2022 Ordinances

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Ordinance 2285-22 (PDF) Adopted on February 16, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Repeal and Replace Chapter 293, Land Use Procedures, Section 293-29, Fees.

Ordinance 2286-22 (PDF) Adopted on February 16, 2022

  • Water Utility Bond Ordinance Providing for Water System Infrastructure Improvements Including Specifically Purchase and Installation of PFOA/PFAS Remediation Equipment and Measures Related to the Same at Various Locations as may be Identified all in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, NJ, Appropriating Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand ($7,600,000) Dollars Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand ($7,600,000) Dollars Bonds or Notes of the Borough for Financing the Same.

Ordinance 2287-22 (PDF) Adopted on February 16, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Fix the 2022 Salaries, Wages and Compensation of the Employees of the Borough of Hawthorne, County of Passaic and State of NJ.

Ordinance 2288-22 (PDF) Adopted on March 2, 2022

  • Bond Ordinance Providing for Road Reconstruction, Including Milling, Paving and Resurfacing, as Well as Curbing, Handicapped Ramps and Related Improvements on Various Streets and Properties Described Herein or Hereafter Identified, all in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, NJ, Appropriating Nine Hundred Ninety Thousand ($990,000) Dollars Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds or Notes of the Borough in the Sum of Eight Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand ($855,000) Dollars for Financing the Same.

Ordinance 2289-22 (PDF) Adopted on March 2, 2022

  • Bond Ordinance Providing for Reconstruction or Replacement of Sidewalks and Driveway Aprons on Various Streets as Identified on the Schedule Made a Part Hereof as Described Specifically Herein, in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, NJ, Appropriating Four Hundred ($400,000) Thousand Dollars Therefor, Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds or Notes in the Amount of Three Hundred Eighty Thousand ($380,000) Dollars for Financing Part of the Cost Thereof and Directing Special Assessment of the Cost Thereof.

Ordinance 2290-22 (PDF) Adopted on March 2, 2022

  • Bond Ordinance Providing for Road Reconstruction, Resurfacing, Drainage, Curb, Sidewalk and Handicapped Ramp Improvements on Fifth Avenue and Utter Avenue as Described Specifically Herein, in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, NJ, Appropriating Six Hundred Three Thousand Seven Hundred ($603,700) Dollars Therefor, and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds or Notes in the Amount of Two Hundred Thirty Thousand ($230,000) Dollars of the Borough for Financing the Same.

Ordinance 2291-22 (PDF) Adopted on May 4, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Further Amend and Supplement the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne to Revise Various Rates Set Forth in Chapter 220, Fees Section 10, Land Use Procedures and Section 12, Parks and Recreation, Municipal Swimming Pool.

Ordinance 2292-22 (PDF) Adopted on May 4, 2022

  • 2022 Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits and to Establish a Cap Bank Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14.

Ordinance 2293-22 (PDF) Adopted on April 20, 2022

  • An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of a Lease Agreement for Property Located on the Corner of Diamond Bridge Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, Being a Portion of Block 105, Lot 16, on the Tax Map of the Borough of Hawthorne.

Ordinance 2294-22 (PDF) Adopted on May 4, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Fix the 2022 Salaries, Wages and Compensation of the Employees of the Borough of Hawthorne, County of Passaic and State of NJ.

Ordinance 2295-22 (PDF) Adopted on June 15, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Amend 2294-22, Fixing the 2022 Salaries, Wages and Compensation of the Employees of the Borough of Hawthorne, County of Passaic and State of New Jersey.

Ordinance 2296-22 (PDF) Adopted on July 6, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Amend Ordinance 2293-22, Authorizing the Execution of a Lease Agreement for Property Located on the corner of diamond Bridge Avenue and Lafayette Avenue, Being a Portion of Block 105, Lot 16, on the Tax Map of the Borough of Hawthorne, Changing the Term of the Lease Thereunder

Ordinance 2297-22 (PDF) Adopted on August 17, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Further Amend and Supplement Chapter 505, Article II, 505-12, Stop Intersections, Section 505-18, Parking Prohibited at all Times, and Section 505-21, Time Limit Parking, so as to Ad Thereto Certain Additional Locations

Ordinance 2298-22 (PDF) Adopted on October 19, 2022

  • Bond Ordinance Providing for Installation of Lighting Improvements at Franklin Field as Described Herein, in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, NJ, Appropriating ($799,000) Therefor, and Authorizing, After Application of Grant Funds, the Issuance of Bonds or Notes in the Amount of ($665,000) of the Borough for Financing the Same

Ordinance 2299-22 (PDF) Adopted on October 19, 2022

  • Bond Ordinance Providing for Improvements to Athletic Fields at Wagaraw Road and Franklin Field as well as Rehabilitation of the Roller Hockey Rink Described Herein, in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, NJ, Appropriating ($580,000) therefor, and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds or Notes in the Amount of ($551,000) of the Borough for Financing the Same 

Ordinance 2300-22 (PDF) Adopted on November 2, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Further Amend and Supplement the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne to Revise Rates Set Forth in Chapter 220, Fees, Section 12, Parks and Recreation, Municipal Swimming Pool, so as to Include Members of the Domestic Violence Response Team as Eligible for Admission at No Charge 

Ordinance 2301-22 (PDF)  Adopted on November 2, 2022

  • Bond Ordinance Providing for Purchase of SCBA and Related Fire Fighting Gear by the Hawthorne Volunteer Fire Department, as a Shared Purchase with the Borough of Glen Rock, through FEMA Grant, as Described Herein, in and by the Borough of Hawthorne in the County of Passaic, New Jersey, Appropriating ($190,000) Therefor, and Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds or Notes in the Amount of ($180,500) of the Borough for Financing the Same

Ordinance 2302-22 (PDF) Adopted on December 21, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Further Amend and Supplement the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne so as to Amend Chapter 530, Water, Section 530-28, Installation of Meter, so as to Provide for Installation of Replacement Meters

Ordinance 2303-22 (PDF) Adopted on December 21, 2022

  • An Ordinance to Further Amend and Supplement the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne to Amend Chapter 220, Fees, Sections 220-21 Water, so as to Revise Water Rates