Radburn's
Certificate of Incorporation
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE
RADBURN ASSOCIATION
AS AN ASSOCIATION NOT FOR PECUNIARY PROFIT
This is to certify that we, Charles S.
Ascher, Charles B. Barnes, Alexander M. Bing, Louis Brownlow,, John H.
Carlisle, Herbert Emmerich, Spaulding Frazer, Henrietta H. Hawes, and
Bertram H. Saunders, do hereby associate ourselves into an Association not
for pecuniary profit under and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of
the Legislature of the State of New Jersey entitled "An Act to
Incorporate Associations not for Pecuniary Profit" (Laws of 1898,
page 422) and the several supplements thereto and acts amendatory thereof,
and do certify as follows:
FIRST: (Name) The name of the
Association is "THE RADBURN ASSOCIATION
SECOND: The location of the principal
office in the State of New Jersey is at Fair Lawn Avenue in the Borough of
Fair Lawn, County of Bergen. The name of the agent therein and in charge
thereof upon whom process against this Association may be served is Louis
Brownlow.
THIRD: (Purposes: Street and Park
Maintenance) The objects for which this Association is formed are:
(Purposes: Street and Park Maintenance) The
objects for which this Association
(1) To improve, maintain, light,
clean, remove snow from, and care for the commons,
parkways, streets, lanes, sidewalks and footways lying within property
shown upon a map entitled "Map of Section 1 of Radburn, Property of
City Housing Corporation, in the Borough of Fair Lawn, Bergen County,
N.J." dated February 8, 1929., and filed in the office of the Clerk
of Bergen County on March 4,, 1929, as Map No. 2490 or lying within any
other tract or parcel of land in the Boroughs of Fair Lawn, Paramus, or
Glen Rock which the Board of Trustees of this Association determines by
resolution to be so located that the same may be conveniently and properly
improved, developed and maintained in connection with the above described
property and for the mutual benefits of the residents upon the above
described property, or such additional tracts or parcels.
Whenever used in this Certificate of
Incorporation the words "The Property" shall include the
property above described and such other tracts or parcels as the Board of
Trustees of this Association may from time to time determine by resolution
to be so located that the same may conveniently and properly be improved,
maintained, and developed in connection with the property above described.
(2) (Fire and Police Protection)
To provide and maintain fire and police protection for The Property, the
structures thereon, and the residents thereof.
(3) (Ash and Garbage Removal) To provide
and maintain services for the collection and removal of ashed, garbage and
refuse from the Property and building thereon.
(4) (Sewer Maintenance) To acquire or
construct storm, surface, and ground water drains and sanitary sewers and
to reconstruct, maintain, and repair them after they have once been
acquired or constructed, and to accept and exercise such rights 'in or
authority over the same and rights of way for the same within or without
The Property as it may hereafter acquire and as may be reasonably
necessary properly to serve and protect the land within The Property.
(5) (Recreation Facilities) To acquire,
equip, construct, maintain, and. supervise within or without The Property
playgrounds, parks,, club houses, community centers, tennis courts,
athletic fields, golf courses, swimming pools, and recreation facilities
of every kind and character, and facilities for the enhancement of
community life, with the right to fix and collect charges for the use
thereof.
(6) (Ornamental Structures) To acquire,
improve and maintain entrance gateways,, ornamental fences, street signs,
fountains-,-monuments, and other public ornamental structures within The
Property.
(7) (Maintenance of Unkempt Lands) To
care for vacant, unimproved land or unkempt plots contiguous to or within
The Property, to remove grass, weeds, and rubbish therefrom and to do any
things necessary or desirable in the opinion of The Board of Trustees to
keep such property neat and in good order, with the right where granted by
covenants or agreements affecting The Property or any part thereof to
recover the cost of such care from the owners of the premises affected.
(8) (Street Tree Maintenance) To plant,
spray, trim, protect, and replant trees, shrubbery and grass within the
lines of streets, walks, and other public places within The Property,
including those deeded to the municipality or otherwise dedicated to
public use.
(9) (Co-Operation with Municipality) To
supplement to such an extent and for such time as may seem desirable in
the opinion of The Board of Trustees any existing or future municipal
services in behalf of the functions specified in paragraphs (1) to (8)
inclusive above and to reimburse any municipality in whole or in part for
the furnishing of such services.
(10) (Approval of Designs, Supervision of
Structures; Enforcement of Restrictions) To examine
and approve designs for the erection or alteration of structures within
The Property insofar as such rights shall be conferred by covenants or
agreements affecting premises within The Property; to supervise the
construction or alteration of structures pursuant to such designs; to pay
the expenses incidental to such examination, approval, and supervision,
and to fix and collect such fees and charges for such examination,
approval and supervision as may be determined from time to time by The
Board of Trustees; to enforce the covenants, conditions, and restrictions
at any time created for the benefit of The Property or to which The
Property or any part thereof may at any time be subject, and to pay all
expenses of administration and charges, legal or otherwise, necessary for
the enforcement thereof.
(11) (Determination and Collection of
Charge) From time to time to fix the charges which may be created against
or made liens upon The Property or any part thereof by any deed, covenant,
or agreement affecting the same; to collect and enforce such charges and
to pay the expenses of collection and enforcement of such charges and
liens.
(12) (Interpretation and Amendment of
Restrictions) To exercise such powers of control, interpretation,
construction., consent, decision, determination, modification, amendment
extension, cancellation, or annulment with references to conditions,
restrictions, and charges imposed upon The Property as may be vested in,
delegated to, or assigned to The Association, and to assign, delegate, or
transfer any such powers or duties to any other municipal or private
corporation or association.
(13) (Public Utility Easements) To
acquire and control easements within or without The Property for passage
or for the inst6ll-ation and maintenance of public utilities. or any
public or quasi-public services or facilities for the benefit of The
Property or any part thereof, and to grant such easements over and upon
any land owned by the Association for the benefit of The Property or any
part thereof.
(14) (Payment of Taxes) To pay all taxes
and assessments, if any, which may be levied by any authority upon the
property owned by the Association or upon the streets highways, parks,
commons, footways, walks, lane, or other open spaces maintained and lands
acquired for the general use of residents within The Property.
(15) (Right to Acquire Property or Borrow
Money) To take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, or
bequest any property, real or personal, as may be necessary or desirable
for attaining the objects and carrying into effect the purposes of The
Association, and to transfer and convey all or any such real and personal
property; to borrow money for the purposes of The Association, and to
issue its notes or bonds therefor, and to secure the same by mortgage.
(16) To employ such agents, attorneys,
employees, and subordinates as may be necessary or desirable for carrying
into effect the purposes of The Association, and to maintain offices
within or without the State of New Jersey.
(17) (General Purpose Clause) Insofar as
permitted by the Laws of the State of New Jersey, to do any other thing
that in the opinion of the Board of trustees may be of general benefit to
the residents of The Property and to acquire and maintain property and
expend money and do any and all things to promote the health, safety, and
welfare of residents within The Property, and to provide for education,
recreation and the enhancement of social life and community welfare within
The Property; the foregoing specific powers being by way of illustration
and not by way of limitation.
FOURTH: (Trustees to be Nine in Number) The
number of Trustees shall be nine, and the names of the Trustees selected
for the first year in the Association A's existence are:
Charles S. Ascher Croton-On-Hudson, New
York
Charles B. Barnes 4131 Carolin St.,
L.I. City, N.Y.
Alexander M. Bing 115 5 Park Ave., New
York City
Louis Brownlow Fair Lawn, N.J.
John H. Carlisle 129 Prospect St.,
Passaic, N.J.
Herbert Emmerich 12 Donellan Rd.,
Scarsdale, N.Y.
Spaulding Frazer Bernardsville, N.J.
Henrietta H. Hawes 64 Overlook Ave.,
Ridgewood, N.J.
Bertram H. Saunders 384 Van Houten
St., Paterson, N.J.
FIFTH: (Existence Unlimited) The period of
existence of this Association is unlimited.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our
hands and seals the first day of March, 1929. Signed, sealed and delivered
in the presence of:
Elfrieda Eichel Charles S. Ascher L.S
Elfrieda Eichel Charles B. Barnes L.S.
Elfrieda Eichel Alexander M. Bing L.S.
V.C. Westervelt Louis Brownlow L.S.
Helen Cakall John H. Carlisle L.S.
Elf rieda- Eichel Herbert Emmerich L.S.
Kay Bab Spaulding Frazer L.S.
Ruth L. Morison Henrietta H. Hawes L.S.
V-C. Westervelt Bertram H. Saunders
L.S.
(Acknowledgments by the nine several
incorporators annexed to original)
Original endorsed:
"Received in the Office of the Clerk
of Bergen County, New Jersey, on the 19th day of Mar. A.D., 1929 at 3:04
o'clock P.M., and recorded in Book 25, Page 20, of Inc.
James W. Mercer Clk.
"FILED AND RECORDED
Mar. 22, 1929
Joseph F.S. Fitzpatrick, Secretary of State"
