[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Delanco 10-12-1971 by Ord. No. 19-1971 as Ch. 99 of the 1971 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Street excavations — See Ch. 250, Art. II.
Public health nuisances — See Ch. 310.
Any open or unguarded well, cistern, cesspool, excavation in which there has accumulated any surface or drainage water, or abandoned excavation situated within the Township of Delanco is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Any such public nuisance shall be abated without further notice by the owner of the land on which such public nuisance exists.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
ABANDONED EXCAVATION
One on which further construction has been permanently discontinued.
OPEN or UNGUARDED WELL, CISTERN or CESSPOOL
One which is not securely covered by a cover sufficient to withstand 500 pounds of pressure per each 10 square feet of the cover area, or completely enclosed by a permanent fence at least four feet in height.
UNGUARDED EXCAVATION
One which is not completely enclosed by a fence at least four feet in height.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof by the Municipal Judge, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty. Each day during which any of the aforesaid public nuisances shall exist shall constitute a single and separate violation of this chapter.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
When any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter fails or refuses to abate any of the aforesaid nuisances, the Township Committee may cause such nuisance or nuisances to be abated, and the reasonable cost of such abatement shall be chargeable against the owner of the land on which such nuisance or nuisances shall have existed. Such costs shall be a lien on such lands and shall be assessed against such lands and collected in the same manner as local municipal improvement assessments.