[HISTORY: Adopted by the Shade Tree Commission of the Borough of Chatham as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-21-2005 by Ord. No. STC 05-01]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the Shade Tree Commission ordinances of the Borough of Chatham of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Shade Tree Commission of the Borough of Chatham, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 313 through 314, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as Part IV of the "Code of the Borough of Chatham," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede the 1975 Code and all general and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal or continued in force.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication according to law.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been filed in the office of the Borough Clerk and/or Shade Tree Commission and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance; and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the Shade Tree Commission of the Borough of Chatham, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Borough Clerk and/or the Shade Tree Commission, to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to Part IV of the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the Shade Tree Commission to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into Part IV of such Code so that reference to the "Code of the Borough of Chatham" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Borough of Chatham or the Shade Tree Commission, pursuant to law, shall cause this Adopting Ordinance to be published, in the manner required, in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk or the Shade Tree Commission for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and publication of this Adopting Ordinance, coupled with availability of copies of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or the Shade Tree Commission or someone authorized and directed either to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code required to be filed in his or her office for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased from the Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk, upon the payment of a fee to be set by the governing body. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Borough of Chatham to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-14 of the Code of the Borough of Chatham.
Each section of Part IV of the Code and every part of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance which are inconsistent with the any provision in the Code are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency as of the effective date of this Adopting Ordinance.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 314-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. 
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to 3-28-1966.
B. 
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. 
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
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Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered, prior to the effective date of this ordinance, brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. 
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.
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Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing of grade, changing of name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. 
Any ordinance or resolution appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the Borough's indebtedness.
H. 
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
I. 
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges or the approval of the municipal budget.
J. 
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K. 
All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
L. 
Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for Shade Tree Commission employees.
A. 
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption and revision as part of the Code pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the Shade Tree Commission that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. 
In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions as set forth below, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
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Editor's Note: This reference is to Ch. 314, Trees, which was amended in its entirety by adoption of this Ord. No. STC 05-01.