Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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2023-10-17
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 4 Administration of Government
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Article XIVA Taxpayers' Protection Act
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 4 Art XIVA Taxpayers' Protection Act
- § 4-55.1 Title.
- § 4-55.2 Budget increases shall not exceed inflation rate.
- § 4-55.3 Definitions.
- Ch 12 Contracts
- Ch 15 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 27 Housing Authority
- Ch 33 Insurance Plans and Funds
- Ch 40 Length of Service Award Program
- Ch 46 Mutual Aid Agreements
- Ch 51 Open Space Committee
- Ch 57 Personnel Policies
- Ch 64 Traffic Advisory Committee
- Ch 65 Transparency in Municipal Government
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 73 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 77 (Reserved)
- Ch 80 Alarms
- Ch 83 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 86 Amusement Machines
- Ch 88 Amusement Parks, Carnivals and Circuses
- Ch 91 Animals
- Ch 95 Auctions
- Ch 105 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 109 Buildings, Similarity of
- Ch 113 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 119 Cannabis
- Ch 121 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 124 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 125 Cranes
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 139 Drug-Free Zones and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 145 Entertainment Establishments
- Ch 150 Fertilizers
- Ch 156 Fees
- Ch 159 Fences, Walls and Other Safeguards
- Ch 160 Filming
- Ch 162 Firearms
- Ch 165 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 169 Fire Prevention
- Ch 175 Flood Hazard Protection
- Ch 180 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 185 Games of Chance
- Ch 191 Graffiti
- Ch 195 Handbills, Distribution of
- Ch 199 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 202 Health Regulations, Miscellaneous; Fees
- Ch 205 Highlands Regional Master Plan Requirements
- Ch 209 (Reserved)
- Ch 213 Housing and Property Maintenance
- Ch 214 Housing Certificates
- Ch 220 (Reserved)
- Ch 225 Land Use, Subdivisions and Site Plans
- Ch 231 Library
- Ch 234 Licensing
- Ch 238 Litter Control
- Ch 239 Mandatory Replacement of Lead and Galvanized Service Lines
- Ch 244 Miniature Golf Courses and Driving Ranges
- Ch 247 Mink Ranches
- Ch 253 New Home Buyers Protection
- Ch 258 Noise
- Ch 262 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 268 Obscene Materials
- Ch 271 Obstruction of Public Places
- Ch 275 Outdoor Eating Establishments
- Ch 276 Outdoor Furnaces
- Ch 279 Paintball Guns and Potato Cannons
- Ch 285 Parking
- Ch 290 Parks, Recreation Areas and Public Lands
- Ch 294 Plastic Bags, Single-Use
- Ch 296 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 302 Precious Metals, Gems, and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 303 Project Labor Agreement
- Ch 307 Protective Custody of Drunk Drivers
- Ch 315 Rental Property
- Ch 320 Sales, Special
- Ch 326 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 329 Sewers
- Ch 334 Signs, Campaign and Special Events
- Ch 339 Skateboards, Roller Skates and Similar Wheeled Devices
- Ch 343 (Reserved)
- Ch 346 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 350 Soil Removal and Relocation
- Ch 354 Solid Waste
- Ch 357 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 360 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 367 Swimming Pools
- Ch 370 Taxation
- Ch 372 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 378 Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 381 Tourist Accommodations
- Ch 385 Towing
- Ch 389 Trap Shooting and Target Practice
- Ch 392 Trees
- Ch 396 Truck Terminals
- Ch 401 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 405 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 409 Vehicles, Impounded
- Ch 420 Water
- Ch 430 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A440 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A445 Fees Compilation
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
[Added 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 2008:09]
This article shall be known as the "Parsippany-Troy
Hills Property Taxpayers’ Protection Act."
A.
No total operating appropriation of the current year
municipal budget shall result in a percentage increase in appropriations
in excess of the prior year's budget appropriations for such operating
expenses that exceeds the rate of inflation as measured by the index
for the prior calendar year.
B.
For purposes of calculating the percentage increase
herein, the total operating appropriations of both the prior year
and current year municipal budget shall be adjusted, to the extent
applicable, to exclude the following expenditures:
(1)
Insurance and employee benefit premiums;
(2)
Solid waste and sanitary sewer disposal fees;
(3)
Salaries or other employee benefits pursuant to any
statute, contractual obligation, or any order of any court or administrative
agency of competent jurisdiction;
(4)
Operating repairs and maintenance necessary to ensure
the safety, health and welfare of the municipality and its employees;
and
(5)
Any damages, judgments, fines, penalties, settlements
or payments of a similar nature in excess of existing insurance coverage
and any other appropriations deemed by the State of New Jersey to
be excluded from limitations on increases (caps) pursuant to the Local
Budget Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-1 et seq., as may be amended by the Legislature
from time to time.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical
workers (CPI-W) published by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics for New York, New York - Northeastern,
New Jersey, or any successor index.
All expenses of the current year municipal budget that are
not operating expenses.
All expenses incurred in the ordinary and necessary course
of maintaining the municipal operations, the definition of which is
to be applied consistent with the concepts adopted by the Governmental
Accounting Standards Board.
