File #: 23-1438    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance: Amending Title 8, Business and Occupations, Chapter 19, Wreckers
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 8/28/2023 In control: Law
On agenda: 9/20/2023 Final action: 10/18/2023
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8, BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS, CHAPTER 19, WRECKERS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO AMEND SECTIONS 8:19-1, DEFINITIONS AND SECTION 8:19-6, SERVICE RATES TO UPDATE SERVICE RATES PENALTIES AND CLARIFY BOOT/IMMOBILIZATION REGULATIONS.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 8, BUSINESS AND OCCUPATIONS, CHAPTER 19, WRECKERS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED TO AMEND SECTIONS 8:19-1, DEFINITIONS AND SECTION 8:19-6, SERVICE RATES TO UPDATE SERVICE RATES PENALTIES AND CLARIFY BOOT/IMMOBILIZATION REGULATIONS.

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WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.49 permits a municipality to regulate by ordinance the removal of motor vehicles from private or public property by operators engaged in such practice, including but not limited to, the fees charged for storage including non-discriminatory and non-exclusionary regulations governing towing operators engaged in business and removing and storing motor vehicles; and

WHEREAS, Section 18:19-1 et seq., sets forth Rules and Regulations governing Wreckers in the City of Newark; and

WHEREAS, this Section needs to be amended to adopted updated service rates and penalties; and

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2 authorizes a municipality to make, amend, repeal and enforce such other ordinances, regulations, rules and by-laws not contrary to the laws of this State or of the United States, as it may deem necessary and proper for the good government, order and protection of persons and property, and for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

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SECTION 1. Title 8, Business and Occupations, Chapter 19, Wreckers, Section 8:19-1, Definitions, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, by adding the definitions thereto:

BOOTING COMPANY
Any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or any other business entity offering or performin...

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