Borough of Ridgefield, NJ
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2023-12-11
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 70 Personnel Policies
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Article VIII Driver’s License Policy
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 16 Commissioners of Assessment, Board of
- Ch 19 Construction Board of Appeals
- Ch 20 Contracts
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 23 Defense and Indemnification of Officials and Employees
- Ch 27 East Bergen Mutual Aid Association
- Ch 27A Emergency Services
- Ch 28 Eminent Domain
- Ch 29 Environmental Commission
- Ch 30 Ethics
- Ch 31 Expenses, Reimbursement of
- Ch 35 Fire Department
- Ch 38 Firemen, Deceased Volunteer
- Ch 39 First-Aid and Ambulance Corps
- Ch 41 Flag Display
- Ch 42 Free Public Library
- Ch 44 Health, Board of
- Ch 47 Housing Authority of Bergen County
- Ch 49 Inspections
- Ch 50 Insurance, Disability
- Ch 54 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 58 Meadowland Regional Development Agency
- Ch 66 Officers and Employees
- Ch 70 Personnel Policies
- Ch 70 Art VIII Driver’s License Policy
- § 70-41 Driver's license requirements.
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 79 Public Buildings, Use of
- Ch 82 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 85 Purchasing
- Ch 88 Recreation and Parks Department
- Ch 92 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 96 Sanitation Department
- Ch 99 Senior Citizens Advisory Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 112 Adult Bookstores
- Ch 115 Affordable Housing
- Ch 118 Alarm Systems
- Ch 121 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 127 Amusement Games
- Ch 131 Animals
- Ch 133 Anti-Bullying Policy, Procedures and Programs
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 146 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Ch 149 Checks, Returned
- Ch 158 Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 160 Communications Facilities Right-Of-Way Permits
- Ch 162 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 165 Curfew
- Ch 172 Dumping
- Ch 175 Entertainment
- Ch 179 Explosives and Fireworks
- Ch 183 Fees
- Ch 185 Films and Movies
- Ch 187 Firearms
- Ch 190 Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 197 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 200 Fuel Oil Delivery
- Ch 203 Games of Chance
- Ch 206 Garage Sales
- Ch 208 Garbage, Trash and Storage
- Ch 211 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 217 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 222 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 227 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 232 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 235 Housing Code
- Ch 239 Hunting
- Ch 243 (Reserved)
- Ch 247 Jitneys
- Ch 255 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 257 Limousines
- Ch 259 Littering
- Ch 262 Massage Practitioners and Health Clubs
- Ch 266 Miniature Golf Courses
- Ch 271 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 275 Noise
- Ch 278 Nuisances
- Ch 283 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 289 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 293 Parks
- Ch 296 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 300 Personal Property, Removal and Transportation of
- Ch 306 Poolrooms
- Ch 310 (Reserved)
- Ch 314 Railroad Cars: Loading and Unloading
- Ch 317 Recycling
- Ch 319 Rental Units
- Ch 322 Rent Control
- Ch 328 Retail Business Hours
- Ch 333 Sewers
- Ch 334 Sex Offender Residency
- Ch 336 Shopping Carts
- Ch 341 Smoking
- Ch 345 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 348 Streetlighting
- Ch 350 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 355 Swimming Pools
- Ch 358 Taxation
- Ch 361 Taxicabs
- Ch 365 Tobacco
- Ch 366 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 370 Trailers
- Ch 375 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Zoning, Development and Construction
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 400 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 402 Administration
- Ch 412 Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 418 Fees
- Ch 420 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 422 Food Handler's Certification
- Ch 423 Food Service Manager's Certification
- Ch 425 License Fees
- Ch 428 Penalty Enforcement
- Ch 429 Personnel Practices of the Board of Health
- Ch 431 Ragweed and Poison Ivy
- Ch 435 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 438 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 440 Sanitary Code
- Ch 444 Smoke Emission
- Ch 447 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 448 Boarding and Rooming Houses
- Appendix
- Ch A451 Street Acceptances, Improvements and Vacations
- Ch A452 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A453 Salaries and Compensation: Library
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2429]
Any employee or volunteer whose work or service requires the
operation of a Municipal motor vehicle must hold a valid New Jersey
State Driver's License.
A.
All new
employees and volunteers who will be assigned work, or will perform
service, entailing the operation of a Municipal vehicle will be required
to submit to a New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission driving record
background check as a condition of employment or volunteer service.
A report indicating a suspended or revoked license status may be cause
to deny or terminate employment, or to prohibit or limit the service
of a prospective volunteer.
B.
Employees
and volunteers whose work or service entails the operation of a Municipal
motor vehicle shall submit to periodic checks of their drivers' licenses
through visual and formal Motor Vehicle Commission review to be made
by Supervisors and/or police personnel. Any employee or volunteer
who does not hold a valid driver's license will not be allowed to
operate a Municipal motor vehicle until such time as a valid license
is obtained.
C.
Any employee
or volunteer working or performing a service, which entails the operation
of a Municipal vehicle must notify the immediate supervisor in those
cases where the employee's or volunteer's license is expired, suspended
or revoked and/or who is unable to obtain an occupational permit from
the State Department of Licensing. Any employee or volunteer that
fails to report such a circumstance will be subject to disciplinary
action, including suspension, demotion, termination or other form
of discipline. An employee or volunteer who fails to immediately report
a driver's license revocation or suspension to their supervisor, and
who continues to operate a Municipal vehicle, shall be subject to
disciplinary action up to and including possible termination.
D.
Any information
obtained by the Borough in accordance with this section shall be used
by the Municipality only for carrying out its lawful functions and
for other lawful purposes in accordance with the Driver's Privacy
Protection Act (18 U.S.C. Section 2721 et. seq.)
E.
Consistent
with the above, all employees performing work which requires the operation
of a Borough vehicle shall be required to sign a consent form or other
or similar authorization for the Borough to obtain records from the
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pertaining to the status of the
employee's driver's license and recent driver's history (abstract).
F.
Consistent
with the above, all employees performing work which requires the operation
of a Borough vehicle shall be required to sign a consent form or other
or similar authorization for the Borough to obtain records from the
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pertaining to the status of the
employee's driver's license and recent driver's history (abstract).
