[Adopted 7-6-2021 by Ord. No. 21-19C[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. II,
Public Health Nuisances, adopted 7-18-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16C.
A.Â
The full text of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)
("Health Code") is hereby adopted with related documents.
B.Â
The Health Code and the additional provisions established by this
article shall define, prohibit, and provide for the enforcement relating
to public health nuisances, including, but not limited to, certain
noises or sounds, 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 Township
in removing or abating nuisances and prescribing penalties for violations
is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188, Laws of 1950 (N.J.S.A.
26:3-69.1 et seq.).
C.Â
Three copies of the Health Code have been placed on file in the office
of the Township Clerk and will remain on file there for the use and
examination of the public.
A.Â
All nuisances set forth in Section II of the Health Code are prohibited
public health nuisances.
B.Â
It shall be unlawful for a person to make, continue, or cause to
be made or continued any loud, unnecessary, or unusual noises or any
noise which does or is likely to annoy, disturb, injure, or endanger
the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of others. No person
shall cause to be made, directly or indirectly, any loud noise which
disturbs, injures, or endangers the health, comfort, safety, or welfare
of others.
(1)Â
When an officer can hear plainly audible music or other sound at
a distance of 100 feet beyond the property line of the noise-generating
property between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday
and 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, or any unreasonable
sound at or within a complainant's property between 8:00 a.m.
and 10:00 p.m., between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday
and 11:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday, there is a violation.
C.Â
No person shall operate or use radio, television, or any other sound-producing
instrument, device, or apparatus in such a manner that will disturb
the rest or repose of any person or persons in his, her or their place
of abode or at any time with louder volume than is necessary for convenient
hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle, chamber
or premises in or at which such manner or device is operated and who
are voluntary listeners thereto.
In every dwelling unit and in every rooming unit, every room
occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least
75 square feet of floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping
purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 50 square
feet of floor area for each occupant 12 years of age and older and
at least 30 square feet for each occupant under 12 years of age. This
section shall not apply to rooming houses, hotels, motels or other
places of public accommodation.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department and
the Long Beach Island Health Department.
