[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Chesterfield 10-11-1971
as Ord. No. 1971-7. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the authority of Chapter 188 of the Laws of the State of
New Jersey for 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq., as amended and supplemented),
there is hereby adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Chesterfield
the entire Health and Sanitation Code known and constituted as the "Public
Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)," approved by the New Jersey State
Department of Health on September 16, 1953, in booklet form and contained
therein on pages three through five, inclusive, with the provisions thereof
to be controlling within the entire limits of the Township of Chesterfield
for the purpose of defining, governing and prohibiting certain matters, things,
conditions or acts which are therein declared to be a nuisance; prohibiting
certain noises and 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 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 and imprisonment for violations.
A whole printed copy thereof is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
without the inclusion of the text, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated
as if set out in length herein, and not fewer than three copies of said code
have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health
of the Township of Chesterfield and will remain on file there for the use
and examination of the public.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of
this chapter or code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto
shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5
nor more than $500 for each violation. When a person, upon conviction, with
the financial ability refuses or neglects to pay the amount of the penalty
and all costs and charges incident thereto rendered against him or her, as
the case may be, the court having jurisdiction over the matter may cause a
commitment to the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days. In case
a person shall have been twice convicted within the space of six months for
the violation of the same offense and due proof of such fact is made, the
court having jurisdiction over the matter may cause the imprisonment of such
person in the county jail with or without hard labor for a period not exceeding
the lesser of one day for each dollar of the penalty or 90 days.
