Borough of Hawthorne, NJ Article I Property Maintenance Code

§ 370-1 Adoption of standards.

The International Property Maintenance Code, Sixth Edition, 2006, or such edition as may hereafter be published as successor to the 2006 edition, be and it is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Borough of Hawthorne, in the County of Passaic, State of New Jersey; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said International Property Maintenance Code, Sixth Edition, 2006, or any successor edition thereto, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set forth in this chapter with the additions, comments, insertions, deletions and changes prescribed in § 370-2 of this chapter. The International Property Maintenance Code Sixth Edition, 2006, as herein adopted, shall be and become Article I of Chapter 370, Property Maintenance, of the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne.

§ 370-2 Amendments, additions and deletions.

The International Property Maintenance Code, Sixth Edition 2006, is hereby amended and revised in the following respects:

A. Section 101.1. Insert Borough of Hawthorne.

B. Section 104.1. Change to: The Code Official shall issue all necessary notices, orders, and/or summonses to ensure compliance with this code.

C. Section 111. Delete entire section Appeals Board.

D. Section 302.4. Weeds: seven inches.

E. Section 302.8. Change to: Except as provided for in other regulations, no inoperative, unlicensed, or with outdated inspection sticks motor vehicle or trailer.

F. Section 304.14. Insect screens: May 1 to October 1.

G. Section 307.3. Add: All containers shall have address numbers on them.

H. Section 307.3.2. Add: Any operational refrigerators, freezers stored on exterior of building must be securely locked to prevent unauthorized entry.

I. Section 602.3. Heat requirements: October 1 to May 1, 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.: 68°; 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.: 65°.

J. Section 602.4. Occupiable work space: October 1 to May 1.

K. Trees which threaten public safety. The Borough may notify, in writing, any property owner of the existence of any tree(s) located on said owner’s property which may, for any reason, threaten the public safety and may require the removal, treatment or pruning of such tree(s) or limbs or branches thereof, at the property owner’s expense, within 30 days of the date such notice was issued. In the event of an emergency situation, the thirty-day notice may be reduced as determined by the Borough. Any work required to be undertaken shall be performed by a contractor licensed to do such work and insured in an amount deemed acceptable to the Borough. The Borough may remove, treat or prune any tree, tree part, limb or branch in the event of the property owner’s failure to cause such removal, treatment or pruning, and the cost thereof shall be included in the next property tax bill rendered to the property owner. The Borough shall give reasonable notice of the intention to remove, treat or prune any tree, tree part, limb, or branch, unless public safety requires immediate action, in which case no notice shall be required.

[Added 10-2-2019 by Ord. No. 2239-19]

§ 370-3 Construal of provisions.

Nothing in this chapter nor in the Property Maintenance Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action, acquired to existing under any act or ordinance hereby repealed under this chapter; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.

§ 370-4 Statutory authority; codes on file.

This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:69A-181(a). This chapter incorporates and adopts by reference, subject to the terms of § 370-2 hereof, the International Property Maintenance Code, Sixth Edition 2006. Ten copies of said Code have been placed on file in the Office of the Municipal Clerk and in the Office of the Code Official for the examination of the public so long as this chapter is in effect.