[Ord. #1985-7, A XIX]
The Zoning Officer is charged with the primary duty of enforcement
of this Chapter. Any citizen of the municipality may bring a proceeding
in Municipal Court alleging a violation of the Chapter. Any administrative
violation of this ordinance including nonpayment of fees, escrows,
inspection fees or other costs, may be enforced by the administrative
officer of the municipality by instituting a proceeding in the Municipal
Court of the municipality alleging a violation of this Chapter.
[Ord. #1985-7, A XX]
Any owner or agent, and any person or corporation who shall
violate any of the provisions of this Chapter or fail to comply therewith
or with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, structurally
alter, enlarge, rebuild or move any building or buildings, or any
structure, or who shall put into use any lot or land in violation
of any detailed statement or plan submitted hereunder, or who shall
refuse reasonable opportunity to inspect any premises, shall be upon
conviction liable to a fine of not more than $500 or to imprisonment
for not more than 90 days or to both such fines and imprisonment.
Each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate
and distinct violation.
The owner of any building or structure, lot or land, or part
hereof, where anything in violation of this Chapter shall be placed
or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person
or corporation employed in connection therewith and who assists in
the commission of any such violation shall each be guilty of a separate
violation, and upon conviction thereof shall each be liable to the
fine or imprisonment, or both, specified above.
Should construction, building, excavation, clearing or use of
structure or property, take place that is not in accordance with the
approvals granted by the reviewing authority and required by any developmental
ordinance, or without fulfillment or compliance with the conditions
imposed by such approvals, such deviation shall be considered a violation
of said ordinance. If, within 95 days of notification and demand by
the municipality, the applicant has failed to pay the fees and escrows
required by the ordinance or, the applicant has failed to pay the
inspection fees assessed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53(h), a violation
of the ordinance shall be deemed to have occurred.
