[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Allamuchy 8-21-2012 by Ord.
No. 2012-08.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 101.
Vacant, abandoned or pending foreclosure buildings — See Ch. 102.
Property Maintenance Code — See Ch. 227.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Ch.
99 but was renumbered to maintain the organization of the Code.
This chapter shall be known as the Public Health Nuisance Code
of the Township of Allamuchy and is enacted pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
et seq.
A.
As used in this chapter, the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey
(1953) means and refers to that certain Code approved by the State
Department of Health on September 16, 1953, for adoption by reference,
as may be amended from time to time. In accordance with law, which
Code defines and prohibits certain matters, things, conditions or
acts, and each of them as a nuisance, prohibits certain noises or
sounds, requires proper heating of apartments, prohibits the leasing
or renting of certain buildings, prohibits spitting in or upon public
buildings, conveyances or sidewalks, authorizes the inspection of
premises by an enforcing official, and provides for the removal or
abatement of certain nuisances and the recovery of expenses incurred
by a municipality in removing or abating said nuisances.
B.
BOARD OF HEALTH
MUNICIPALITY
Whenever the following words, terms or phrases are used in the Public
Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953), they shall have the following
meanings herein given:
The Warren County Health Department.
The Township of Allamuchy.
A.
Pursuant to and in accordance with the Public Health and Sanitation
Codes Adoption by Reference Act (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 to 26:3-69.6),
there is hereby established and adopted as the Public Health Nuisance
Code of the Township of Allamuchy, the whole of the Public Health
Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953), except that Sections 2.1(a) and
2.1(b) are specifically excluded from this adoption.
B.
A copy of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey, as adopted
by the Township of Allamuchy, is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
as fully and with the same effect as though it had been set forth
at length herein.
C.
Three copies of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)
have been placed on file in the Office of the Township Clerk and the
Warren County Health Department, and shall remain on file there for
the use and examination of the public.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provisions
of this chapter or code established herein or notice issued pursuant
thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, in the discretion of a court
of competent jurisdiction, be liable to a penalty of not exceeding
90 days' imprisonment or a fine not exceeding $500, or both.
