[Adopted as Sec. 3-5 of the 1998 Revised General Ordinances]
Within the Township, no person shall:
A.
Throw, dump, cast or deposit paper, paper products, bottles, tin
cans, containers, automobile parts, junk, unusable machines or parts
of machines, metal, trash, garbage, debris or other waste materials
upon open fields, woods, or private property or upon or along any
public street, or other public place; provided, that this article
shall not be construed to prohibit the placing of such materials for
removal from the Township by the person or corporation authorized
by the Township through contract to remove the same when placed in
suitable containers for that purpose.
B.
Keep, store, abandon, suffer to be abandoned or leave upon any parcel
of land or street, in the Township or allow to remain on his/her property
for 30 days after notice to remove, any motor vehicle not currently
used for transportation and not licensed for the current year or which
cannot be readily operated under its own power; provided, however,
that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the placing,
keeping, storing or abandonment of any motor vehicle in a garage or
other enclosed building in the Township.
C.
Permit his/her land to be covered with or contain refuse or debris,
which refuse or debris has remained on the land for more than 30 days
after notice.
Upon complaint of any resident or property owner of the Township,
any officer or employee of the Township, or upon his/her own motion,
the Health Officer or Police Chief or a designated agent shall make
an investigation of the condition complained of, and shall notify
the owner and occupant of the land in writing, either personally or
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to take
such steps as will effectively remove the violation.
The Health Officer, Police Chief or a designated agent shall
reinspect the land after 30 days and if the violation is not abated,
it shall be deemed a violation of this article.
A.
In the event that the owner or possessor of the lands has refused
or neglected to abate the condition complained of, the Township Committee
shall effect the abatement.
B.
Upon the removal of any materials prohibited to be stored, abandoned
or allowed to remain by or under the direction of an Officer of the
Township in cases where the owner or tenant has refused or neglected
to remove same, the Officer shall certify the cost thereof to the
Township Committee, which shall examine the certificate, and if found
correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against
the lands; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon
the lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes
next to be assessed and levied upon the lands, the same to bear interest
at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by
the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
