[Added by Ord. No. 91-11]
A. All smoking of any matter or substance which contains tobacco or
cannabis shall be prohibited in the Knowlton Township Municipal Building.
For the purposes of this section, "smoking" shall include smoking
or vaping from an electronic smoking device.
[Amended 8-11-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]
B. "No smoking" signs. Appropriate signs shall be posted so as to be
clearly visible to the public and employees in the Knowlton Township
Municipal Building, with letters at least one inch in height, stating
"Smoking Prohibited," or designated by the appropriate smoking-prohibited
international symbol.
Upon the complaint of any resident or property owner of the
township or any employee of the township or upon his own motion, the
Zoning Officer, Health Officer, Uniform Construction Code Official
or Police Officer, or their designated agents, shall make an investigation
of the conditions complained of and report therein, in writing, to
the Township Clerk for transmittal to the Township Committee.
If, upon receiving a report of the land in question under investigation, it is found to be in such condition that a violation of one or more provisions of §
127-3 exists on any land within the Township of Knowlton, the Township Clerk shall notify the owner or possessor of the lands complained of, in writing, either personally or by certified or regular mail, return receipt requested, to take such steps as will effectively remove the violation from the land within 10 days after receipt of said notice from the Clerk.
The Zoning Officer, Police Officer, Health Officer or Uniform
Construction Code Official, or their designated agents, shall reinspect
the lands in question after the ten-day period shall have expired
and shall report, in writing, to the Township Clerk for transmittal
to the Township Committee whether or not the unlawful conditions complained
of and previously found to exist in violation of this chapter shall
have been abated or remedied.
In the event that the owner or possessor of the lands in question
shall refuse or neglect to abate or remedy the conditions complained
of and which constitutes a violation of this chapter, after 10 days'
notice, the Township Committee may cause the condition complained
of to be abated and remedied.
Upon the removal of any of the materials prohibited to be stored
or abandoned on lands by this chapter by or under the direction of
such officer or officers of this township in cases where the owner
or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove the same in the
manner and within the time provided above, such officer or officers
shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee, which shall
examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost
as shown thereon to be charged against the lands; the amounts so charged
shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to
and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied
upon these lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes,
and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the
same manner as taxes.
[Amended 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 15-04]
Any person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty, and for each offense and for each and every day said person fails to comply with the notice beyond the date fixed for compliance at the discretion of the Judge before whom the conviction is had. A creditor required to care for, maintain, secure, and keep up a property under this chapter cited in notices issued pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to a fine of $1,000 for each day of the violation. The penalties set forth in this section are separate and apart from the remedy provided for in §
127-3 hereof and the remedy provided by the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13 and 40:48-2.14. The remedy in this section shall be in addition to all remedies available to the Township in law or in equity.
[Added 3-26-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-04]
Pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Creditor Responsibility
Law (P.L. 2014, c. 5), a creditor filing a summons and complaint to foreclose
a lien on a residential property that is vacant and/or abandoned (as
defined in § 128-2 of the Code of the Township of Knowlton
and N.J.S.A. 55:19-78 et seq.), whether the filing of the summons
and complaint is made before or after the property became vacant and/or
abandoned, shall be responsible for the care, maintenance, security,
and upkeep of the exterior of the residential property.
[Added 3-26-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-04]
If the Zoning Officer or other authorized municipal official
determines that a creditor obligated to care, maintain, secure and
keep up a vacant and abandoned property has failed to do so in violation
of the provisions of the Code, the public officer or other authorized
municipal official shall issue a notice of violation to the creditor
that has filed a summons and compliant to foreclose on the property
in question. The notice shall require the person or entity to correct
the violation within 30 days of receipt of the notice, or within 10
days of receipt of the notice if the violation presents an imminent
threat to public health and safety. The issuance of this notice shall
constitute evidence that a property is "vacant and abandoned" for
purposes of N.J.S.A. 2A:50-73.
[Added 3-26-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-04]
An out-of-state creditor shall include the full name and contact
information of the in-state representative or agent in the notice
required to be provided to the Municipal Clerk pursuant to Paragraph
1 of N.J.S.A 46:10B-51. An out-of-state creditor found by a court
of competent jurisdiction to have violated this provision shall be
subject to a fine of $2,500 for each day of the violation commencing
on the day after the ten-day period set forth in Paragraph 1 of N.J.S.A
46:10B-51 with respect to notifying the Municipal Clerk that an action
to foreclose on the property has been filed.