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Township of Washington, NJ
Bergen County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Washington 2-7-1968 by Ord. No. 68A (Ch. 150, Art. I, of the 1985 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 85-5; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
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 Office of Health in removing or abating such nuisances; and prescribing penalties for violations, is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188, Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein. Sections 2.1(a) and (b) of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) shall not be enforced in the Township of Washington.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.
The said code established and adopted by this article is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)."
[Amended 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 85-5]
Three copies of the said Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the Office of Health upon the introduction of this article and will remain on file there for use and examination by the public.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 4, which followed this section and prescribed penalties for violations, was repealed 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 85-5.