[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Hainesport 4-3-1961 by Ord. No. 1961-BH-1.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
Pursuant to the authority of Chapter 188 of the Laws
of the State of New Jersey 1950, as supplemented and amended (N.J.S.A.
26:3-69.1 et seq.), there is hereby adopted by the Township of Hainesport
the entire code of rules and regulations printed in booklet form as
a code and constituting and known by its common name as the "Public
Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)," except that Section 2.1(a)
and (b) are excluded from this adoption, a printed copy in booklet
form of which code, plainly marked so as to indicate which portions
are to be adopted if less than the whole of such code, is annexed
hereto and made a part hereof as fully as if set forth herein. The
rules and regulations of this code are hereby ordained to be the rules
and regulations for the specification, regulation or prohibition of
conditions hazardous and inimical to the health and general welfare
of the citizens of this Township, and from the date of which this
chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling
within the limits of the Township of Hainesport.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B.Â
Three printed copies in booklet form of the code annexed
to this chapter, similarly marked so as to plainly indicate what portion
thereof is intended to be adopted if less than the whole of such code,
have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board
of Health and the office of the Burlington County Health Inspector
upon the introduction hereof and will remain on file there until final
action is taken hereon and shall thereafter remain on file for so
long as this chapter is in effect for use and examination by the public.
[Amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4-3]
C.Â
Said code annexed to this chapter shall not be published
as part of this chapter either before or after final passage hereof.
[Amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4-3]
The Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey
(1953) shall be enforced by the Board of Health and the Burlington
County Health Inspector.
[Amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4-3]
The Burlington County Health Inspector shall
have the power to modify any of the provisions of this code, upon
application, in writing, by an owner or lessee, subject to the approval
of the Township Board of Health, when it is just and reasonable and
there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict
letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be
observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. The
particulars of such modification, when granted or allowed, and the
decision of the Burlington County Health Inspector thereon shall be
entered in the records of the Board of Health, and a signed copy shall
be furnished the applicant.
A.Â
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of the code hereby adopted or fail to comply herewith or who shall
violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder shall severally,
for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively,
be guilty of violating this chapter, punishable by a fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $500, within the discretion of the Judge before
whom such conviction is obtained. The imposition of one penalty for
any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue,
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
or defects within a reasonable time, and, when not otherwise specified,
each 10 days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4-3; 5-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-5-4; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
B.Â
The application of the above penalty shall not be
held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
