[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rahway as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the ordinances of the City of Rahway of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the City Council of the City of Rahway, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters 1 through 199, inclusive, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the City of Rahway," 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.
All provisions of this ordinance and the Code
shall be in full force and effect on and after August 1, 1984.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been
filed in the office of the City 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 City of Rahway by impressing thereon
the seal of the City, as provided by law, and such certified copy
shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the City, to be
made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all
times while the 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 City of Rahway" 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 the said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the City of Rahway, 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
City. 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 the Clerk's
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 City Council, 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 City of Rahway to be misrepresented
thereby. Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall be
subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment
for not more than 90 days, or both, 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 December 12, 1979.
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 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 City's indebtedness, and any ordinance confirming
interlocal services agreements.
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.
Ordinances establishing the amount and manner of payment
of salaries or compensation of officers and employees; establishing
workdays and working hours of certain employees; providing for holidays
and vacations for employees and keeping of employment records; relating
to civil service participation and any legislation establishing personnel
policies.
L.
Any ordinance regulating traffic or parking.
M.
Any ordinance regulating brush, grass or weeds.
N.
Any ordinance regulating the licensing of retail food
establishments.
O.
Any ordinance providing for housing standards in the
City.
P.
Any ordinance providing for the approval of urban
renewal plans and developments.
Q.
An ordinance adopted 7-8-1974 to control the disclosure
of political contributions.
R.
Any legislation establishing police regulations.
S.
An ordinance adopted 7-11-1978 relating to the Lenohe
Park flood control.
T.
Any ordinance relating to Zoning Map changes.
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 City 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: Information regarding the sections
and articles that were added, amended or deleted at time of adoption
of the 1984 Code is on file in the City offices.
C.
Penalties. The penalty provisions of certain ordinances
of the City of Rahway, as enumerated below, are hereby amended to
provide for penalties of a maximum fine of $500 or maximum imprisonment
of 90 days, or both, and, where applicable, that each day such violation
is continued or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Information regarding the penalty
sections that were amended or added at time of adoption of the 1984
Code is on file in the City offices.
[Adopted 12-10-2001 by Ord. No. O-56-01]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the 1984 Code of the City of Rahway, as adopted by the City Council of the City of Rahway on July 9, 1984, and subsequent ordinances of the City of Rahway of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and as renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 through 421, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the City of Rahway," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
