[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Hillsdale 11-9-1993 as Ord. No. 93-2. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATING FIRM
Includes persons, sole proprietorships, associations or other business entities wherein at least one (1) person is a certified professional exterminator engaged in rodent elimination or eradication by use of rodenticides approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Wherever in this chapter work is to be conducted by a professional exterminating firm, the work must be supervised by a licensed professional exterminator.
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATOR
Includes persons certified by the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection as competent and authorized to use or supervise the use of pesticides who is engaged in rodent elimination or eradication by use of rodenticides.
CLEARANCE
The act or acts ridding a property of obstructions, entanglements or obstacles, including trees and other growth, provided that the area affected is five hundred (500) square feet or more.
CONSTRUCTION
The erection, alteration or repair of any building or structure as requires municipal approval or a building permit.
DEMOLITION
The act or acts of pulling down, tearing down or otherwise leveling all or part of a building or structure as requires municipal approval or a building permit.
EXCAVATION
The act or acts of digging up or uncovering or removing soil or material used as the foundation of a building or a structure as requires municipal approval or a building permit.
HEALTH INSPECTOR/CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Includes the Health Officer or Code Compliance Officer or any duly authorized agent or employee of the Board of Health or Code Compliance Office, Borough of Hillsdale, County of Bergen, New Jersey.
PERSON
Includes any person, persons, partnerships, firm, association, corporation and the owner of buildings or property subject to demolition, construction or excavation.
REAL ESTATE PREMISES
Includes any vacant land or structure, whether public or private, or whether adapted for vacant land or any use.
RODENT EXTERMINATION
Includes the elimination or eradication of rats, mice and other rodents on said real estate premises such that said real estate premises are completely freed of such rodents or there is not evidence of rodent infestation remaining after implementation of accepted measures such as poisoning and other means approved by the Health Officer.
A. 
It shall be the duty of any person engaged in the demolition, construction, excavation or clearance of any real estate premises in the Borough of Hillsdale to first secure approval from the Health Department/Code Compliance Office before commencement of such demolition, construction, excavation or clearance.
B. 
Before granting permission for the demolition, construction, excavation or clearance of any real estate premises, a certified professional exterminator shall inspect the premises and the immediate surrounding premises to determine whether evidence of rodent infestation exists in or about said real estate premises.
C. 
In the event that inspection reveals evidence of rodent infestation, the Health Department/Code Compliance Office shall require a program of rodent extermination undertaken and completed by a certified professional exterminating firm. The program for rodent extermination in the case of vacant land shall be baiting or dusting burrows approved by the Health Department/Code Compliance Office until results of said baiting indicate to the satisfaction of the Health Department/Code Compliance Office that rodent infestation is nonexistent or eliminated.
D. 
Thirty (30) days prior to commencement of demolition, construction, excavation or clearance, a certificate shall be issued by the Health Department/Code Compliance Office.
E. 
After completion of a rodent extermination program as required herein, the Health Department/Code Compliance Office shall reinspect the premises and upon determination that the program has been effective, shall issue a certificate from the Board of Health signifying its approval of said extermination.
F. 
Notwithstanding the issuance of a certificate of approval, in the event that evidence of reinfestation of said real estate premises is discovered by the Health Department/Code Compliance Office, then, prior to demolition, construction, excavation or clearance, the foregoing provisions of this chapter shall apply, and new request for permission to demolish, construct, excavate or clear shall be made by the persons required herein.
G. 
Notification of the Code Compliance Officer. The Board of Health, upon issuing a certificate of approval as set forth in § 331-2, shall notify the Code Compliance officer of the Borough of Hillsdale of said issuance. The issuance of a certificate of approval shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of any permits pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:23, the BOCA National Building Code and municipal ordinances.
H. 
When in the opinion of the Health Officer/Code Compliance Officer or their designee, whenever a situation exists which may contribute to the breeding or propagation of rodents, including but not limited to uncovered, overflowing or poorly maintained garbage and garbage receptacles, accumulated debris, wood, branches, logs, leaves, compost piles, accumulated junk, abandoned materials or the feeding of animals, the condition shall be removed by the property owner after issuance of a violation notice or verbal order. The Health Officer/Code Compliance Officer shall also have the power to order extermination on private property by a certified professional exterminator and require a written report from the exterminator as to methods, chemicals and follow-up visits used to abate a rodent situation. If the property owner does not comply with violation notices in the time prescribed by the Health Officer/Code Compliance Officer, said officer may order the property to be cleaned and exterminated at the property owner's expense. Said expense will be attached as a tax lien against the property.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, either be imprisoned in the county jail or other place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five dollars ($5.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.).
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 323, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. II.
A. 
Upon application to the Code Compliance Office for a permit for demolition or construction of any premises, the applicant shall pay, in addition to any other fees, an application fee as provided in Chapter 335, Fees, to the Health Department.
B. 
Upon approval by the Health Officer/Code Compliance officer for the demolition, construction, excavation, clearance of any real estate premises, the applicant shall pay a permit fee as provided in Chapter 335, Fees.
C. 
Upon reinspection by the Health Officer/Code Compliance Officer pursuant to this chapter, the applicant shall pay a fee as provided in Chapter 335, Fees, for each and every inspection.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 323, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. II.