Borough of Hillsdale, NJ
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2023-06-13
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 51 Officers and Employees
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Article IX Attorney
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Claims, Bills and Salaries, Payment of
- Ch 12 Contracts, Public Professional Service
- Ch 13 Contracts With Governmental Contracting Units
- Ch 17 Court, Municipal
- Ch 21 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 25 Environmental Commission
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 32 Flag, Official
- Ch 35 Health, Board of
- Ch 39 Housing Authority
- Ch 45 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 51 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Art IX Attorney
- § 51-37 Office created.
- § 51-38 Appointment and term.
- § 51-39 Powers and duties.
- Ch 55 Our Town Committee
- Ch 57 Payroll
- Ch 59 Personnel Practices
- Ch 63 Police Department
- Ch 67 Recreation Commission
- Ch 68 Retirement
- Ch 69 Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 71 Swimming Pool Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 84 Alarm Systems
- Ch 88 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 92 Amusements
- Ch 96 Animals
- Ch 100 Auctions
- Ch 106 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 110 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 116 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 124 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 126 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 130 Drive-In Theaters
- Ch 132 Drunk Driving Free School Zones
- Ch 138 Fees
- Ch 140 Filming, Commercial and Movie
- Ch 142 Firearms
- Ch 146 Fire Prevention
- Ch 154 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 158 Games of Chance
- Ch 162 Garage Sales
- Ch 166 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 171 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 175 Hydraulic Fracturing
- Ch 178 Insurance
- Ch 184 Library
- Ch 188 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 190 Lien Searches, Municipal
- Ch 192 Limousines
- Ch 196 Littering
- Ch 200 Mailboxes
- Ch 204 Mobile Telephones
- Ch 208 Noise Control
- Ch 212 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 216 Parades and Street Meetings
- Ch 218 Parking Lots
- Ch 220 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 224 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 226 Penalties
- Ch 228 Property Maintenance
- Ch 230 Records
- Ch 232 Recycling
- Ch 234 Rental Property
- Ch 240 Sewers
- Ch 246 Smoking
- Ch 248 Soil Movement
- Ch 252 Solid Waste
- Ch 256 Stonybrook Swim Club
- Ch 258 Storm Sewers
- Ch 260 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 264 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 268 Target Ranges
- Ch 270 Taxation
- Ch 272 Taxicabs
- Ch 274 Tobacco Products
- Ch 276 Trailers and Camp Cars
- Ch 284 Traveling Shows, Carnivals and Circuses
- Ch 286 Trees
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 292 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 294 Vehicles, Idling of
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 305 Contribution Disclosure Statements
- Ch 310 Land Use
- Part IV: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 323 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 329 Air Pollution
- Ch 331 Extermination
- Ch 335 Fees
- Ch 339 Food Establishments
- Ch 345 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 353 Sanitary Inspector
- Ch 358 Solid Waste Management
- Ch 361 Swimming Pools
- Ch 363 Tobacco Sales
- Ch 365 Wildlife, Feeding of
- Ch 369 Water Supply, Protection of
- Appendix
- Ch A374 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A375 Telephone Company
- Ch A376 Fire Official and Fire Department Standard Operating Guide
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 2-9-1993 as Ord.
No. 93-1]
Pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-139, there is hereby
created the office of Municipal Attorney.
The Mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the
Council, the Borough Attorney, who shall be a person licensed to practice
law in the State of New Jersey, for a term of one year commencing
January 1 and terminating December 31 in each year. Whenever a vacancy
should occur, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term only.
The Borough Attorney shall have such powers and perform such
duties as are provided for the office of Borough Attorney by general
law or ordinances of the Borough. The Borough Attorney shall represent
the Borough in all judicial and administrative proceedings in which
the municipality or any of its officers or agencies may be a party
or have an interest as directed by the governing body. The Borough
Attorney shall give all legal counsel and advice where required by
the governing body or any member thereof and shall, in general, serve
as the legal adviser to the governing body on all matters of Borough
business. In furtherance of such general powers and duties, but without
limitation thereto, the Borough Attorney shall:
A.
Draft or approve as to form and sufficiency all legal documents,
contracts, deeds, ordinances and resolutions made, executed or adopted
by or on behalf of the Borough.
B.
With the approval of the governing body, conduct appeals from orders,
decisions or judgments affecting any interest of the Borough.
C.
Subject to the approval of the governing body, have power to enter
into any agreement, compromise or settlement of any litigation in
which the Borough is involved.
D.
Render opinions in writing upon any question of law requested by
a majority of the governing body or the Borough Administrator with
respect to their official powers and duties and perform such duties
as may be necessary to provide legal counsel to the governing body
in the administration of municipal affairs.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 2-107, Compensation, which immediately
followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code 5-13-1997
by Ord. No. 97-8
