Borough of Paramus, NJ
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2023-12-19
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 95 Anti-Nepotism Policy
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Access to All Advisory Board
- Ch 4 Administrative Assistant
- Ch 5 Administrator, Municipal
- Ch 6 Administrative Code
- Ch 7 Affordable Housing Liaison/Rehabilitation Coordinator
- Ch 8 Aggregation Program for Energy and Natural Gas
- Ch 9 Emergency Medical Services, Division of
- Ch 10 Emergency Management Stipend Program
- Ch 13 Buildings and Traffic Maintenance, Department of
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Consultant for Site Plan Review
- Ch 21 Consumer Protection Committee
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 25A Credit Card Payments for Municipal Fees
- Ch 26 Cultural Arts Council
- Ch 27 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27A Direct Deposit, Mandated
- Ch 28 Director, Management of Information Services
- Ch 30 Director of Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 31 Director of Human Resources
- Ch 32 Director of Planning
- Ch 32A Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
- Ch 33 Environmental Commission
- Ch 35 Employees, Part-Time and Seasonal
- Ch 37 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 43 Finance Department
- Ch 47 Fire Department
- Ch 49 Golf Course Manager/Superintendent
- Ch 51 Harassment Policy
- Ch 55 Health and Human Services, Department of
- Ch 57 Head Golf Professional
- Ch 59 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 65 Insurance
- Ch 69 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 77 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 81 Legal Department
- Ch 84 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Life Safety Complex, Use of
- Ch 87 Municipal Clerk, Deputy
- Ch 89 Municipal Humane Law Enforcement Officer
- Ch 91 Municipal Swimming Pool Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 95 Anti-Nepotism Policy
- § 95-1 Applicability.
- § 95-2 Definitions.
- § 95-2.1 Restriction in hiring and promoting relatives of elected officials.
- § 95-3 Purpose.
- § 95-4 Effect on current employees.
- Ch 99 Personnel Policies
- Ch 103 Police Department
- Ch 105 Public Advocates for Board of Adjustment and Planning Board
- Ch 106 Public Health Supervisor
- Ch 107 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 113 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 117 Rescue Squad
- Ch 121 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 125 School Security
- Ch 129 Shade Tree Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 133 Shopping Center Safety Review Committee
- Ch 140 Veterans Affairs Officer
- Ch 141 Office of Emergency Management
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 149 Adult Uses
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 158 Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary
- Ch 161 Amusement Businesses
- Ch 165 Amusement Devices and Arcades
- Ch 169 Animals
- Ch 173 Background Checks
- Ch 175 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 179 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 181 Building Construction and Alteration Permits
- Ch 183 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 187 Buildings, Truss-Type
- Ch 191 Businesses
- Ch 195 Cell Phones, Use in Motor Vehicles
- Ch 197 Certificates of Compliance and Continued Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 203 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 204 Contribution Disclosure
- Ch 207 (Reserved)
- Ch 210 Affordable Housing — Inclusionary Zoning Requirements
- Ch 211 Demolition Permits
- Ch 212 Door Numbering Requirements
- Ch 213 Drainage and Environmental Protection
- Ch 217 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 219 Duplicate Bills and Fraudulent Checks
- Ch 221 Eminent Domain
- Ch 223 Environmental Impact Statements
- Ch 229 Fees, Land Use
- Ch 233 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 237 Fire Lanes
- Ch 241 Fire Prevention
- Ch 245 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 249 Flea Markets, Auctions and Games of Chance
- Ch 253 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 254 Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing)
- Ch 256 Garage Sales
- Ch 259 Golf and Country Clubs
- Ch 265 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 269 Home Buyers Protection
- Ch 277 Landscaping
- Ch 278 Firewood and Commercial Firewood Processors
- Ch 281 Library
- Ch 285 Limousine Services and Taxicabs
- Ch 289 Littering
- Ch 293 Massage Establishments
- Ch 295 Merchandise, Display of
- Ch 299 Motels and Hotels
- Ch 303 Motion Pictures and Television
- Ch 309 Noise
- Ch 311 Nudity on State-Owned Lands
- Ch 313 Nursing Homes and Commercial Recreational Facilities
- Ch 316 Official Street Map
- Ch 319 (Reserved)
- Ch 322 Rental Properties
- Ch 323 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 327 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 331 Pool Halls and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 335 Professional Services
- Ch 339 Property Maintenance
- Ch 340 Registration of Foreclosing Mortgages and Vacant Property
- Ch 341 Public Records
- Ch 343 Public Utilities
- Ch 345 Restaurants and Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 346 Retail Theft
- Ch 351 Sales, Close-Out
- Ch 355 Satellite Earth Stations
- Ch 359 Precious Metals, Gems and Secondhand Goods, Dealers
- Ch 363 Sewers
- Ch 365 Sex Offenders
- Ch 367 Signs
- Ch 371 Site Plan Review
- Ch 373 Smoking
- Ch 375 Soil Removal
- Ch 379 Solid Waste
- Ch 383 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 387 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 391 Sunday Activities
- Ch 395 Swimming Pools
- Ch 397 Telecommunications Systems
- Ch 398 Temporary Storage Containers
- Ch 401 Towers and Towing
- Ch 403 Traffic Control Signal Monitoring System
- Ch 405 Trapping
- Ch 409 Trespassing
- Ch 412 Vaccinations
- Ch 415 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 419 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 423 Vending Machines
- Ch 426 Volunteer and Veteran Fee Exemptions
- Ch 429 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 435 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 436 Animals
- Ch 436A Barbershops, Beauty Parlors and Nail Salons
- Ch 437 Body Piercing, Ear Piercing and Permanent Cosmetics
- Ch 439 Food Service Managers
- Ch 443 Sanitation
- Ch 447 Tattooing
- Ch 449 Tobacco and Cigarettes
- Ch 450 Retail Plastic Bags and Polystyrene Foam
- Part IV: Board of Shade Tree and Park Commissioners Legislation
- Ch 453 Trees and Shrubbery
- Appendix
- Ch A457 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A460 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Paramus 6-14-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-14. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The prohibitions set forth in this chapter shall apply solely to
employee positions for the Borough of Paramus.
B.
This chapter shall not apply to nonpaid appointments to the various
boards, commissions, committees and authorities of the Borough, nor
to service in any volunteer organization, including those volunteer
positions in the Ambulance Corps., Fire Department and Auxiliary Police.
C.
Subject to the exception in Subsection D below, this chapter and the prohibition against certain hiring contained herein shall be applied prospectively only from the effective date of its enactment and shall not in any way be construed to prohibit or make unlawful any current employment relationship or situation or the hiring or promotion of any person currently employed by the Borough of Paramus as of the effective date of this chapter which may technically be violative of the terms hereof but for its prospective application. For purposes of interpreting this exception, persons appointed to positions of employment with the Borough for a set term shall be considered current employees, notwithstanding the fact that the then term may have ended. Such persons holding positions of employment within the Borough, under a set term may be hired to any position in the Borough, rehired, reappointed or promoted, as may be the case, without violating this chapter.
E.
The prohibitions set forth in this chapter are enforceable only to
the extent that they are not in violation of applicable civil service
statutes or any other applicable state laws.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Persons holding the position of Council member or Mayor of
the Borough of Paramus.
Those persons as set forth in the Borough Salary Ordinance:
Borough Administrator, Chief Financial Officer, Fire Chief, Police
Chief, Certified Public Works Manager, Construction Code/Building
Department Official.
Includes spouses, parents/children, siblings, first cousins,
aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews over the age of 18 years old.
The following restriction shall apply in the hiring and promotion
of employees to employment positions for the Borough of Paramus:
A.
No person who is a relative of any elected official of the Borough
of Paramus shall be considered for employment as an employee of the
Borough. This shall not restrict nor prohibit the continued employment
of individuals to a position or positions with the Borough where a
relative of an employee is elected as a Borough Council person or
Mayor after the date of the employee's start of employment with
the Borough.
B.
Promotion of existing employees. Notwithstanding the prospective
application as to the remainder of this chapter as applied above,
no elected official may participate in the promotion or hiring process
in that department of any existing employee who is a relative of such
elected official. Such elected official shall abstain from participation
in such personnel action as it applies to such relative.
This policy is not for the purposes of depriving any citizen
of an equal chance for employment with the Borough but is solely intended
to eliminate the potential for preferential treatment of the relatives
of elected officials.
Except as may be otherwise expressly provided for herein, this
chapter shall not affect the employment of any present Borough employees
and/or any existing contractual obligations with employees by the
Borough of Paramus.
