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SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be 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 hereof.

SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.

DATE: ___ MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

MAYOR MICHAEL REINA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 12th day of October, 2021, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 26th day of October, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the same will be given the opportunity to be so heard.

Janice Kisty, RMC, Jackson Township Clerk

7:51 P.M. Council Vice President Flemming Arrived.

ORDINANCE: 24-21

TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 244-6 OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF OPEN SPACE

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 24-21 BY: SAUICKIE MOTION SECONDED BY: CHISHOLM YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, SAUICKIE, FLEMMING, KERN

MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 24-21 ON SECOND READING, ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL IN AN APPROVED NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY: BORRELLI MOTION SECONDED BY: CHISHOLM YES: BORRELLI, CHISHOLM, SAUICKIE, FLEMMING, KERN

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 244-6 OF THE TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF OPEN SPACE

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION 1. Purpose: The Township code currently defines the term, “open space” in Chapter 244-6 of the Township Code. It is the purpose of this Ordinance to add a clarification as to said definition to ensure stormwater management basins, ghosts parking areas and contiguous areas under 100 square feet are not considered “open space” unless otherwise specified.

SECTION 2. Chapter 244-6 entitled “Definitions” shall be amended as follows:

An additional sentence shall be added to the definition of open space;