[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Middle
10-3-1963 as Ord. No. 45. Section 273-3 amended at time of adoption of Code;
see Ch. 256, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I. Other amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.Â
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 Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances; and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188 of the 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.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.
B.Â
Said code established and adopted by this chapter is
described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey
(1953)."
Three copies of said Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)
have been placed on file in the office of the Health Officer and the Clerk
of this township upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on
file there for the use and examination of the public.
[Amended 11-7-1985 by On!.
No. 529-85[1]]
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty of not
less than $2 nor more than $500. For purposes of this chapter, each and every
twenty-four-hour period upon which an offending condition continues to exist
in violation of this chapter shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation
thereof.
