[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Nutley 10-6-1981 by Ord. No. 2061 (Ch. 134 of the 1978
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or
corporation, who shall have contracted or undertaken or shall be bound,
to heat or to furnish heat for any building or portion thereof occupied
as a dwelling of one or more persons or as a business establishment
where one or more persons are employed, except in businesses or occupations
where high or low temperatures are essential, so that a temperature
of at least 68° F. is maintained between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 10:00 p.m. whenever the outside temperature shall fall below 55°
F. The temperature shall so read at a height of three feet above floor
level at or near the center of the room.
Every building mentioned herein shall have heating
facilities which are properly installed, maintained in good and safe
working condition and are capable of safely and adequately heating
any building or portion thereof.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both, and each violation of
any of the provisions of this chapter and each day that the same is
violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
This chapter and the standards established hereunder
shall be enforced by the Health Officer or Sanitary Inspector of the
First Grade or higher of the Township of Nutley.
