Borough of Raritan, NJ
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 143 Drainageway and Watercourse Obstruction
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 7 Borough Municipal Building
- Ch 8 Business Insurance Certificate Registry
- Ch 10 Claims Approval
- Ch 13 Court, Municipal
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Fire Protection Services
- Ch 26 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 29 Meetings, Public
- Ch 34 Mutual Aid
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Personnel Policies
- Ch 49 Police Department
- Ch 54 Purchasing, Joint
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 60 Salaries
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarms
- Ch 80 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 82 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 87 Amusements
- Ch 92 Animals
- Ch 101 Bicycles
- Ch 105 Bingo
- Ch 109 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 113 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 123 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 128 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 132 Curfew
- Ch 143 Drainageway and Watercourse Obstruction
- § 143-1 Restrictions.
- § 143-2 Definitions.
- § 143-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 147 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 162 Firearms
- Ch 167 Fire Prevention
- Ch 171 Fireworks
- Ch 175 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 180 Food Establishments; Health Department Fees
- Ch 184 Games of Chance
- Ch 195 Housing Standards
- Ch 217 Littering
- Ch 229 Noise
- Ch 230 Outdoor Surveillance Camera Registry
- Ch 244 Parks, Public
- Ch 248 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 253 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 255 Plumbing Fees and Charges
- Ch 260 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 262 Property Maintenance
- Ch 286 Sewers
- Ch 300 Soil Removal
- Ch 305 Solid Waste
- Ch 315 Stormwater Management
- Ch 320 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 330 Taxation
- Ch 339 Towers and Towing
- Ch 349 Taxicabs
- Ch 356 Vending Machines
- Appendix
- Ch A410 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A420 Telecommunications Facilities
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Land Use and Development Regulations
- Ch 207 Land Use and Development
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Raritan 9-25-1967 (Ch. 24 of the 1966 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to dam, fill, obstruct or
encroach or to maintain his property in a manner that results in the
damming, filling, obstructing or encroaching of any sewer, drain,
ditch, culvert, gutter, surface drain, storm sewer rights-of-way,
or public highway, or portion thereof, or in, under or along any public
or private lands, which dam, fill, obstruction or encroachment diverts
and/or prevents the natural flow of any stream, creek, brook, river,
surface or other drainage water or other watercourse or waterway within
the Borough of Raritan, County of Somerset and State of New Jersey.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An individual, partnership, corporation or association of
persons.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
$200 for each offense or confined to the county jail for a term not
exceeding 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the Borough Municipal
Court Judge, and each day such violation shall continue shall be deemed
and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
