[Adopted 3-4-2003 by Ord. No. 03-2999]
The chapters contained in the "Code of the Borough of Bergenfield, 2002," consisting of Chapters 1 through 303, are based upon the 1975 Revised General Ordinances and the ordinances of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bergenfield adopted since 1975.
Said ordinances, as revised and codified, renumbered as to sections and rearranged into chapters, constitute the Code of the Borough of Bergenfield, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey.
All additions or amendments to the revision, when so designated, shall be deemed to be incorporated in the revision so that reference to the "Code of the Borough of Bergenfield," as amended, as well as reference to the "Revision" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
A copy of the revision shall be kept on file in the Office of the Borough Clerk, preserved in loose leaf form, or in such other form as the Borough Clerk may consider most expedient. This copy of the revision shall be available to all persons desiring to examine the same and shall be considered the official copy of the revision. Upon adoption, the copy shall be certified by the Clerk by impressing thereon the Borough Seal, and the copy shall remain on file with the Clerk at all times and be available for inspection by the public.
In case of amendment to any section of the revision, or the adoption of a new section for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty section of the revision shall apply.[1]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 1, Art. II, General Penalty.
No person shall insert or delete any pages or make any other changes in any copy of the revision for the purpose of misrepresenting the contents of the revision. Updates will be supplied by General Code periodically, and the Code book shall be brought to the office of the Borough Clerk for insertion of the new pages. For the purpose of invoking penalties under this section, this ordinance shall be deemed to be a part of the revision.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed as to such inconsistency only.
This ordinance shall take effect after final passage and publication as required by law.