Township of Washington, NJ Chapter 243 Nuisances

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Washington 3-15-1972 as Ch. BH-IV of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Livestock nuisances — See Ch. 46, Art. III.

Nuisances by dogs — See Ch. 46, Art. I.

Property maintenance — See Ch. 148.

Mink ranches as nuisances — See Ch. 231, Art. I.

§ 243-1 Standards adopted by reference.

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 recovery of expenses incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1, et seq. A copy of the code is annexed to this chapter and made a part of it without the inclusion of the text herein.

§ 243-2 Title.

The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)."

§ 243-3 Copies on file.

Three copies of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the offices of the Secretary of the Board of Health and the Township Clerk for the use and examination of the public.