[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Clementon as indicated in article histories. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-1-1925 by Ord. No. 1]
There shall be and hereby is established, created
and constituted a local Board of Health in and for the Borough of
Clementon in the County of Camden to be known as the "Board of Health
of the Borough of Clementon."
[Amended 10-2-1956 by Ord. No. 56-13; 11-18-1968 by Ord. No.
68-16; 5-24-1976 by Ord. No. 76-5]
The Board of Health shall consist of seven members
who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the Borough of Clementon by
and with the consent of the Borough Council. The persons so appointed
shall be citizens of the State of New Jersey and residents of the
Borough of Clementon. Each member shall serve for a period of three
years from the date of his appointment. A practicing physician who
need not be required to be a resident of the Borough of Clementon
shall be appointed in an advisory capacity to the Board for a term
of one year.
Each member shall, before entering upon the
performance of the duties of said office, file with the Clerk of the
Borough an oath similar to the oath filed by other Borough officers.
[Amended 12-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-25]
The Board of Health hereby created shall have,
exercise and perform all the powers, authority and duties vested in
and pertaining to local Boards of Health, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-1
et seq.
[Adopted 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-15]
The Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) is hereby
adopted to define and prohibit 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 rentals of certain buildings, prohibiting spitting in or
upon public buildings, conveyances or sidewalks, authorizing the inspection
of premises by an enforcing official, providing for 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.
Any person who violates any section of this article shall be
subject to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,250 for each
violation of this article or imprisonment in the county jail up to
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the municipal court judge before
whom such defendant shall be convicted. Each day that the violation
exists is considered to be a separate offense.
