[HISTORY: Adopted by the governing body of the Township of Little Falls 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 753 as Ch. XXVI of the 1995 Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Township of Little Falls shall be divided into eight election districts, with boundaries as hereinafter specified to be known as Election District No. 1, Election District No. 2, Election District No. 3, Election District No. 4, Election District No. 5, Election District No. 6, Election District No. 7 and Election District No. 8.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Election District No. 1 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - Civic Center, 19 Warren Street
BEGINNING at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by a line 100 feet westerly and parallel with the westerly line of First Avenue and running from thence;
(1)
In a westerly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to a point where the same is intersected by a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of Montclair Avenue, thence;
(2)
In a northerly direction, along a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of Montclair Avenue, to the centerline of Main Street, thence;
(3)
In an easterly direction, along the centerline of Main Street to the centerline of Union Avenue, thence;
(4)
In a northerly direction, along the centerline of Union Avenue to the centerline of the Passaic River, thence;
(5)
In an easterly direction, downstream, along the centerline of the Passaic River to a point where the same would be intersected by the northerly prolongation of the westerly line of Tax Map Block 111, Lot 7, thence;
(6)
In a southerly direction, along the northerly prolongation of the westerly line of Tax Map Block 111, Lot 7 and its southeasterly prolongation to the southerly side of Main Street, thence;
(7)
In an easterly direction, along the southerly side of Main Street, to a point 100 feet westerly and parallel with the westerly line of First Avenue and thence;
(8)
In a southerly direction, along a line 100 feet westerly and parallel with the westerly line of First Avenue, to the point or place of beginning.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Election District No. 2 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - Eagle Rescue Squad, Wilmore Road
Beginning at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by the centerline of the Peckman River and running from thence;
(1)
In a westerly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to a point where the same is intersected by a line 100 feet westerly and parallel with the westerly line of First Avenue, thence;
(2)
In a northerly direction, along a line 100 feet westerly and parallel with the westerly line of First Avenue, to the southerly line of Main Street, thence;
(3)
In a westerly direction, along the southerly line of Main Street to a point where the same is intersected by the southeasterly prolongation of the westerly line of Tax Map Block 111, Lot 7, thence;
(4)
In a northwesterly direction, along the southeasterly prolongation of the westerly line of Tax Map Block 111, Lot 7 and its northerly prolongation to the centerline of the Passaic River, thence;
(5)
In a northeasterly direction, along the centerline of the Passaic River, downstream, to a point where the same is intersected by the southerly boundary line of the Borough of West Paterson, thence;
(6)
In an easterly direction, along the southerly boundary line of the Borough of West Paterson, to a point where the same is intersected by the centerline of the Peckman River and thence;
(7)
In a southerly direction, along the centerline of the Peckman River to the point or place of beginning.
Election District No. 3 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - Passaic Valley High School, East Main Street
Beginning at a point in the centerline of the Peckman River where the same is intersected by the centerline of the Old Morris Canal and running from thence;
(1)
In a northeasterly direction, along the centerline of the Old Morris Canal to a point where the same is intersected by the centerline of Long Hill Road, thence;
(2)
In an easterly direction, along the centerline of Long Hill Road to a point where the same is intersected by the southwesterly prolongation of the easterly line of Tax Map Block 178, Lot 2, thence;
(3)
In a northeasterly direction, along the easterly line of Tax Map Block 178, Lot 2, and along the rear line of lots fronting on Notch Road to the northwesterly corner of Rustic Ridge Road, thence;
(4)
In a southeasterly direction, along the northeasterly line of Rustic Ridge Road to the northwesterly line of Notch Road, thence;
(5)
In a northeasterly direction, along the northwesterly line of Notch Road to the intersection of the southerly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 46 with the boundary line of the Borough of West Paterson, thence;
(6)
In a northerly and westerly direction, along the boundary line of the Borough of West Paterson to a point where the same is intersected by the centerline of the Peckman River and thence;
(7)
In a southerly direction, along the centerline of the Peckman River to the point or place of beginning.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Election District No. 4 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - St. Agnes Church, Union Avenue
Beginning at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of the Newark Pompton Turnpike, New Jersey State Highway Route 23, and running from thence;
(1)
In a northerly direction, along a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of the Newark Pompton Turnpike, New Jersey State Highway Route 23, to the centerline of the Passaic River, thence;
(2)
In a northerly and easterly direction, downstream, along the centerline of the Passaic River, to a point where the same is intersected by the northerly prolongation of the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Grey Rock Avenue, thence;
(3)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Grey Rock Avenue and the southerly prolongation of the same to the southerly side of Main Street, thence;
(4)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the westerly side of Woodside venue and the southerly prolongation of the same to the southerly side of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Right of Way, thence;
(5)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the westerly side of the Elm Court cul-de-sac to the rear of lots fronting on the northerly side of Bergen Drive, thence;
(6)
In a westerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the northerly side of Bergen Drive, to the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Bradford Avenue, thence;
(7)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Bradford Avenue to a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County and thence;
(8)
In a westerly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to the point or place of beginning.
Election District No. 5 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - Public School No. 3, Main Street
BEGINNING at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of the Newark Pompton Turnpike, New Jersey State Highway, Route 23, and running from thence;
(1)
In a westerly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to the centerline of the Passaic River, thence;
(2)
In a northerly direction, downstream, along the centerline of the Passaic River to a point where the same is intersected by a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of the Newark Pompton Turnpike New Jersey. State Highway Route 23, and thence;
(3)
In a southerly direction, along a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of the Newark Pompton Turnpike, New Jersey State Highway Route 23, to the point or place of beginning.
Election District No. 6 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - Great Notch Fire House, Long Hill Road
Beginning at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by the centerline of the Peckman River and running from thence;
(1)
In a northerly direction, downstream, along the centerline of the Peckman River to a point where the same is intersected by the centerline of the Old Morris Canal, thence;
(2)
In a northeasterly direction, along the centerline of the Old Morris Canal to a point where the same is intersected by the centerline of Long Hill Road, thence;
(3)
In an easterly direction, along the centerline of Long Hill Road to a point where the same is intersected by the southwesterly prolongation of the easterly line of Tax Map Block 178, Lot 2, thence;
(4)
In a northeasterly direction, along the easterly line of Tax Map Block 178, Lot 2, and along the rear line of lots fronting on Notch Road to the northwesterly corner of Rustic Ridge Road, thence;
(5)
In a southeasterly direction, along the northeasterly line of Rustic Ridge Road to the northwesterly line of Notch Road, thence;
(6)
In a northeasterly direction, along the northwesterly line of Notch Road to the intersection of the southerly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 46 with the boundary line of the Borough of West Paterson, thence;
(7)
In an easterly direction, along the boundary line of the Borough of West Paterson to the boundary line of the City of Clifton, thence;
(8)
In a southerly direction, along the boundary line of the City of Clifton to the southerly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 46, thence;
(9)
In a westerly direction, along the southerly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 46 to the westerly line of Tax Map Block 183, Lot 12, thence;
(10)
In a southerly direction, along the westerly line of Tax Map Block 183, Lot 12, to the northerly line of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Right of Way, thence;
(11)
In a southwesterly direction, along the northerly and northwesterly line of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Right of Way to a point where the same is intersected by the northwesterly prolongation of the rear of lots fronting on the northeasterly side of Long Hill Road, thence;
(12)
In a southeasterly direction, along the northwesterly prolongation thereof and the rear of lots fronting on the northeasterly side of Long Hill Road to the southeasterly line of Tax Map: Block 237, Lot 64, thence;
(13)
In a southwesterly direction, along the southeasterly line of Tax Map Block 237, Lot 64, and its southwesterly prolongation to the centerline of Long Hill Road, thence;
(14)
In a northwesterly direction, along the centerline of Long Hill Road to a point where the same is intersected by the northeasterly prolongation of the northwesterly line of Tax Map Block 230, Lot 58, thence;
(15)
In a southwesterly direction, along the northeasterly prolongation thereof and the northwesterly line of Tax Map Block 230, Lot 58, to the rear of lots fronting on the southwesterly side of Long Hill Road, thence;
(16)
In a southeasterly and southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the southwesterly side of Long Hill Road and the westerly side of Ridge Road to the northerly boundary line of Essex County and thence;
(17)
In a westerly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to the point or place of beginning.
Election District No. 7 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - St. George Orthodox Church, Long Hill Road
Beginning at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by the rear line of lots fronting on the westerly side of Ridge Road and running from thence;
(1)
In an easterly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to the boundary line of the City of Clifton, thence;
(2)
In a northerly direction, along the boundary line of the city of Clifton to the southerly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 46, thence;
(3)
In a westerly direction, along the southerly line of New Jersey State Highway Route 46 to the westerly line of Tax Map Block 183, Lot 12, thence;
(4)
In a southerly direction, along the westerly line of Tax Map Block 183, Lot 12, to the northerly line of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Right of Way, thence;
(5)
In a southwesterly direction, along the northerly and northwesterly line of the Eire Lackawanna Railroad Right of Way to a point where the same is intersected by the northwesterly prolongation of the rear of lots fronting on the northeasterly side of Long Hill Road, thence;
(6)
In a southeasterly direction, along the northwesterly prolongation thereof and the rear of lots fronting on the northeasterly side of Long Hill Road to the southeasterly line of Tax Map Block 237, Lot 64, thence;
(7)
In a southwesterly direction, along the southeasterly line of Tax Map Block 237, Lot 64, and its southwesterly prolongation to the centerline of Long Hill Road, thence;
(8)
In a northwesterly direction, along the centerline of Long Hill Road to a point where the same is intersected by the northeasterly prolongation of the northwesterly line of Tax Map Block 230, Lot 58, thence;
(9)
In a southwesterly direction, along the northeasterly prolongation thereof and the northwesterly line of Tax Map Block 230, Lot 58, to the rear of lots fronting on the southwesterly side of Long Hill Road and thence;
(10)
In a southeasterly and southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the southwesterly side of Long Hill Road and the westerly side of Ridge Road to the point or place of beginning.
Election District No. 7 of the Township of Little Falls shall include all of the territory and the inhabitants thereof contained which is bounded and described as follows:
Polling Location - St. Agnes Church, Union Avenue
Beginning at a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County where the same is intersected by a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of Montclair Avenue and running from thence;
(1)
In a northerly direction, along a line 60 feet easterly and parallel with the easterly line of Montclair Avenue to the centerline of Main Street, thence;
(2)
In an easterly direction, along the centerline of Main Street to the centerline of Union Avenue, thence;
(3)
In a northerly direction, along the centerline of Union Avenue to the centerline of the Passaic River, thence;
(4)
In a westerly direction, upstream, along the centerline of the Passaic River to a point where the same is intersected by the northerly prolongation of the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Grey Rock Avenue, thence;
(5)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Grey Rock Avenue and the southerly prolongation of the same to the southerly side of Main Street, thence;
(6)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the westerly side of Woodside Avenue and the southerly prolongation of the same to the southerly side of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Right of Way, thence;
(7)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the westerly side of the Elm Court cul-de-sac to the rear of lots fronting on the northerly side of Bergen Drive, thence;
(8)
In a westerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the northerly side of Bergen Drive to the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Bradford Avenue, thence;
(9)
In a southerly direction, along the rear of lots fronting on the easterly side of Bradford Avenue to a point in the northerly boundary line of Essex County and thence;
(10)
In an easterly direction, along the northerly boundary line of Essex County to the point or place of beginning.
A copy of this chapter shall be placed and kept on file in the office of the Clerk of Passaic County and a duplicate thereof in the office of the Township Clerk of the Township of Little Falls.