As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
Includes the Health Officer or other official authorized
or designated by the Township Committee to enforce this chapter.
PERSON
Includes an individual, firm, corporation, association, society,
partnership and their agents or employees.
All places and premises in this municipality shall be subject
to inspection by the enforcing official if that official has reason
to believe that any section of this chapter is being violated.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to penalty as outlined in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §Â
1-15, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Plainsboro.
Whenever the person notified has not complied with the notice
as specified and the nuisance has not been abated or removed under
the direction of the Enforcing Official, any cost or expense incurred
by the Township for abating or removing or causing to be abated or
removed the nuisance or condition may be recovered in the following
manner:
A. Such costs and expenses shall be certified to the Tax Assessor and
shall become part of the taxes next assessed against the premises
upon which the nuisance or condition was located;
B. Where it is not possible or practical to proceed under Subsection
A, the cost or expense shall be recovered in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction;
C. Regardless of how costs are actually recovered, they shall be in
addition to and shall not affect the imposition of any penalties for
the violation of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Enforcing Official as defined in §Â
73-1. Enforcement shall be in the municipal court having jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed because of a violation of any provision of this chapter. The proceedings shall be summary and in accordance with the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S.A. 2A:58-1 et seq.).