[Adopted 11-2-1987 (§ 1-14.1 of the 1987 Code)]
A.
Whenever in the Code adopted by this ordinance or
in any other ordinance or resolution of the Township or in any rule,
regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the Township
under authority duly vested in them or if any act is prohibited or
is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor
or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is
declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific
penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision
of such Code or any other ordinance or resolution of the Township
or such rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or by any
combination of such fine, imprisonment and/or community service.
B.
Whenever any provision of the New Jersey Revised Statutes
limits the authority of the Township to punish the violation of any
particular provision of the Code hereby adopted or any other Township
ordinance or resolution or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant
thereto to a fine of less amount than that provided in this section
or imprisonment or community service for a shorter term than that
provided in this section, then the violation of such particular provision
of such Code or other Township ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation
or order shall be punished by the imposition of not more than the
maximum fine, imprisonment or community service so authorized, or
by any combination of such fine, imprisonment and/or community service.
[Amended 5-5-2008 by Ord.
No. 08-18]
C.
Each day any violation of such Code or any other Township
ordinance or resolution or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant
thereto shall continue shall constitute a separate offense, unless
otherwise provided.
D.
Whenever any such fine is imposed upon any corporation,
such fine and costs and charges incident thereto may be collected
in an action of debt or in such other manner as may be provided by
law.
E.
Any fine
in an amount greater than $1,250 upon an owner for violations of housing
or zoning codes shall provide a thirty-day period in which the owner
shall be afforded the opportunity to cure or abate the condition and
shall also be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before a court
of competent jurisdiction for an independent determination concerning
the violation. Subsequent to the expiration of the thirty-day period,
a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed if a court has not determined
otherwise or, upon reinspection of the property, it is determined
that the abatement has not been substantially completed.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
