[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Borough of
Collingswood 8-16-1971 by Ord. No. 662
as Ch. 64 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code defining and prohibiting certain matters, things, conditions
or acts and each of them as a nuisance; prohibiting certain noises or sounds;
requiring the proper heating of apartments; prohibiting lease or rental of
certain buildings; prohibiting spitting in or upon public buildings, conveyances
or sidewalks; authorizing the inspection of premises by an enforcing official;
providing for the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and the recovery
of expenses incurred by the Borough Commissioners in removing or abating such
nuisances; and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established
pursuant to Chapter 188, Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without
inclusion of the text thereof herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly
known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three (3) copies of said Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)
have been placed on file in the office of the Clerk of the borough upon the
introduction of this chapter and will remain on file there for the use and
examination of the public.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of
this chapter or code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto
shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not to exceed ninety (90) days or by a period of community service for not
more than ninety (90) days, or any combination thereof.
