[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Alexandria as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
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."
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 7-9-1997.
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.
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 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 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).
C. General Nomenclature:
(1) Municipal Magistrate is changed to Municipal Court
Judge.
(2) Dog Warden is changed to Animal Control Officer.
[Amended 4-12-2006]
A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
[Adopted 10-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-09-011]
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.
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.
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.
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.