[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Carteret 6-9-1978 as Art. XVIII of the 1978 Revised Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code defining and prohibiting certain matters, things, conditions or acts, and each of them, as a nuisance; prohibiting certain noises or sounds; requiring the proper heating of apartments; prohibiting the 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 the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and the recovery of expenses incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances; and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three (3) copies of said Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this Local Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file there for use and examination by 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 five dollars ($5.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.) for each violation.