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NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-3 - Ordinances in effect in 1917 unaffected

40:49-3. Ordinances in effect in 1917 unaffected  L.1917, c. 152, Art. X, s. 2, p. 345 (1924 Suppl. s. *136-1002), being section 2 of Article X of an act entitled "An act concerning municipalities," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, saved from repeal. [This section provides that all ordinances in effect when the act took effect, except where inconsistent with the provisions of L.1917, c. 152, p. 319, shall remain in effect until altered or repealed.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-5.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-5.1 - Enactment of code by reference

40:49-5.1. Enactment of code by reference  Any municipality may enact, amend or supplement ordinances, establishing, amending or supplementing rules and regulations affecting the construction, reconstruction or repair of buildings, ordinances for fire prevention and ordinances establishing fire prevention codes, and health ordinances establishing, amending or supplementing rules and regulations affecting the installation, maintenance, repair and control of the plumbing, ventilation and drainage of buildings and the connection thereof with an outside sewer, cesspool or other receptacle, by reference to such rules and regulations in any such ordinance and without the inclusion of the text thereof therein, if the rules and regulations to be adopted are printed or otherwise reproduced in book form as a code or as a part of a code of such rules and regulations; provided, that a copy of such printed code, so marked as to indicate plainly what portion thereof, if less than the whole, is intended to be adopted, is annexed to such ordinance; that said code or such portion thereof as is intended to be adopted is so described in said ordinance as to identify it and there is indicated in said description the common or trade name, if any, of such code of rules and regulations; and that it is stated in the ordinance that three copies of said code, similarly marked, have been placed on file in the office of the municipal clerk, upon the introduction of said ordinance and will remain on file there until final action is taken on said ordinance, for the use and examination of the public.  L. 1946, c. 21, s. 1; amended 1948,c.276; 1987,c.442,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-5.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-5.2 - Publication of rules and regulations unnecessary, when

40:49-5.2. Publication of rules and regulations unnecessary, when  It shall not be necessary to publish any such rules and regulations, so to be adopted, as part of said ordinance, notwithstanding that a printed copy thereof is annexed thereto, either before or after the final passage of such ordinance; provided, that said printed copies are filed as aforesaid, and, if said ordinance is adopted, the said copies shall remain on file in said office so long as said ordinance is in effect, and three copies shall be placed on file, and shall so remain on file, in the office of the body or department having charge of the enforcement of said ordinance, so long as said ordinance is in effect, for the use and examination of the public. L.1946, c. 21, p. 60, s. 2, eff. March 19, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-5.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-5.3 - Copy of code annexed to ordinance considered part of ordinance

40:49-5.3. Copy of code annexed to ordinance considered part of ordinance  For the purpose of proof of any such ordinance or the receipt thereof in evidence in all courts and places, such copy of said code, so marked and so annexed to such ordinance, shall be construed to be part of said ordinance as fully as though it had been set forth at length therein. L.1946, c. 21, p. 60, s. 3, eff. March 19, 1946.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-6 - Publication and notice

40:49-6. Publication and notice  Every ordinance providing for local improvements authorized by articles one and two of chapter fifty-six of this Title (s. 40:56-1 et seq.), or providing that all or a part of the cost of any work, acquisition of property, or improvement shall be assessed upon abutting land or lands specially benefited thereby (except sidewalks); or providing for the establishment or change of grade, or the vacation of any street, highway, lane or alley or portion thereof, or the vacation, as hereinafter defined, of any square, place or park, or any portion thereof, dedicated to the public, but which has not been accepted or opened by the municipality, shall be published in the manner required by section 40:49-2 of article two of this chapter, except that every such ordinance after being introduced and having passed a first reading shall be published at least once not less than ten days instead of one week prior to the time fixed for further consideration for final passage. At least one week prior to such time fixed for further consideration for final passage of such ordinance, a copy thereof, together with a notice of the introduction thereof, and the time and place when and where the ordinance will be further considered for final passage, shall be mailed to every person whose lands may be affected by the ordinance or any assessment which may be made in pursuance thereof, so far as the same may be ascertained, directed to his last known post-office address. The owner of any lands may file with the clerk of the municipality, or other official designated by the governing body by resolution or ordinance, a list of lands owned by him with a post-office address to which notice shall be directed. Failure to mail the notice herein provided for shall not invalidate any ordinance, proceeding or assessment. Amended by L.1945, c. 292, p. 843, s. 1, eff. May 3, 1945.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-7 - Objections to improvement; passage over protest

40:49-7. Objections to improvement; passage over protest  No local improvement shall be undertaken by any municipality where objections thereto in writing are filed with the clerk of the governing body before the final passage of the ordinance providing for such improvement, by the owners of two-thirds in value of lands proposed to be assessed for benefits accruing from such improvement as determined by the governing body which shall use for that purpose the last preceding valuation for the purpose of taxation. If, however, the governing body shall determine that such local improvement is a public necessity, the municipality may undertake such local improvement notwithstanding such objection, subject to the provisions of section 40:49-8 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-8 - Review

40:49-8. Review  The person or persons filing such objections may, however, within ten days after the passage of such ordinance, obtain a review of the determination of the governing body as to the public necessity of such improvement, by a judge of the Superior Court, in the county, by a notice in writing, filed with the municipal clerk. The matter may be brought on by either party on five days' notice or such notice as the judge shall direct, and the determination of the judge as to the public necessity of the improvement shall be final. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 697, s. 176, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-9 - When operative; objections to passage; referendum and notice thereof

40:49-9. When operative; objections to passage; referendum and notice thereof  Any ordinance authorizing any improvement shall become operative ten days after the publication thereof after its final passage, unless within said ten days a protest against making the improvement shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk signed by taxpayers representing ten per cent in amount of the assessed valuation of such municipality, whose names appear on the last preceding assessment roll thereof, in which case the ordinance shall remain inoperative until a proposition for the ratification thereof shall be adopted, at an election to be held for that purpose, by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting on the proposition. The certificate of the municipal clerk filed in his office as to the filing or sufficiency of any protest shall be conclusive for the purposes of this section. At least ten days before the election notice thereof shall be published once in a newspaper published in the municipality, or if there be no such newspaper, then in a newspaper published in the county and circulating in the municipality.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-10 - Time of election; special election; ballot

40:49-10. Time of election; special election; ballot  Any proposition submitted to the voters of any municipality under the provisions of section 40:49-9 or of section 40:49-27 of this title shall be voted upon at the next general election held in the municipality at least thirty days after the filing of the protest or protests herein provided for, unless the governing body thereof shall call a special election therefor. Such special election shall be conducted and canvassed by the same officers and in the same manner as nearly as may be as prescribed by the laws regulating general elections. The proposition to be voted upon shall be stated on the ballots in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below if in favor thereof mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall an ordinance of the ................. [ ] YES (name of governing body) of the ........ of ........ (name of municipality) [ ] NO entitled .................. (title of ordinance and date of passage) be ratified?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-11 - Result of election; resolution; publication

40:49-11. Result of election; resolution; publication  The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring the result of the election, which resolution shall be published once in the manner provided above for the notice of election. No action, suit or proceeding to contest the validity of the election shall be instituted after the expiration of twenty days from the date of publication of the resolution declaring the result thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-12 - Referendum unnecessary in certain cases

40:49-12. Referendum unnecessary in certain cases  Sections 40:49-9 to 40:49-11 of this title shall not apply where the legal voters of any municipality shall have authorized the making of any improvement or the establishment of any public utility by a referendum vote thereon.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-13 - Alternative procedure

40:49-13. Alternative procedure  The procedure for the passage of ordinances for the laying out, opening, straightening, establishing, widening, extending, altering, or changing in any manner the location of any street, road, alley or public highway or portion thereof may, in the discretion of the governing body of any municipality, which exercise of discretion shall be evidenced by the passage of a preliminary resolution, and in lieu of any other procedure, be as hereinafter in this article provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-14 - Reference to officer making assessments; map prepared

40:49-14. Reference to officer making assessments; map prepared  Every such ordinance, after being introduced and having passed a first reading, shall be referred to the officer or board in the municipality charged with the duty of making assessments for benefits for local improvements, who, or a majority of whom, shall thereupon cause a map of such improvement to be made by the municipal engineer or surveyor, showing the real estate and improvements to be taken therefor, and the property which, in the judgment of the assessing officer or board, will be specially benefited thereby, designating each lot and parcel on the map by a letter or number.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-15 - Estimate of damages and expenses

40:49-15. Estimate of damages and expenses  The officer or board shall also ascertain, so far as practicable, the names of the owners of the real estate to be taken and of the property to be benefited by the proposed improvement, the interest, in the real estate so to be taken, of each owner thereof, and when the names or estates are not known, they shall so report. They shall further appraise the value of the interest of each known owner of real estate to be taken and the damage which will be done to such owner by the taking. Where the estates in any plot of land are unknown, they shall appraise the value of or the damage done to the fee simple. They shall estimate all other expenses likely, in their judgment, to attend the completion of the improvement, shall estimate the amount likely to be realized from the sale of any buildings, or parts of buildings, required to be taken on account of the improvement, and shall so determine the probable net cost of making the improvement.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-16 - Hearing and notice; assessments proportionate to benefits

40:49-16. Hearing and notice; assessments proportionate to benefits  After hearings held upon notice, in the manner provided in chapter 56 of this title (s. 40:56-1 et seq.), in case of assessment for benefits and awards for incidental damages where no lands are taken, they shall make an award to the owner for the real estate or right or interest therein to be taken and the damage done to the remaining property, if any. They shall then assess the probable net cost upon the land to be specially benefited in proportion to the benefit to be received.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-17 - Assessors' report; filing

40:49-17. Assessors' report; filing  Thereupon they shall, under their hands, make a report to the governing body of the municipality, certifying the facts ascertained as above required, the appraisements, estimates, determinations, awards and assessments made by them concerning the improvement, and shall thereupon file such report and map with the clerk of the municipality, who shall present it to the governing body.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-18 - Filing of report; hearing; notice of hearing

40:49-18. Filing of report; hearing; notice of hearing  40:49-18. Upon the receipt of the report by the governing body, the same shall be filed by it, and it shall then, or at a subsequent regular meeting, fix a time and place when and where it will meet to consider all objections to the report or improvement which are presented in writing, and it shall cause the ordinance to be published in its entirety or by its title together with a notice of introduction, the time and place when and where a copy of the ordinance can be obtained without cost by any member of the general public who desires a copy, and a clear and concise statement prepared by the clerk of the governing body setting forth the purpose of the ordinance, once in a newspaper published and circulating in the municipality, if there be one, and if not, in a newspaper printed in the county and circulating in the municipality, together with a notice of the introduction thereof, and of the filing of the map and report. The notice shall contain a general description of the improvement intended, of the land to be taken, of the land to be assessed for the improvement, and of the awards made, and shall state the time and place when and where the governing body will meet to hear and consider any objections, to the report or to the improvement, which are presented in writing. Amended 1995,c.259,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-19 - Publication; notice mailed to owners

40:49-19. Publication; notice mailed to owners  The publication of the ordinance and notice shall be at least ten days prior to the time fixed for the consideration of said report and the further consideration of the said ordinance for final passage. At least one week prior to the time so fixed, a copy of the ordinance, together with a notice of the introduction thereof, of the filing of the map and report, and of the time and place when and where the governing body will meet to hear and consider any objections to said report or improvement, shall be mailed to every person whose lands may be affected by such ordinance or any assessment which may be made in pursuance thereof, so far as the same may be ascertained, directed to his last known address. Failure to mail such notice shall not invalidate any ordinance, proceeding or assessment.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-20 - Hearing to persons interested

40:49-20. Hearing to persons interested  At the time and place so stated in such publication, or at any time and place to which the meeting or the further consideration of the ordinance, map and report, shall from time to time be adjourned, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the ordinance, map and report, and to file objections in writing to any of them.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-21 - Awards for damages readjusted; ordinance amended

40:49-21. Awards for damages readjusted; ordinance amended  At the time and place so stated, or at any adjourned meeting thereof, the governing body shall consider and adjudicate upon all objections filed in writing as hereinbefore in this article provided, and may proceed to correct, increase or diminish any award accordingly, without further or other notice to the person or persons interested, or if no corrections are made, or if the governing body shall then determine to make the improvement notwithstanding any objections to the same, it shall by resolution confirm the awards as certified to it or with corrections, if any, and give such ordinance a second reading or amend it, and thereupon pass or reject it with or without amendment. Whenever any amendment shall be adopted, substantially altering the substance of the ordinance, the ordinance as so amended shall not be finally adopted until the amended ordinance, and the report and map theretofore submitted, shall be referred to the officer or board of the municipality charged with the duty of making assessments for local improvements, for the purpose of making any alteration or correction in the map or report as may be rendered necessary by reason of the amendment. Such officer or board and the governing body shall proceed in all respects, on the amended ordinance being referred, as is herein in this article provided for him or them in the case of a new or original ordinance.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-22 - Corrections to report; entry on minutes; certification

40:49-22. Corrections to report; entry on minutes; certification  Any corrections made to the report shall be entered in full on the minutes of the governing body and a copy thereof, certified to by the clerk of the governing body, shall be appended to the report of the officer or board making the report of the awards or assessments.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-23 - Republication of ordinance

40:49-23. Republication of ordinance  At least two days prior to the time fixed for the further consideration for final passage of the ordinance, it shall be again published.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-24 - Objections to street improvement; passage over objections

40:49-24. Objections to street improvement; passage over objections  No such local improvement shall be undertaken by any municipality where objections thereto in writing are filed with the municipal clerk, before the final passage of the ordinance, by the owners of two-thirds in value of the lands proposed to be assessed for benefit as determined by the governing body, who shall use for that purpose the last preceding valuation for the purpose of taxation. If, however, the governing body shall determine such local improvement to be a public necessity they may undertake the same notwithstanding such objections, subject to the provisions of section 40:49-25 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-25 - Review

40:49-25. Review  Within ten days after the final passage of such ordinance the persons filing the objection provided in section 40:49-24 of this Title may obtain a review of the determination of the governing body, as to the public necessity of such improvement, by a judge of the Superior Court by a notice in writing, filed with the municipal clerk. The matter may be brought on by either party on five days' notice or such notice as the judge shall direct and the determination of the judge as to the public necessity of the improvement shall be final. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 697, s. 177, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-26 - Procedure after passage of ordinance

40:49-26. Procedure after passage of ordinance  When the procedure of this article shall have been adopted, all benefits shall be assessed, appeals taken, and other procedure had in accordance with the provisions of sections 40:56-43 to 40:56-47 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:49-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:49-27 - Debt-authorization referendum procedure

40:49-27. Debt-authorization referendum procedure  Any ordinance authorizing the incurring of any indebtedness, except for current expenses, shall become operative 20 days after the publication thereof after its final passage, unless within those 20 days a protest against the incurring of such indebtedness shall be filed in the office of the municipal clerk, by a petition signed by registered voters of the municipality equal in number to at least 15% of the number of votes cast in the municipality at the most recent general election at which members of the General Assembly were elected, in which case such ordinance shall remain inoperative until a proposition for the ratification thereof shall be adopted, at an election to be held for that purpose, by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting on the proposition, subject to the provisions of R.S. 40:49-10 to 40:49-12.  A petition circulated pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of sections 2 through 5 of P.L. 1986, c. 69 (C. 40:49-27a to 40:49-27c).  Amended by L. 1986, c. 69, s. 1, eff. July 30, 1986.