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Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate a provision of this chapter or fail to comply therewith shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance, forfeit and pay a penalty not to exceed the sum of $500 or be imprisoned for a period of not more than 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction shall be had. The imposition of a penalty for violation of this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; such violation shall be remedied within a reasonable time, and each day that such violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
The conviction of a licensee or permittee for a violation hereunder shall not prevent the Township from taking action to suspend or revoke the license or permit of the person so convicted, as herein provided.
SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, held on April 13, 2010, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at the regular meeting of said Governing Body to be held on the 27th day of April, 2010, at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter can be reached, at the meeting room of the Municipal Building located at 95 W. Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning this ordinance.
ANN MARIE EDEN, RMC Township Clerk, Township of Jackson
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