Borough of Ridgefield, NJ
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2023-12-11
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 82 Public Works, Department of
- 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 75 Police Department
- Ch 79 Public Buildings, Use of
- Ch 82 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 82 Art I General Provisions
- § 82-1 Establishment; composition.
- § 82-2 Rules and regulations; jurisdiction.
- § 82-3 Bond and oath.
- § 82-4 Duties of Superintendent.
- 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
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ridgefield
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-6-1974 by Ord. No. 992
as Ch. 24, Art. I of the 1967 Code; amended in its entirety 2-24-2003
by Ord. No. 1806]
A Department of Public Works for the Borough of Ridgefield is hereby
established, which shall consist of a Superintendent of Public Works, who
shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the consent of the Borough Council,
and shall hold office until the first day of January next succeeding his appointment
and until his successor is appointed and qualifies, and also such employees
as may be from time to time authorized by resolution of the Borough Council.
The position of Deputy Superintendent of Public Works is established, and
may be filled in the discretion of the Mayor and Council. The Department of
Public Works shall employ such persons in such positions as may be deemed
proper by the Mayor and Council from time to time.
A.
The Department of Public Works as hereby established
shall, subject to the rules and regulations adopted from time to time by the
Mayor and Council and the resolutions of the Mayor and Council, have charge
of the streets, highways and public places in the Borough; the public sewers
and sewage disposal plant or plants; all other public works instituted or
conducted or under the control of the Mayor and Council; the pickup and removal
of garbage; and also such other matters as may from time to time be referred
to it by the Mayor and Council.
B.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall, unless otherwise
directed by the rules and regulations or resolutions adopted by the Mayor
and Council, report to and be subject to the direction of the Borough Administrator
or, if there be none, the Public Works Committee of the Mayor and Council.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall furnish a surety company bond
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, including the care,
custody, use and paying over of any Borough monies coming into his hands,
in accordance with the instructions of the Mayor and Council, in the sum of
$2,000, the premium for which bond shall be paid by the Borough. He shall
also, before entering upon his duties, file an oath to faithfully perform
all duties of his office to the best of his skill and ability.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall, subject to the orders of the
Borough Administrator, or the Public Works Committee of the Mayor and Council,
and the Mayor and Council, direct the subordinate employees of the Department
for the purpose of carrying on and performing the work of the Department.
He shall report each week, to the Borough Administrator, or if there be none,
to the Public Works Committee of the Mayor and Council, the number of persons
employed by the Department in connection with the work performed under the
supervision of such Committee and the amount of wages paid to such employees.
He shall employ no person unless thereunto authorized by resolution of the
Mayor and Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Office of Public Works Supervision,
adopted 8-26-1991 by Ord. No. 1451, which immediately followed this section,
was repealed 2-24-2003 by Ord. No. 1806.
