Township of Hanover, NJ
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2023-06-08
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 218 Property Maintenance
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Article VII Responsibilities of Owners and Occupants
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Code of Ethics
- Ch 5 Board Meeting Attendance; Removal From Office for Nonexcused Absences
- Ch 9 Claims Approval
- Ch 13 Community Development Revenue Sharing
- Ch 14 Contracts
- Ch 15 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 17 Municipal Court and Violations Bureau
- Ch 19 Cultural Arts Committee
- Ch 20 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Ch 22 Environmental Commission
- Ch 27 Health, Board of
- Ch 31 Landmark Commission
- Ch 35 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 39 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 43 Notices, Service of
- Ch 47 Officers and Employees
- Ch 50 Open Space, Parkland and Facilities Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee
- Ch 53 Police Department
- Ch 54 Police Officers, Off-Duty Employment of
- Ch 57 Public Works, Buildings and Grounds and Park Maintenance Department
- Ch 59 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 61 Salaries and Compensation; Personnel Policies
- Ch 63 Stoney Brook Community Farm and Garden Advisory Committee
- Ch 65 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 67 Substance Awareness Council
- Ch 69 Whippanong Garden Club
- Ch 70 Whippanong Library
- General Legislation
- Ch 72 Affordable Housing
- Ch 74 Aircraft
- Ch 78 Alarm Systems
- Ch 82 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 86 Amusement Devices
- Ch 90 Autowreckers
- Ch 92 Background Checks
- Ch 94 Buildings and Structures
- Ch 99 Carnivals
- Ch 102 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 105 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 109 Curfew
- Ch 113 Dance Halls
- Ch 115 Developers' Disclosure
- Ch 117 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 120 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 121 Dry-Cleaning and Laundering Establishments
- Ch 122 Filming
- Ch 125 Fees
- Ch 126 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 129 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 133 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 137 Fire Prevention
- Ch 141 Floodplain Management
- Ch 146 Games of Chance
- Ch 150 Garage Sales and Flea Markets
- Ch 154 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 155 (Reserved)
- Ch 158 Grading
- Ch 161 Hazardous Substance Discharge and Recovery Costs
- Ch 162 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 165 Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 166 Land Use and Development
- Ch 171 Littering
- Ch 176 Minibikes
- Ch 179 Motels
- Ch 179A Municipal Buildings, Restricted Areas to Safeguard Records
- Ch 180 Nuisance Properties
- Ch 183 News Vending Machines
- Ch 184 Noise
- Ch 187 Oil-Water Separators and Water Quality Basins
- Ch 189 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 193 Parking and Traffic in Semipublic Places
- Ch 198 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 200 Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT)
- Ch 202 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 210 Pesticides
- Ch 214 Poolrooms
- Ch 218 Property Maintenance
- Ch 218 Art VII Responsibilities of Owners and Occupants
- § 218-32 Owner and operator.
- § 218-33 Occupant.
- § 218-34 Contract not to alter responsibility.
- § 218-34.1 Certificate of habitability.
- Ch 220 Retail Establishments Hours of Operation
- Ch 223 School Property, Use of
- Ch 225 Scooters
- Ch 228 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 229 Security
- Ch 230 Separate Storm Sewer System
- Ch 232 Sewers
- Ch 235 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 237 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 241 Soil Removal
- Ch 243 Solicitors, Canvassers and Itinerant Vendors
- Ch 248 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 250 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 253 Tennis Courts
- Ch 255 Towing and Road Service
- Ch 257 Traffic Control Regulations
- Ch 258 Trees
- Ch 263 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 266 Vehicle Statutes Applicable to Private Property
- Ch 267 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 277 Water
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 281 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 282 Alternate Members to Board of Health
- Ch 284 Fees
- Ch 288 Ice Delivery
- Ch 289 (Reserved)
- Ch 290 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 292 Mink Ranches
- Ch 296 Notices, Service of
- Ch 300 Nuisances
- Ch 304 Odors, Offensive
- Ch 308 Officers and Employees
- Ch 312 Pigs
- Ch 318 Retail Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 323 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 327 Smoke
- Ch 331 Swimming Pools
- Ch 335 Vending Machines
- Ch 336 Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 337 Electronic Smoking Devices
- Appendix
- Ch A343 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Owners and operators shall have all the duties
and responsibilities as described in this code and the regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto, and no owner or operator shall be relieved
from any such duty and responsibility nor be entitled to defend against
any charge of violation thereof by reason of the fact that the occupant
is also responsible therefor and in violation thereof.
Occupants shall have all the duties and responsibilities
as prescribed elsewhere in this code and all the regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto, and the occupant shall not be relieved from any
such duty and responsibility nor be entitled to defend against any
charge of violation thereof by reason of the fact that the owner or
operator is also responsible therefor and in violation thereof.
Unless expressly provided to the contrary of
this code, the respective obligations and responsibilities of the
owner and the operator on one hand and the occupant on the other shall
not be altered or affected by any agreement or contract by and between
any of the aforesaid or between them and other parties.
[Added 8-8-1991 by Ord. No. 19-91]
A certificate of habitability shall be required to be obtained by the owner of any residentially occupied real estate prior to the rental or lease or transfer of title of residential property involving a new occupant, a new tenant or a new owner of said property. It shall be the owner's obligation to make application for a certificate of habitability from the Construction Code Official and in that connection shall pay a fee as provided for in Chapter 125, Fees, of the Code of the Township of Hanover in order to obtain the certificate.
