Township of Monroe, NJ General Provisions

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, the various chapters and articles of the Revised Ordinances, 1967 Code of the Township of Monroe, and the other ordinances of the Township of Monroe of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Monroe, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 267, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Code of the Township of Monroe, hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."

§ 1-2 Code supersedes prior ordinances.

This ordinance and the Code shall supersede the 1967 Code of the Township of Monroe, and all other 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.

§ 1-3 When effective.

This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication according to law.

§ 1-4 Copy of Code on file.

A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been filed in the office of the Township Clerk 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 by the Clerk of the Township of Monroe by impressing thereon the Seal of the township, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the township, to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.

§ 1-5 Amendments to Code.

Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the governing body to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code of the Township of Monroe 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.

§ 1-6 Publication; filing.

The Clerk of the Township of Monroe, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published, in the manner required, a copy of this Adopting Ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the borough. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk 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.

§ 1-7 Code book to be kept up-to-date.

It shall be the duty of the Clerk, or someone authorized and directed by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code required to be filed in his 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.

§ 1-8 Sale of Code book.

Copies of the Code book containing the Code may be purchased from the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Township Council, which may also arrange, by resolution, for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.

§ 1-9 Altering or tampering with Code; penalties for violation.

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 Township of Monroe to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.

§ 1-10 Severability of Code provisions.

Each section 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.

§ 1-11 Severability of ordinance provisions.

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.

§ 1-12 Repeal of ordinances.

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 and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Adopting Ordinance, except as hereinafter saved from repeal.

§ 1-13 Ordinances saved from repeal.

The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:

Any ordinance adopted subsequent to January 1, 1986.

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.

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.

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.

Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.

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.

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 township's indebtedness.

Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property, or any lawful contract or obligation.

The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.

The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.

All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.

Any regulations relating to personnel policies.

Any ordinance regulating vehicles and traffic in the Township of Monroe.

Ordinance No. O-21-85, adopted 8-7-1985, regarding housing standards.

Any provisions regarding civil service classification of township employees.

§ 1-14 Changes in previously adopted ordinances.

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 Township Council 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.

In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance.[1]

[1]

Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-14B, the following chapters, articles or sections were added or amended:

§§ 4-2, 4-13, 4-17, 4-24A, 4-36, 4-37B, 4-40, 4-41, 4-46, 4-47, 4-49, 4-51, 4-53B, 4-57A, B and C, 4-59, 4-62, 4-63, 4-64B, 4-65, 4-69A(7) and B, 4-71, 4-84E and F, 4-88, 4-91, 4-95B, 4-96, 4-99, 4-100, 4-101A and C, 4-102, 4-103, 10-2, 10-3B, 10-4A, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 20-2, 20-3, 31-2A and B, 39-5, Article I of Ch. 69, §§ 69-18, 74-2A, 74-3, 87-1, 87-2, 87-4D, 87-5B, 87-6B(1) and (2), 93-3A(5), 93-4D, 93-11B, Art. I of Ch. 104, § 104-23A, Ch. 109, §§ 118-1A, 118-2, 123-1, 123-4, 123-6, 123-7B and C, 123-8, 123-9, 123-10, 123-11, 123-13, 123-14, 123-15, 126-4, 126-5A, 126-6, 126-7, 126-10, 126-11, 126-14A and B, 126-15, 126-16, 126-18, 126-22, 126-23, 126-24A, 126-25, 126-29, 126-30, 126-33, 126-35A, 126-36, 126-37, Ch. 131, §§ 137-1, 137-2, 137-3A, 148-1, 148-4A and C, 162-7A and B, 169-1, 169-2, 169-4, 169-5, 169-6, 169-10, 169-11B, 169-14, 169-17, 189-2, 189-6E, 189-7C and F, 169-13C, 205-1, 226-2, 226-4B(3)(c), 226-5A and D, 230-9, 230-12, 230-14, 230-15, 230-16, 230-17, 234-1, 239-7D, 245-3D, 249-5, 249-7A, C, D, E and F, 249-8, 249-12, 249-19, 249-20, 249-21, 249-22, 254-7D, 254-9C, F and H, 254-10A, 262-3, 262-4A, 262-6A and C, 262-8 and 262-11A.

The following original articles or sections were deleted: definition of "finance officer" in Section 2-2 of Ord. No. O-1-71, adopted 1-20-1971; Section 2-65.1 of Ord. No. O-29-82, adopted 12-28-1982; Section 2-69A(4) of Ord. No. O-27-82, adopted 11-1-1982; Section 2-80.4 of Ord. No. O-29-82, adopted 12-28-1982; Section 2-109 of Ord. No. O-1-71, adopted 1-20-1971; Section 34-3 of Ord. No. O-14-71, adopted 12-1-1971; Section 34-5 of Ord. No. O-14-71, adopted 12-1-1971; Sections 22-1D, 22-5C and 22-7A of Ord. No. O-1-77, adopted 1-19-1977; § 28-3 of Ch. 28 of the former Code, adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67, as amended; third unnumbered paragraph of § 28-20 of Ch. 28 of the former Code, adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67; § 28-21 of Ch. 28 of the former Code, adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67; Section I of Ord. No. O-24-85, adopted 10-16-1985; § 16-2 of Ch. 16 of the former Code, adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67, as amended in its entirety 9-21-1983 by Ord. No. O-17-83; § 38-14 of Ch. 38 of the former Code, adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67; Article X of Ch. 38 of the former Code, adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67, as amended; Section 37-1 of Ord. No. O-14-69, adopted 9-24-1969, as amended in its entirety 4-21-1982 by Ord. No. O-11-82; and Section IV(B) of Ord. No. O-26-83, adopted 11-23-1983, as amended in its entirety 7-18-1984 by Ord. No. O-8-84.

A complete description of these changes is on file in the township offices.

The following sections shall be amended or added to provide for a penalty of a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both.[2]

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Editor's Note: Pursuant to § 1-14C, the following sections were added or amended to provide for the penalties specified §§ 93-14, 100-6, 104-25A and B, 165-12, 169-21, 184-4, 189-17, 205-9A, 220-6, 226-6, 232-6, 234-4, 245-16, 249-6, 249-10, 254-24 and 258-4C.

Article II Ordinances Adopted During Codification

[During the process of codification, certain complete new ordinances were adopted by the Township Council for inclusion in the Code of the Township of Monroe. Such new ordinances are noted in the histories of individual chapters as "Adopted... during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II." A complete enumeration of all chapters and articles in the Code included in such ordinances is printed below, along with specific dates of adoption.]

Chapter	Ordinance Number	Adoption Date
Ch. 193, Littering	O-15-86	5-21-1986