[Adopted 12-14-1976 by Ord. No. 76-19 (Ch. 31, Art. V, of the 1977 Code)]
The office of Zoning Officer of Hillsborough Township is hereby created.
A. 
Appointments to the office of Zoning Officer shall be made by the Township Committee.
B. 
The Zoning Officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Township Committee or such other specified term as may be set by the Township Committee at the time of appointment.
C. 
The Township Committee may from time to time appoint deputies to the Zoning Officer to serve for a period of time specified at time of appointment.
The Zoning Officer shall perform all duties required by the law of Hillsborough Township and State of New Jersey and, in addition thereto:
A. 
It shall be his duty to investigate any violation of the law coming to his attention whether by complaint or from his own personal knowledge or observation. Where any building or structure is erected, constructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used, in violation of any provision of the laws of Hillsborough Township and State of New Jersey, the Zoning Officer shall either serve appropriate abatement notice upon the owner or person violating the laws, either personally or by registered mail, to remove said violation or, as the circumstances may warrant:
(1) 
File a complaint in the Municipal Court of Hillsborough Township against the owner, his agent or any person or corporation perpetrating said violation, serving the aforesaid offender with proper notice, and prosecute this complaint in Municipal Court.
(2) 
Upon the express authority of the Township Committee and with the advice and assistance of the Township Attorney, file in the Superior Court a complaint to terminate said violation.
B. 
The laws of the Township of Hillsborough and State of New Jersey shall be enforced by the Zoning Officer who shall in no case, except under written order of the Board of Adjustment or Township Committee, issue any permit for the erection or structural alteration of any building nor grant any occupancy permit for any building where the proposed erection, structural alteration or use thereof would be in violation of any provisions of the laws of the Township of Hillsborough.
C. 
The Zoning Officer shall investigate any alleged violation of the prescribed performance standards in each zone and, if there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists, may either file a complaint in Municipal Court or serve an abatement notice.
D. 
It shall be the further duty of the Zoning Officer to create and maintain a list of all nonconforming uses because of use in the Township. Any owner of a nonconforming use shall file with the Zoning Officer a certificate of nonconformity as requested by the Zoning Officer, which certificate shall spell out in detail the extent and nature of the nonconforming use.
[Amended 2-9-1982 by Ord. No. 82-1]
The Zoning Officer shall receive such compensation as is limited by the Salary Ordinance[1] and set by resolution, as both may be amended from time to time.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 99, Salaries and Compensation.