[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Clayton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 74.
[Adopted 9-16-1958]
A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance, providing for the removal or abatement thereof and recovery of expenses incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisance and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the 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 article is described and commonly known as the "Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of said Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction of this article and will remain on file there for use and examination by the public so long as this article is in effect.
[Amended 5-10-1979 by Ord. No. 79-4]
Any person who violates or fails or neglects to comply with any provision of this article or code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Growth on Private Property, is now included as Ch. 74, Property Maintenance, Art. II, Weed Growth on Private Property.