[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rahway 4-11-2016 by Ord. No. O-7-16[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 Art I Organization of City Government
- § 5-1 Offices, departments.
- Ch 5 Art II General Requirements
- § 5-2 Oath of office.
- § 5-3 Bonds of officers and employees.
- § 5-4 Form and approval of bonds; failure to deliver bond.
- § 5-5 Purchase of insurance policies.
- § 5-6 Contracts and documents.
- § 5-7 Annual audits.
- Ch 5 Art III Departments
- § 5-8 Department heads; powers and duties.
- § 5-9 Vacancies in office of Director; Acting Director.
- § 5-10 Temporary disability of administrative officer.
- Ch 5 Art IV Office of the Mayor
- § 5-11 Powers and duties.
- Ch 5 Art V Powers of Mayor During Civil Emergencies
- § 5-12 Extraordinary powers enumerated; definitions.
- § 5-13 Obedience to orders.
- § 5-14 Violations and penalties; additional remedies.
- Ch 5 Art VI City Clerk
- § 5-15 Appointment and duties.
- § 5-16 Affixing City Seal.
- § 5-17 Binding, certification and distribution of ordinances and resolutions.
- § 5-18 Publication of ordinances.
- § 5-19 Issuance of and fees for licenses.
- § 5-20 Reference of matters by Council.
- § 5-21 Fees for searches, transcripts and certifications.
- Ch 5 Art VII Office of Emergency Management
- § 5-22 Division of Emergency Management.
- Ch 5 Art VIII Department of Law
- § 5-23 Creation of Department; Director of Law; Municipal Prosecutor; Public Defender.
- § 5-24 Function and duties.
- § 5-25 Disability or absence of Director of Law.
- § 5-26 Special Counsel and additional staff.
- § 5-27 Compensation.
- Ch 5 Art IX Department of Administration
- § 5-28 Creation; head and duties.
- Ch 5 Art X Department of Public Works
- § 5-29 Creation; Director of Public Works.
- § 5-30 Organization.
- Ch 5 Art XI Department of Revenue and Finance
- § 5-31 Creation; Director as head.
- § 5-32 Appointment of Director and Treasurer; term of Treasurer.
- § 5-33 Qualifications of Treasurer.
- § 5-34 Powers and duties of Treasurer.
- § 5-35 Office of Tax Collector.
- § 5-36 Transition.
- § 5-37 Office of Assessments.
- § 5-38 Qualification of Assessor; term.
- § 5-39 Function, powers and duties of Office of Assessments.
- Ch 5 Art XII Department of Recreation and Senior Services
- § 5-40 Creation; department head; divisions.
- § 5-41 Division of Recreation; powers and duties; programs and user charges; violations.
- § 5-42 Division of Senior Services; powers and duties.
- Ch 5 Art XIII Department of Community Development
- § 5-43 Creation; department head.
- § 5-44 Organization; divisions.
- § 5-45 Division of Building and Code Enforcement; Construction Official as head; function.
- § 5-46 Division of Planning; division head; duties.
- § 5-47 Division of Public Health and Housing; City Health Officer as head; duties.
- § 5-48 Division of Engineering; City Engineer as head; duties.
- Ch 5 Art XIV Procedure of Municipal Council
- § 5-49 Presiding officers; powers; vacancy; temporary presiding officer.
- § 5-50 Compensation of Council.
- § 5-51 Regular meetings.
- § 5-52 Special meetings.
- § 5-53 Place of public meetings; executive session; recording of meetings.
- § 5-54 Quorum.
- § 5-55 Committees.
- § 5-56 Order of business; approval and transmittal of minutes.
- § 5-57 Rules of order.
- § 5-58 Preparation and introduction of ordinances and resolutions.
- § 5-59 Adoption of ordinances and resolutions.
- § 5-60 Mayor's veto of ordinances; reconsideration by Council.
- § 5-61 Certification of passage of ordinance over Mayor's veto.
- § 5-62 Nominations for offices or positions.
- § 5-63 Premeeting conferences.
- Ch 5 Art XV Award of Contract
- § 5-64 Award of contracts per Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.).
- Ch 5 Art XVI Vacations
- § 5-65 Employee vacations.
- Ch 5 Art XVII Department of Police
- § 5-66 Establishment; composition; procedures.
- § 5-67 School traffic guards.
- § 5-68 Special police.
- § 5-69 Detective Bureau.
- § 5-70 Juvenile Bureau.
- § 5-71 Special-duty jobs, salary and vehicle fees.
- Ch 5 Art XVIII Department of Fire
- § 5-72 Establishment; composition; procedures.
- § 5-73 Special-duty jobs, salary and vehicle fees.
- Ch 5 Art XIX Use of Recycled Paper for City Stationery
- § 5-73.1 Definitions.
- Ch 5 Art XX Meeting Starting Times of Agencies, Boards and Commissions
- § 5-74 Policy.
- § 5-75 Starting time for meetings.
- § 5-76 Emergency.
- Ch 5 Art XXI Affirmative Action Policy
- § 5-77 Policy.
- § 5-78 Affirmative action officer.
- Ch 9 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 13 Cable Television Advisory Board
- Ch 15 City Funds, Deposit of
- Ch 19 Court, Municipal
- Ch 23 Defense Council
- Ch 27 Downtown Business Improvement Zone
- Ch 31 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Municipal Ethics Board
- Ch 39 Flag
- Ch 43 Funds
- Ch 47 Housing Authority
- Ch 57 Library Board
- Ch 67 Parking Utility, Division of
- Ch 73 Personnel Policies
- Ch 81 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 85 Residency Requirements
- Ch 89 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 93 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 97 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 98 Affordable Housing
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 109 Accommodations: Registration of Guests
- Ch 110 Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 113 Advertising
- Ch 117 Aircraft
- Ch 121 Air Pollution
- Ch 125 Alarm Systems
- Ch 129 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 133 Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated; Picture Arcades
- Ch 137 Amusements, Exhibitions and Performances
- Ch 141 Animals
- Ch 147 Bicycles
- Ch 149 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 151 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 157 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 163 Businesses
- Ch 173 Condominium Conversion
- Ch 177 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 178 Builders and Contractors Licensing
- Ch 181 Curfew
- Ch 189 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 193 Drunk-Driving-Free School Zones
- Ch 199 Fees
- Ch 203 Filming
- Ch 205 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 209 Fire Prevention
- Ch 217 Food Establishments and Vendors, Retail
- Ch 221 Food Service Personnel
- Ch 225 Fuel Deliveries
- Ch 229 Fund-Raising, Political
- Ch 233 Games of Chance
- Ch 237 Garage Sales
- Ch 241 Golf Courses
- Ch 245 Graffiti
- Ch 249 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 253 Headphones
- Ch 257 Dwellings and Structures, Unfit
- Ch 261 Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 265 Junkyards, Junk Shops and Junk Dealers
- Ch 269 Labor Disputes: Recruitment
- Ch 273 Limousines
- Ch 277 Littering
- Ch 281 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 287 Noise
- Ch 291 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 297 Parking: City-Owned Properties
- Ch 303 Pay Telephones
- Ch 307 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 311 Peddling, Soliciting and Vending
- Ch 315 Pool and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 319 Precious Metals, Dealers in
- Ch 319A Property, Abandoned
- Ch 320 Property Maintenance
- Ch 323 Publications, Obscene and Violent
- Ch 327 Recreational Areas
- Ch 331 Roller Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 337 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 341 Shopping Carts
- Ch 344 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 345 Sidewalk Sales, Street Fairs and Block Parties
- Ch 353 Smoking
- Ch 357 Solid Waste
- Ch 361 Stormwater Runoff
- Ch 362 Stormwater Control for Nonresidential Major Development
- Ch 363 Storm Drains
- Ch 365 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 373 Swimming Pools, Public
- Ch 377 Taxation
- Ch 381 Taxicabs
- Ch 385 Tobacco Products
- Ch 389 Tow Trucks; Wreckers
- Ch 393 Trees
- Ch 395 Vacant and Foreclosing Property
- Ch 397 Vehicles, Abandoned or Inoperable
- Ch 401 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 407 Vending Machines, Food and Beverage
- Ch 411 Water
- Ch 415 Weapons
- Ch 416 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 419 Yard Waste Collection
- Land Use Legislation
- Ch 53 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 213 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 349 Site Plan Review
- Ch 369 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 421 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A427 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A431 Communications Facilities
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
