[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Town of Dover 7-15-1957.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance, providing
for 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, Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto without the inclusion of
the text thereof herein.[2]
The code established and adopted by this chapter 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 Health Officer of this local Board of
Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file there
for the use and examination of the public so long as this chapter is in effect.
Any person who violates or fails or neglects to comply with any provision
of this chapter or code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto
shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $2
nor more than $500 for each violation.
