The following specific things, conditions and acts are,
each and all of them, also declared to be, and are defined as, nuisances:
FLY LARVAE
Any accumulation of manure or animal or vegetable matter in which
fly larvae or pupae exist.
GARBAGE AND EXCREMENT
Burying, depositing, maintaining or permitting to be maintained or
to accumulate, upon any public or private property, any household wastewater,
sewage, garbage, tin cans, offal or excrement; any decaying fruit, vegetables,
fish, meat or bones; any oyster or clam shells; any dead animals; or any foul,
putrid or obnoxious liquid or substance.
GARBAGE CONTAINERS
Any container or utensil in which garbage, offal, scraps, waste food
and any other putrescible material is held in or upon any premises and which
is not watertight, tightly covered and so kept at all times to exclude flies,
rodents and vermin.
MOSQUITO LARVAE
Any water or liquid in which mosquito larvae may or do exist.
POISON IVY
Permitting poison ivy or any other poisonous plant to be or to grow
upon any public or private property within 25 feet of any public sidewalk,
public street, party line or building.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE CODE OF NEW JERSEY (1953)
Refers to that certain code approved by the State Department of Health
for adoption by reference by local authorities in accordance with law, being
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.
RAGWEED
Permitting ragweed in the flowering state or any other noxious or
harmful weed to grow upon any public or private property.
RODENTS
The presence of rats or harborages for rats on the exterior of any
premises, public or private.
WELLS
Any well or other supply of water used for drinking or household
purposes which is polluted or which is so situated or constructed that it
may become polluted.