Township of Riverside, NJ
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2023-12-18
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 47 Fire District
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Defense
- Ch 13 Civil Service
- Ch 18 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 23 Court, Municipal
- Ch 28 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Election Districts
- Ch 38 Ethics
- Ch 43 Fire Department
- Ch 47 Fire District
- § 47-1 Application, designation and approval.
- § 47-2 Creation and boundaries.
- § 47-3 Powers and duties of Commissioners.
- § 47-4 Administration.
- Ch 53 Housing Authority
- Ch 60 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Personnel
- Ch 71 Police Department
- Ch 75 Public Works Department
- Ch 77 Purchasing
- Ch 80 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 84 Sewerage Authority
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 97 Adult Uses
- Ch 103 Affordable Housing
- Ch 109 Alarm Systems
- Ch 115 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 121 Amusement Devices
- Ch 125 Animals
- Ch 132 Barbershops
- Ch 138 Bicycles
- Ch 142 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 151 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 156 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 160 Business Licensing
- Ch 166 Certificates of Occupancy, Habitability and Approval
- Ch 174 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 177 (Reserved)
- Ch 179 Curfew
- Ch 188 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 195 Entertainment Venues, Public
- Ch 202 Fees
- Ch 208 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 213 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 219 Fire Prevention
- Ch 225 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 232 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 238 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 244 Housing Code
- Ch 249 Junk and Used Automobiles
- Ch 255 Land Development
- Ch 261 Littering
- Ch 266 Lodging and Rooming Houses
- Ch 271 Loitering
- Ch 278 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 283 Noise
- Ch 289 Obscene Materials
- Ch 295 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 300 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 305 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 310 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 314 Plumbers, Licensing of
- Ch 319 Poolrooms
- Ch 325 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 328 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 330 Property Maintenance
- Ch 337 Rental Property
- Ch 342 Sales, Going-Out-Of-Business
- Ch 344 Salt Storage, Privately Owned
- Ch 348 Sewers
- Ch 352 Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
- Ch 358 Signs
- Ch 369 Solid Waste
- Ch 373 Stormwater Control
- Ch 378 Stormwater Management
- Ch 384 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 390 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 395 Taxation
- Ch 400 Taxicabs
- Ch 407 Towing
- Ch 413 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 419 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 424 Video Surveillance Equipment
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 430 General Provisions
- Ch 435 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 441 Food Establishments
- Ch 447 Nuisances
- Ch 452 Plumbing
- Ch 457 Swimming Pools
- Appendix
- Ch A465 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Riverside 9-26-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-15 (Ch. 32 of the 1995
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
An application of at least 5% of the registered voters residing within
the Township of Riverside, County of Burlington, have petitioned the
Township Committee to create a fire district, the boundaries of which
would be coextensive with the boundaries of the Township of Riverside
itself, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70 et
seq.
B.
N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70 requires that the Township Committee, upon the
receipt of an application as aforesaid with the appropriate signatures,
". . . shall designate a territorial location or locations for use
as a fire district or fire districts and, by resolution, provide for
the election of a board of fire commissioners for the district or
each district to consist of five persons, residents therein, and specify
the date, time and place for election of such board."
C.
Approval of the creation of the fire district has been granted by
the Local Finance Board, Division of Local Government Services, New
Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70, a fire district is hereby created
to be known as the "Commissioners of Fire District No. 1 in the Township
of Riverside, County of Burlington," having as its boundaries the
same boundaries as the Township of Riverside.
The Commissioners of the fire district herein established shall
have the powers, duties and functions within said district to the
same extent as in the case of municipalities relating to the prevention
or extinguishment of fires and the regulation of fire hazards as provided
in N.J.S.A. 40A:14-81.
The fire district hereby established shall be administered by
Fire Commissioners, who shall be elected pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70
et seq.
