[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Livingston
11-5-1979 as §§ 14-7 to 14-8.2 of the 1979 Revised General
Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended by Ord. No. 5-1995; Ord. No. 42-1997; Ord. No. 2-2004]
As used in this chapter:
A.
Any thing, condition or act which is or may become injurious
or hazardous to public health is hereby declared to be and is defined as a
nuisances.
B.
FLY LARVAE
GARBAGE AND EXCREMENT
GARBAGE CONTAINERS
MOSQUITO LARVAE
POISON IVY
PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE CODE OF NEW JERSEY (1953)
RAGWEED
RODENTS
WELLS
The following specific things, conditions and acts are,
each and all of them, also declared to be, and are defined as, nuisances:
Any accumulation of manure or animal or vegetable matter in which
fly larvae or pupae exist.
Burying, depositing, maintaining or permitting to be maintained or
to accumulate, upon any public or private property, any household wastewater,
sewage, garbage, tin cans, offal or excrement; any decaying fruit, vegetables,
fish, meat or bones; any oyster or clam shells; any dead animals; or any foul,
putrid or obnoxious liquid or substance.
Any container or utensil in which garbage, offal, scraps, waste food
and any other putrescible material is held in or upon any premises and which
is not watertight, tightly covered and so kept at all times to exclude flies,
rodents and vermin.
Any water or liquid in which mosquito larvae may or do exist.
Permitting poison ivy or any other poisonous plant to be or to grow
upon any public or private property within 25 feet of any public sidewalk,
public street, party line or building.
Refers to that certain code approved by the State Department of Health
for adoption by reference by local authorities in accordance with law, being
a code defining and prohibiting certain matters, things, conditions or acts
and each of them as a nuisance, prohibiting certain noises or sounds, requiring
the proper heating of apartments, prohibiting lease or rental of certain buildings,
prohibiting spitting in or upon public buildings, conveyances or sidewalks,
authorizing the inspection of premises by an enforcing official, providing
for the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and recovery of expenses
incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances and
prescribing penalties for violations.
Permitting ragweed in the flowering state or any other noxious or
harmful weed to grow upon any public or private property.
The presence of rats or harborages for rats on the exterior of any
premises, public or private.
Any well or other supply of water used for drinking or household
purposes which is polluted or which is so situated or constructed that it
may become polluted.
No person shall create, commit, maintain or suffer to be created, committed
or maintained any nuisance as defined in this chapter.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-1995]
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 23:3-69.6),
there is hereby adopted the whole of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New
Jersey (1953). A printed copy of said code was annexed to and incorporated
by reference in the ordinance adopting said code and is hereby incorporated
in this chapter by reference and made a part hereof as fully as though it
had been set forth at length herein.
B.
In accordance with law, the required number of copies
of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on
file in the office of the Township Clerk and in the office of the Division
of Health and shall remain on file in said offices for the use
and examinations of the public so long as this chapter shall remain in effect.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-1995; amended by Ord. No. 2-2004]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of
this chapter or code established herein or notices issued pursuant thereto
shall, upon conviction therefor, be liable to a penalty of not less than $50
nor more than $1,000 for each violation.
