[Adopted 1-9-1978 by Ord.
No. 77-64]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the Township of Cedar Grove of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Council as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 268, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Cedar Grove," 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
Cedar Grove 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 the said Code is in effect.
The Clerk of the Township of Cedar Grove, 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.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when passed
and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the Township Council
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 Cedar Grove 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.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given in § 1-17A and prior to the effective date of this ordinance given in § 1-6 are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such legislation shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk, or someone authorized and directed
by him, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code
required to be filed in his 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 Council, which
may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures for the periodic supplementation
thereof.
[Amended 7-30-1984 by Ord.
No. 84-222; 10-23-2006 by L.L. No. 06-656]
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 Cedar Grove to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section
of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more
than $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion
of the Judge imposing the same.
A.
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.
B.
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.
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 § 1-16 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 Ordinance No. 77-51,
adopted June 20, 1977.
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 provisions.
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 or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J.
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary
or final subdivision plats.
K.
Any ordinance pertaining to the salaries or compensation
of Township officers and employees.
L.
Any ordinance granting a franchise for a cable antenna
television system, specifically Ordinance No. 74-7 adopted 5-6-1974 and all
amendments thereto.
Any word or terms used in the Code which are not defined within the
Code but are defined in the New Jersey statutes shall be deemed to have the
meanings as set forth in said statutes.
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 Council 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]
[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-19B, the following Code sections were added or amended. A complete description of these revisions is on file in the office of the Borough Clerk. §§ 3-1A, 3-15, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-9, 14-11, 14-12, 38-23, 42-1A, 52-4, 52-5, 52-7D, 52-10, 52-11, 52-12, 52-13, 52-14, 52-15A, 52-18A(2), 52-19, 52-23A, 52-23B, 52-25, 52-26A, 52-26B, 52-26D, 52-28B, 52-29A, 52-29E, 52-31, 52-33B, 52-34B, 52-34C, 52-35A, 52-35B, 52-35C, 52-35D, 52-38, 52-39A, 52-39C, 52-42, 52-44, 52-50, 52-56I, 52-57A, 83-13, 86-7, 86-17, 100-4, 100-5, 100-6, 100-8, 153-8, 188-9, 188-10, 188-11, 188-12, 188-13, 188-14, 188-15, 190-1, 190-2, 190-7, 190-14, 190-18, 213-1, 213-2, 213-9, 217-15, 221-11, 226-9, 230-35C, 239-2, 239-3, 239-4, 239-8A, 239-9, 254-7.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 1-20, Delinquent taxes to be paid prior
to permit or license issuance, as amended 5-6-1991 by Ord. No. 91-383, was
repealed by Ord. No. 93-433.
