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Township of Elk, NJ
Gloucester County
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[Adopted 11-4-2004 by Ord. No. O-2004-8[1];5-6-2010 by Ord. No. O-2010-30]
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This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 79, Property Maintenance, adopted 9-4-1997.
[Amended 6-16-2015 by Ord. No. O-8-2015]
The International Property Maintenance Code, current edition, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk of the Township of Elk, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code of the Township of Elk, in the State of New Jersey, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 79-2 of this article.
The following sections are hereby revised:
A. 
Section 101.1, insert: "Township of Elk."
B. 
Section 103.6, insert: "The sum of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000."
C. 
Section 302.4, insert: "10 inches in height."
D. 
Section 303.14, insert: "From April 1 to November 1."
E. 
Section 602.3, insert: "From September 1 to June 1."
F. 
Section 602.4, insert: "From September 1 to June 1."
A. 
Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or any place provided by the Borough for the detention of prisoners, for any term not exceeding 90 days; by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days; by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,250, at the discretion of the Judge.
B. 
Any person who is convicted of violating the provisions of this article within one year of the date of previous violation of the same chapter and who was fined for the previous violation shall be sentenced by the court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the court for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of this article, but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the original violation of this article. Whenever such person shall have been officially notified or by service of a summons in a prosecution, or in any other official manner, that said person is committing a violation, each day's continuance of such violation after such notification shall constitute a separate offense, punishable by a like fine or penalty.
The Township's Code Enforcement Officer is hereby designated as the officer(s) to exercise the powers prescribed by this article.
Nothing in this article or in the Property Maintenance Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 79-2 of this article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.