Township of Bloomfield, NJ
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2023-12-11
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The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 497 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article IV Obstructions in Gutters
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Court
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Domestic Violence Team
- Ch 26 Drug and Alcohol Policy
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Funds
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 63A Cell Phone, Audiotape Recorder and Camera Use During Open Public Meetings
- Ch 64 Parking Utility
- Ch 68 Parking Violations Officer
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 88 Residency Requirements
- Ch 93 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 99 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 112 Affordable Housing
- Ch 116 Alarm Systems
- Ch 122 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 128 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 134 Animals
- Ch 134A Animal Shelter Advisory Committee
- Ch 144 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Building Construction
- Ch 149A (Reserved)
- Ch 155 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 159 Business Hours
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 169 Checks, Returned
- Ch 175 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 185 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 201 (Reserved)
- Ch 206 Dumpsters
- Ch 211 (Reserved)
- Ch 217 Fees
- Ch 222 Fiber-Optic Cables
- Ch 228 Filming
- Ch 233 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 239 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 245 Fireworks
- Ch 250 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 254 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 264 (Reserved)
- Ch 270 Games of Chance
- Ch 279 Gasoline Stations and Repair Garages
- Ch 285 Graffiti
- Ch 290 Handbills and Advertising
- Ch 296 Hazardous Chemicals
- Ch 302 Historic Districts
- Ch 307 Housing Standards
- Ch 313 Junk Dealers
- Ch 315 Land Development and Zoning
- Ch 318 (Reserved)
- Ch 319 Lead-Based Paint Inspection
- Ch 334 Library
- Ch 339 Licensing
- Ch 345 Light Pollution
- Ch 353 (Reserved)
- Ch 358 Monuments
- Ch 363 Motor Vehicle Sales
- Ch 374 Newsracks
- Ch 380 Noise
- Ch 387 Parking for Handicapped
- Ch 393 Parking, Off-Street and Permit
- Ch 399 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 404 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 408 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 413 Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 417 Precious Metals, Gems, Other Metals, Gift Cards, and Secondhand Goods
- Ch 423 Property Maintenance
- Ch 427 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 430 Properties, Abandoned/Vacant
- Ch 431 Rental Property Registration
- Ch 432 Rental Property Good Neighbor Act
- Ch 433 Rental Property, Short-Term
- Ch 435 Rent Control
- Ch 443 Sales, Special
- Ch 448 School Enrollment
- Ch 454 Sewers
- Ch 460 (Reserved)
- Ch 463 Sick Leave for Private Employees
- Ch 466 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 478 Smoking
- Ch 484 Soil Removal
- Ch 491 Solid Waste
- Ch 494 Stormwater Control
- Ch 497 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 497 Art IV Obstructions in Gutters
- § 497-12 Duty of owners and tenants.
- § 497-13 Time limit for removal.
- § 497-14 Removal by Township; liens.
- § 497-15 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 508 Swimming Pools
- Ch 514 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 520 Taxation
- Ch 526 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 535 Trees
- Ch 540 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 556 Water
- Ch 562 Weapons
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 575 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 578 Administration
- Ch 582 (Reserved)
- Ch 586 Animals
- Ch 591 Barbershops, Hairstyling, Cosmetology and Nail Salons
- Ch 596 (Reserved)
- Ch 601 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 607 Child-Care Centers
- Ch 611 Environmental Quality Assurance
- Ch 613 Food Establishments
- Ch 618 Food Handling
- Ch 621 Heating Requirements
- Ch 624 Licensing
- Ch 630 Massage and Bodywork Establishments
- Ch 635 Noise
- Ch 640 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 646 (Reserved)
- Ch 652 Sanitation
- Ch 664 Swimming Pools, Public
- Ch 670 Tanning Salons
- Ch 675 Vending Machines
- Appendix
- Ch A680 Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch A681 Cable Television
- Ch A682 Civil Rights Policy
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-19-1962 as Secs. 26-11 through 26-14 of the
1962 Code (Ch. 230, Art. IV, of the 1987 Code)]
The owner or tenant of lands abutting, fronting
or bordering upon any public street in the Township shall remove or
cause to be removed from the gutters in front of or bordering the
lands all obstructions of whatsoever kind, including pipes; wooden,
concrete or metal bridges; stones; rocks; wood; or any other material
which may interfere with the free and unobstructed flow of stormwater
or rainwater.
The owner or tenant of land abutting or bordering
upon any street in the Township shall remove all obstructions from
the gutters as provided in the preceding section within 30 days after
receiving notice to do so from the Township Engineer.
A.
In case such owner or tenant shall neglect or refuse to remove the obstructions from the gutters within the time limit provided in § 497-13, such obstruction shall be removed under the direction of the Township Engineer.
B.
The cost of removing such obstruction shall be certified
by the Township Engineer, who shall examine the certificate and, if
found correct, shall cause the cost, as shown thereon, to be charged
against the lands abutting or bordering the street from which such
obstruction was removed. The amount so charged shall forthwith become
a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part
of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands and shall
bear interest at the same rate as taxes and be collected and enforced
by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 11-2-1987]
