EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP

ORDINANCE 08-04

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF EAST

AMWELL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE

04-13 & AMENDING ORDINANCE 05-21 AND SECTION 92-4 OF THE LAND

MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF EAST AMWELL TO

MODIFY THE PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO "TENTS" USED IN

CONJUNCTION WITH A "VETERINARY HOSPITAL" AND WITH RESPECT TO

EXEMPTION FROM SITE PLAN REVIEW TERMINATION DATE.

Section 1. Purpose: The Township Committee desires to change the termination date for site plan exemption for tent(s) used in conjunction with veterinary hospitals from December 31, 2007, until December 31, 2009.

BE IT ORDAINED by the East Amwell Township Committee, in the County of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey that an ordinance of the Township, whose short title is “East Amwell Land Management Ordinance” be, and the same is hereby, amended and supplemented as follows:

Section 2. The following underlined revisions are made to Ordinance 05-21, which amended Ordinance 04-13 and Section 92-4, Terms Defined, of the Code of East Amwell Township.

§92-4 DEFINITIONS:

VETERINARY HOSPITAL: Change last sentence from “The site plan exemption for tent(s) shall terminate on December 31, 2007” to read, “The site plan exemption for tent(s) shall terminate on December 31, 2009.”

SITE PLAN, EXEMPT: Under Editor’s Note 10, line three, will be changed from “… a sunset provision terminating the exemption of site plan review for tents used in conjunction with veterinary hospitals, effective 12-31-07….” to read as follows: “…a sunset provision terminating the exemption of site plan review for tents used in conjunction with veterinary hospitals, effective 12-31-09….”

Section Three. Severability.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held 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 Four. Effective Date

This ordinance shall take effect, following final passage, upon publication of notice of final passage and the filing of a copy hereof with the Hunterdon County Planning Board.

By Order of the Township Committee,

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C. Larry Tatsch, Mayor

Attest:________________________

Teresa R. Stahl, RMC/CMC

Municipal Clerk

Introduced: April 10, 2008

Adopted: May 8, 2008