The Board shall exercise its powers in accordance with N.J.S.A.
26:3-31 et seq. and Title 8 of the New Jersey Administrative Code,
which are hereby incorporated by reference.
All the ordinances of the Board of Health of the Borough of
Chatham of a general and permanent nature, as codified, are ordained
as general ordinances and are adopted as part of the Code of the Borough
of Chatham, County of Morris, State of New Jersey.
All the provisions of that part of the Public Health Code (hereinafter
the "Code") of the Borough of Chatham, County of Morris, State of
New Jersey, adopted by the Board of Health shall be in force and effect
on and after the effective date of this article.
Sufficient copies of that part of the Code adopted by the Board
of Health of the Borough of Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey, have
been filed in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health of
the Borough of Chatham and shall remain there for the use and examination
of the public until final action is taken on this article.
Any and all additions or amendments to the Code, when passed
in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Health of
the Borough of Chatham to make the same a part hereof, shall be deemed
to be incorporated in said Code so that reference to the Code of the
Borough of Chatham shall be understood and intended to include such
additions and amendments.
One copy of that part of the Code adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey, shall be and
remain on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Health
of the Borough of Chatham and made available to persons desiring to
examine same if this article shall be adopted and while the same shall
be in effect.
Every section of that part of the Code of the Borough of Chatham
adopted by the Board of Health and every part of each section is an
independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section
or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective for any
cause does not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section or part thereof.
Each section of the ordinance is an independent section, and
the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void, or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other section or part thereof.
This article shall take effect immediately after final adoption
and publication according to law.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Board of Health
of the Borough of Chatham for adoption and revision as part of the
Code of the Borough of Chatham, County of Morris, State of New Jersey,
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:49-4, certain grammatical changes and other
minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the
intention of the Board of Health of the Borough of Chatham that all
such changes be adopted as part of the Code of the Borough of Chatham,
County of Morris, State of New Jersey, as if the ordinances so changed
had been previously formally amended to read as such.
No person shall hinder, obstruct or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duties under this Code.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions under this Code shall, upon conviction, be punished by
a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $2,000, and each day the
same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct
offense.