[Adopted 6-11-1964 by Ord. No. 6-64 (Ch. 58, Art. I, of the
1969 Code)]
It shall be unlawful for any owner or possessor of land in this
Township to do any of the following:
A.Â
Permit such land to be covered with or contain brush, weeds, dead
and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage,
manure, trash, refuse or debris or any combination of said items which
would either tend to start a fire, increase the intensity of a fire
already started when it shall reach said land, cause poisoning or
irritation to human beings from the obnoxious growths, or cause or
tend to cause an unhealthy or obnoxious condition on said land or
adjacent property.
B.Â
Permit such land to be covered with or contain refuse or debris resulting
from the construction, demolition or neglect of a building, which
refuse or debris has remained on the land for more than 30 days after
completion of the construction work, the demolition or after the loose
boards, shingles or other materials have fallen off a building, and
where such refuse or debris is inimical to the preservation of the
public health, safety or general welfare of the people of the Township
of Morris, or which refuse or debris may constitute a fire hazard.
C.Â
Permit on such land an abandoned, unused or unprotected well, cellar
or other unnatural declivity in which stagnant water or debris is
retained or which is dangerous to a person, including a child, being
or coming upon said land.
D.Â
Permit to be stored or placed on such land old lumber, metal, machines or parts of machines, junk, paper, clothes, glass or refuse or any combination of them which is either a fire hazard, retains stagnant water, emits foul or obnoxious odors, or which is dangerous to a person, including a child, being or coming upon said land. Machines or parts of machines shall include automobiles or parts of automobiles in need of repair or which cannot be readily operated under their own power or which require substantial repair. An automobile junkyard may be maintained if licensed and operated in accordance with Chapter 310, Article I, Automobile Junkyards, of this Code.[1]
The Construction Official and the Police, Fire, Health and Zoning
Departments of the Township of Morris shall be responsible for the
enforcement of this article.
