[Amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 29-2010]
A. 
All premises in the Township of Harrison are subject to this chapter, and any person or business entity holding an interest in any affected premises shall comply without further notice.
B. 
Service of notice of violation. Notice of violation shall be served upon the owner of record, provided that such notice shall be deemed to be properly served upon such owner if a copy thereof is delivered to him personally or, if not found, by leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of abode with a person of suitable age and discretion, who shall be informed of the contents thereof, or by sending a copy thereof by certified mail and regular mail to his last known address or, if the letter with the copy is returned showing that it has not been delivered to him, by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place in or about the structure affected by the notice.
C. 
Notice requirements. Whenever the Enforcement Officer determines that there has been or is a violation of any provision of this chapter, he shall give notice of such violation or alleged violation to the person or persons responsible therefor. Such notice shall:
(1) 
Be in writing.
(2) 
Include a description of the real estate sufficient for identification.
(3) 
Specify the violation which exists and the remedial action required.
(4) 
Specify a reasonable time, not to exceed 10 days, in which the violation or violations shall be abated, corrected or eliminated. Said ten-day period may be extended for an additional 10 days by the Enforcement Officer for good cause.[1]
[1]
Former Subsection C(5), regarding the penalty for violation, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 22-2018.
D. 
If the owner or operator of any lands or buildings in the Township shall fail or neglect to remedy any identified deficiency within 10 days after notice to remove the same in the manner and within the time provided, the Enforcement Officer may, in addition to such other remedies provided herein, refer the matter to the Township Committee with recommendation for removal by the Township. In such cases the Public Works Superintendent shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct and reasonable, shall, by resolution, approve the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged shall become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands; the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner as are taxes.
E. 
Any Township resident or police officer, as well as the Enforcement Officer, may prosecute a violation of any subsection of this chapter in the Municipal Court of Harrison Township.
[Amended 8-6-2018 by Ord. No. 22-2018]
[Amended 2-7-2011 by Ord. No. 01-2011]
A. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners, for any term no exceeding 90 days; or by a fine not exceeding $2,000; or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day a violation of any provision of this chapter occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 12-1-2014 by Ord. No. 34-2014]
B. 
Any person who is convicted of violating the same provision of this chapter within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same offense, and who was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the chapter, but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the prior violation of the chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 159-17, Hearings, was repealed 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 29-2010; said ordinance also provided for the renumbering of former §§ 159-18 through 159-24 as §§ 159-17 through 159-23.
In case any building, structure or land is, or is proposed to be, used in violation of any provision of this chapter, the Township Committee or, with the approval of the Township Committee, the Enforcement Officer, may, in addition to the other remedies, institute in the name of the Township any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent, restrain, correct or abate such use; or to prevent, in or about such premises, any act, conduct, business or use which constitutes a violation.