Township of Lower, NJ
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2023-12-18
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 665 Weddings and Civil Unions
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 10 Illicit Connections
- Ch 14 Civil Service
- Ch 18 Claims, Payment of; Purchasing; Payroll
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 52 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 56 Local Defense/Emergency Management Council
- Ch 67 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 73 Mutual Aid
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 95 Professional Service Contracts, Regulation of
- Ch 101 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 106 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 110 Recreational Activities, Promotion of
- Ch 115 Rescue Squads
- Ch 118 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 148 Alarms, False
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 162 Amusement Devices and Games
- Ch 166 Animals
- Ch 167 Pet Waste
- Ch 178 Beaches
- Ch 185 Brush, Grass and Debris
- Ch 191 Builders and Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 199 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 206 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 213 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 221 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 230 Conduct
- Ch 235 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 242 Construction Equipment and Sites
- Ch 247 Construction of Factories and Plants
- Ch 254 Construction Permits
- Ch 260 Curfew
- Ch 273 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 278 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Dumping
- Ch 291 Electrical Standards
- Ch 297 Excavations, Commercial
- Ch 302 Farm, Right to
- Ch 313 Fire Control Measures
- Ch 318 Fire Districts
- Ch 324 Fire-Fighting Equipment, Tampering With
- Ch 330 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 333 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 340 Fire Prevention
- Ch 345 Fire Zones, Lanes and Areas
- Ch 351 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 359 Garage and Other Sales
- Ch 374 Historic Preservation
- Ch 380 Housing Standards
- Ch 386 Ice Cream Vendors
- Ch 387 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 392 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 400 Land Development
- Ch 408 Landfills
- Ch 409 Dredge Materials
- Ch 413 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 419 Littering
- Ch 420 Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 427 Manufactured Homes
- Ch 432 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 441 Noise
- Ch 448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 459 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 467 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 475 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 486 Pornography
- Ch 493 Printed Matters, Unsolicited
- Ch 500 Property Maintenance
- Ch 512 Raffles and Bingo
- Ch 523 Rental Properties
- Ch 529 Secondhand Merchants and Dealers of Precious Metals
- Ch 535 (Reserved)
- Ch 541 Shopping Carts
- Ch 552 Smoking
- Ch 557 Soil Removal
- Ch 564 Solicitation
- Ch 570 Solid Waste
- Ch 571 Refuse Containers/Dumpsters
- Ch 575 Stormwater Management
- Ch 576 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 577 Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 583 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 591 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 592 Taxation
- Ch 600 Towing and Storage
- Ch 607 Traffic Regulations in Semipublic and Private Areas
- Ch 612 Trailer Camps
- Ch 617 Trailers
- Ch 625 Transient Merchants
- Ch 633 Vehicles, Inoperable or Unlicensed
- Ch 640 Vehicles, Leasing of
- Ch 647 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 658 Water Charges, Unpaid
- Ch 660 Water Connections
- Ch 662 Water Conservation
- Ch 665 Weddings and Civil Unions
- Ch 665 Art I Fees; Performance of Ceremonies
- § 665-1 Ceremonial service fee.
- § 665-2 Compensation to Mayor or Deputy Mayor.
- § 665-3 Disposition of fees collected.
- § 665-4 Mayor's or Deputy Mayor's refusal to perform ceremony.
- § 665-5 Performance of ceremonies by outside elected officials.
- Ch 665 Art II Cancellations and Postponements
- § 665-6 Fees nonrefundable in case of cancellation.
- § 665-7 Postponement.
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Lower 3-19-2007
by Ord. No. 2007-08. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any persons seeking to be wed by the Mayor or Deputy Mayor of the Township
of Lower shall pay to the Township a ceremonial service fee of $100 for the
scheduling and performance by the Mayor or Deputy Mayor of the wedding or
civil union ceremony.
From the ceremonial service fee collected by the Township pursuant to § 665-1, the Township shall pay to the Mayor or Deputy Mayor, as the case may be, as additional compensation as authorized by the Township’s salary ordinance, the sum of $100 for each wedding or civil union ceremony actually performed, not to exceed the maximum total annual compensation permitted by the Township’s salary ordinance.
Any fees collected by the Mayor or Deputy Mayor for the performance
of weddings or civil union ceremonies on or after April 1, 2007, shall be
remitted to the Township and deposited into the general fund.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to require that the Mayor
or Deputy Mayor perform any wedding or civil union ceremony; provided that
any decisions to perform or not perform such ceremony be made without discrimination
and in compliance with the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, as well
as any other applicable federal or state law.
In the event that a wedding or civil union ceremony is performed in
the Township by the Mayor or other elected official of another municipality,
such other municipality shall process any such application and establish,
if any, any applicable fees for such services, to be assessed and collected
by such other municipality. The Township shall not be responsible for assessing
or collecting any fees or compensating the elected officials from any other
municipality for performing wedding or civil union ceremonies in the Township.
The fees described in this chapter shall be nonrefundable in case of
cancellation.
In the event that any persons need to reschedule the ceremony for which
they tendered either an administrative fee or a ceremonial service fee, such
postponement shall be permitted without additional cost if notice is provided
within 14 days of the agreed-upon ceremony date. All postponements are subject
to the availability of both the venue requested and the Mayor or Deputy Mayor.
