TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER

COUNTY OF BURLINGTON

ORDINANCE NO. 2024-02

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2017-09 ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER, BURLINGTON COUNTY AMENDING THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER BY ADDING NEW SECTION ENTITLED ‘MAINTENANCE OF VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE TOWNSHIP AND ESTABLISHING REGISTRATION FEES FOR VACANT PROPERTIES’”

WHEREAS, on August 3, 2017, the Township Committee adopted Ordinance No. 2017-09 entitled “An Ordinance of the Township of North Hanover, Burlington County Amending the Code of the Township of North Hanover by adding new section entitled “Maintenance of Vacant Properties in the Township and Establishing Registration Fees for Vacant Properties’”; and

WHEREAS, since that time, the New Jersey Legislature adopted new legislation that was enacted into law that improves guidance to local governments concerning the establishment of registration policies to address the risk of blight of commercial and residential properties, and requires the Township to implement an updated ordinance consistent with this law; and

WHEREAS, the Township Committee desires to repeal Ordinance No. 2017-09 since it is not consistent with updated vacant and abandoned properties law within the state.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the Township of North Hanover Township that Ordinance No. 2017-09 entitled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2017-09 ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER, BURLINGTON COUNTY AMENDING THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORTH HANOVER BY ADDING NEW SECTION ENTITLED ‘MAINTENANCE OF VACANT PROPERTIES IN THE TOWNSHIP AND ESTABLISHING REGISTRATION FEES FOR VACANT PROPERTIES’” be and is hereby repealed in its entirety.

SECTION 2. At least three copies of said full Ordinance are on file in the Office of the Municipal Clerk for public examination and acquisition. Copies are available for inspection or acquisition during regular weekday working hours and arrangements have been made for the publication of said proposed Ordinance in pamphlet or other similar form which will be available from the Township Clerk.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication according to law.

SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions.

On Introduction:

NOTICE

This Ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at the regular meeting of the Township Committee of the Township of North Hanover held on March 7, 2024. It will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing to be held on March 21, 2024, at the Municipal Building, 41 Schoolhouse Road, Jacobstown, NJ at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at which time and place any persons desire to be heard upon the same will be given an opportunity to be heard. Copies of said ordinance are available to any member of the general public who wants a copy of the ordinance, free of charge at the Municipal Clerk’s Office located in the Township Municipal Building, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Mary Picariello, RMC/CMR/CTC

Municipal Clerk

NOTICE

The ordinance read by title upon second reading herewith has been adopted at the meeting of the Township Committee of North Hanover Township, held on March 21, 2024, and the applicable period of limitation within which a suit, action or validity of such ordinance can be commenced, has begun to run from the date of the publication of this notice.

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Mary Picariello, RMC/CMR/CTC

Municipal Clerk

Vote on Adoption of Ordinance:

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Mary Picariello, RMC/CMR/CTC

Municipal Clerk