepared for the enforcement of the lien.

§ 1-19 Future payments.

Unless waived by the Chief Financial Officer, all future payments on the account owing to the Township for which a check or other written instrument was returned due to insufficient funds shall be tendered in cash or by certified check.