File #: 22-0218    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 2/17/2022 In control: Law
On agenda: 3/16/2022 Final action: 5/18/2022
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT TITLE XVIII, HOUSING CODE, CHAPTER 6, HOUSING AND ZONING REGULATIONS (CERTIFICATE OF CODE COMPLIANCE), SECTION 10, CERTIFICATE OF CODE COMPLIANCE REQUIRED UPON A NEW TENANCY, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY MAKING VARIOUS CORRECTIONS.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT TITLE XVIII, HOUSING CODE, CHAPTER 6, HOUSING AND ZONING REGULATIONS (CERTIFICATE OF CODE COMPLIANCE), SECTION 10, CERTIFICATE OF CODE COMPLIANCE REQUIRED UPON A NEW TENANCY, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY MAKING VARIOUS CORRECTIONS.

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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6F-b on December 10, 2019, amending Title 18, Housing Code, Chapter 6, Housing and Zoning Regulations (Certificate of Code Compliance) by adding a Section 10, Certificate of Code Compliance required upon a New Tenancy, of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, by making various corrections; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Ordinance 6F-b adopted December 10, 2019, to make various corrections.

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

Note: Additions are shown in bold and underlined and deletions are shown as strikethrough.

Section 1. Title 18, Housing Code, Chapter 6, Housing and Zoning Regulations (Certificate of Code Compliance), Section 10, Certificate of Code Compliance Required upon a New Tenancy, is hereby amended in the following manner:


18:6-10.3 BRINGING A NEEDY PERSON TO THE CITY OF NEWARK

No person shall knowingly bring, or cause to be brought, a needy person to the City of Newark for the purpose of making him or her a public charge. A person who violates this Sub-section shall be obligated to convey such needy person out of the City of Newark.

For the purposes of this Sub-section, a needy person shall mean a person who is in a state of poverty and lacks the necessities of food and shelter.

18:6-10. 43 Penalty.

Violations of this Section by any person or corporation shall be punishable by a fine of at least One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($100.00) Two Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents...

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