310-22 By-Laws 2022 Final.pdf

BY-LAWS OF DOWNTOWN WEST ORANGE ALLIANCE, INC. ARTICLE I Name and Incorporation Section 1. Name The name of the corporation is Downtown West Orange Alliance, Inc. It is hereafter referred to as the “Corporation” throughout these by-laws. Section 2. Purposes The Corporation shall be a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey and its purposes are exclusively charitable and educational as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 3. Location The principal offices of the Corporation shall be West Orange Town Hall, 66 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052, or such other location as the Trustees, from time to time, may determine. ARTICLE II Members Section 1. Members The membership of the Corporation shall be as follows: a. The owners of real property within the West Orange Special Improvement District (the “District”) and subject to an annual assessment pursuant to West Orange Ordinance #1534-98, as amended. Each taxable property, as determined by the West Orange Tax Assessor’s Office, when the annual assessment has been paid, shall be entitled to one (1) vote. b. Persons who are legal tenants of property within the District subject to the assessment and who have paid the annual assessment shall be entitled to one (1) vote. c. Any business or organization through a designated representative, or individual interested in supporting the purposes of the Corporation may become a nonvoting ex-officio member by filing an application in such form as prescribed by the Board of Trustees and, if applicable, paying such dues as the Board of Trustees may establish. Section 2. Honorary Members The Corporation may establish such classes of “membership,” such as contributing members or honorary members, as the Board sees fit, but such persons shall not have the rights of members under the New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act. ARTICLE III Board of Trustees Section 1. Number The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) shall consist of eleven (11) voting members as follows: a. One Township Council Member who shall be appointed by the majority vote of the Township Council; b. Each Council Member and the Mayor shall appoint a trustee who either lives in the Township, works in the District, or owns property in the Township. All terms and appointments shall run concurrent