A.
Pursuant to the authority granted by N.J.S.A. 40:48-2, the purposes
of this code are hereby stated to be:
(1)
To provide for the public health, safety and welfare.
(2)
To avoid, prevent and eliminate the maintenance or creation of hazards
to the public health or safety.
(3)
To avoid, prevent and eliminate conditions which, if permitted to
exist or continue, will depreciate or tend to depreciate the value
of adjacent or surrounding properties.
(4)
To prevent the creation, continuation, extension or aggravation of
blight.
(5)
To preserve property values in the Township.
(6)
To prevent the physical deterioration or progressive downgrading
of the quality of housing facilities in the Township.
(7)
To maintain the value and economic health of the commercial properties
and businesses that serve and help to support the Township and its
citizens.
(8)
To prevent and eliminate physical conditions in or on property which
constitute nuisances and are thereby potentially dangerous or hazardous
to the life, health or safety of persons on or near the premises where
such conditions exist.
(9)
To establish minimum standards governing the maintenance and condition
of land, buildings, structures and premises in the Township.
(10)
To fix responsibilities and duties thereof upon owners and operators
of property.
(11)
To provide for administration and enforcement.
(12)
To fix penalties for the violation of this code.
A.
EXTERIOR OF PREMISES
NUISANCE
(1)
(2)
OPERATOR
OWNER
PREMISES
REFUSE or RUBBISH
UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE
For the specific purposes of this code, the following terms, whenever
used herein or referred to in this code, shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them hereunder unless a different meaning clearly
appears from the context:
Those portions of a structure which are exposed to public
view or are visible from adjoining or adjacent lots, including all
outside surfaces and appurtenances thereto, and the open land space
of any premises outside of any building or structure erected thereon,
including vacant lots.
Any public or private condition that would constitute a nuisance
according to the statutes, laws and regulations of the State of New
Jersey, its governmental agencies or the ordinances of the Township.
Any physical condition existing in or on the exterior of any
premises which is potentially dangerous, detrimental or hazardous
to the life, health or safety of persons on, near or passing within
the proximity of the premises where the condition exists.
Any person, persons or entity not the owner, but including
any agent of the owner, who has charge, possession, custody, care
or control of a dwelling or premises or a part thereof.
Any person, persons or entity who shall have legal or equitable
title in any form whatsoever to any premises or part thereof, including
any fiduciary, trustee, receiver, guardian or mortgagee in possession.
Any lessee, sublessee or assignee of a lessee of any part of any premises
shall be deemed an "owner" with respect to that portion of the premises
sublet, leased or assigned.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, right-of-way or multiples
thereof, including the building or structures thereon.
All discarded, useless, unusable, unused or worthless solid
waste matter or materials, combustible or noncombustible, including
but not limited to garbage, trash, ashes, paper, paper goods and products,
wrappings, cans, bottles, containers, yard clippings, garden waste,
debris, junk, glass, boxes, crockery, wood, plastic, rubber, leather,
furniture, household goods, appliances, bedding, scrap lumber, scrap
metal, construction material, inoperable machinery or parts thereof,
garden or farming implements and supplies, dead or rotting vegetation,
tires and abandoned, inoperative or unusable automobiles and vehicles
and solid commercial or industrial waste. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, a compost pile free of discarded foodstuffs shall
not be deemed to be "refuse" or "rubbish."
A motor vehicle without a valid and current state inspection
sticker.
