Township of Lower, NJ
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2023-10-02
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 3 Administration of Government
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Article IV Office of the Township Clerk
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 3 Art IV Office of the Township Clerk
- § 3-10 Appointment; term; compensation.
- § 3-11 Duties.
- § 3-12 Township fees.
- § 3-13 Insurance; surety bonds; contracts.
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 10 Illicit Connections
- Ch 14 Civil Service
- Ch 18 Claims, Payment of; Purchasing; Payroll
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 52 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 56 Local Defense/Emergency Management Council
- Ch 67 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 73 Mutual Aid
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 95 Professional Service Contracts, Regulation of
- Ch 101 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 106 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 110 Recreational Activities, Promotion of
- Ch 115 Rescue Squads
- Ch 118 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 148 Alarms, False
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 162 Amusement Devices and Games
- Ch 166 Animals
- Ch 167 Pet Waste
- Ch 178 Beaches
- Ch 185 Brush, Grass and Debris
- Ch 191 Builders and Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 199 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 206 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 213 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 221 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 230 Conduct
- Ch 235 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 242 Construction Equipment and Sites
- Ch 247 Construction of Factories and Plants
- Ch 254 Construction Permits
- Ch 260 Curfew
- Ch 273 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 278 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Dumping
- Ch 291 Electrical Standards
- Ch 297 Excavations, Commercial
- Ch 302 Farm, Right to
- Ch 313 Fire Control Measures
- Ch 318 Fire Districts
- Ch 324 Fire-Fighting Equipment, Tampering With
- Ch 330 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 333 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 340 Fire Prevention
- Ch 345 Fire Zones, Lanes and Areas
- Ch 351 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 359 Garage and Other Sales
- Ch 374 Historic Preservation
- Ch 380 Housing Standards
- Ch 386 Ice Cream Vendors
- Ch 387 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 392 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 400 Land Development
- Ch 408 Landfills
- Ch 409 Dredge Materials
- Ch 413 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 419 Littering
- Ch 420 Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 427 Manufactured Homes
- Ch 432 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 441 Noise
- Ch 448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 459 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 467 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 475 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 486 Pornography
- Ch 493 Printed Matters, Unsolicited
- Ch 500 Property Maintenance
- Ch 512 Raffles and Bingo
- Ch 523 Rental Properties
- Ch 529 Secondhand Merchants and Dealers of Precious Metals
- Ch 535 (Reserved)
- Ch 541 Shopping Carts
- Ch 552 Smoking
- Ch 557 Soil Removal
- Ch 564 Solicitation
- Ch 570 Solid Waste
- Ch 571 Refuse Containers/Dumpsters
- Ch 575 Stormwater Management
- Ch 576 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 577 Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 583 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 591 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 592 Taxation
- Ch 600 Towing and Storage
- Ch 607 Traffic Regulations in Semipublic and Private Areas
- Ch 612 Trailer Camps
- Ch 617 Trailers
- Ch 625 Transient Merchants
- Ch 633 Vehicles, Inoperable or Unlicensed
- Ch 640 Vehicles, Leasing of
- Ch 647 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 658 Water Charges, Unpaid
- Ch 660 Water Connections
- Ch 662 Water Conservation
- Ch 665 Weddings and Civil Unions
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Council shall appoint a Township Clerk according
to law. The Township Clerk shall receive an annual salary as provided
in the annual Salary Ordinance.
The Township Clerk shall be Clerk of the Council,
shall provide such stenographic and other staff services as the members
of Council shall require, and shall:
A.
Attend all Council meetings, including work sessions.
B.
Provide for the taking of and preparation of appropriate
minutes of all Council meetings.
C.
Compile, index and preserve all ordinances, resolutions,
contracts, minutes and other documents and papers to which the Township
is a party and which require retention as public records.
D.
Prepare and publish notices, ordinances and other
matters as required by Charter or general law in sufficient number
to meet requirements of the public.
E.
Have custody of the Township Seal and affix it to
appropriate documents without charge.
F.
Issue licenses and act as or supervise the Registrar
of Vital Statistics.
G.
Perform such other duties as the Council may assign
and as are prescribed by general law and Charter.
H.
Perform all functions required of the Municipal Clerk
by the General Election Law (N.J.S.A. 19:1-1 et seq.).
The Clerk shall charge and receive for the use
of the Township such fees for searches, transcripts and copies of
official records as the Council shall authorize by resolution.
The Clerk shall be custodian of all surety bonds
furnished by or on account of any officer or employee and all insurance
policies and all contracts to which the Township may be a party. Should
a surety bond be required for the Clerk, the same shall be placed
in the custody of the Treasurer.
