Township of Franklin, NJ
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2023-11-06
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 106 Penalties and Fines
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Building Subcode Inspector
- Ch 4 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 6 Claims Approval
- Ch 7 Committees
- Ch 9 Court, Municipal
- Ch 10 Code Enforcement Officer
- Ch 15 Fire Department
- Ch 19 Health, Board of
- Ch 20 Health Services
- Ch 21 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 22 Invasive Plants
- Ch 24 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 27 Open Space Commission
- Ch 28 Open Space Trust Fund, Municipal
- Ch 30 Plumbing Inspector
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 32 Public Safety Committee
- Ch 33 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 45 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 47 Blasting
- Ch 48 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 49 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 51 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 53 Certified Location Drawings
- Ch 54 Charitable Solicitation in Roadways
- Ch 55 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 59 Curfew
- Ch 63 Dogs
- Ch 65 Clothing Bins
- Ch 67 Driveways
- Ch 69 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 73 Farming
- Ch 74 Fees
- Ch 75 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 77 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 80 Floodplain Management
- Ch 82 Garage Sales
- Ch 83 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 83A Hazardous Materials
- Ch 84 Historic Preservation Areas
- Ch 85 Housing
- Ch 87 Junkyards
- Ch 90 Land Use and Development
- Ch 94 Licensed Occupations
- Ch 95 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 97 Registration and Maintenance of Certain Real Property by Mortgagees
- Ch 100 Mobile Homes
- Ch 102 Nuisances
- Ch 105 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 106 Penalties and Fines
- § 106-1 Penalties and fines established.
- § 106-2 Repealer.
- Ch 107 Poultry Businesses
- Ch 109 Registration of Rental Properties and Businesses
- Ch 111 Sludge, Management of
- Ch 113 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 116 Soil Removal
- Ch 118 Storage Tanks
- Ch 119 Stormwater Control
- Ch 120 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 123 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 129 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 131 Vehicles, Unlicensed Motor-Driven
- Ch 133 Walls and Fences
- Ch 135 Water
- Ch 137 Winter Parking and Plowing
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 140 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 146 Nuisances
- Ch 154 Retail Food Establishments
- Appendix
- Ch A160 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A161 Water Franchise
- Ch A162 Street Ordinances
- Ch A163 Telecommunications Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Franklin 11-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-9. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
For violation of any ordinance set forth in the Code of the Township
of Franklin, the court before which any person is convicted of violating
any ordinance may impose a sentence of one or more of the following:
imprisonment in the county jail for any term not exceeding 90 days;
or by a fine not exceeding $2,000; or by a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
B.
Any person convicted of violating an ordinance within one year of
the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance shall be sentenced
to an additional fine as a repeat offender of not less than $100,
in addition to any other sentence imposed by the court.
C.
The minimum penalty for violating any solid waste disposal ordinance
shall have a minimum fine of $500 and a maximum fine of $10,000.
D.
The minimum fine for the violation of any ordinance not relating
to solid waste disposal shall be $100.
E.
Prior to imposing a fine for a housing or zoning code violation in
an amount greater than $1,250, the owner shall be provided a thirty-day
period within which to cure or abate the condition.
A.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Township of Franklin
heretofore adopted that establish a maximum fine inconsistent with
the fines established pursuant to this chapter are hereby repealed
to the extent of the inconsistency.
