As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health of the Township of East Amwell in the County
of Hunterdon.
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
The Health Officer or other official authorized by the Board of Health
to enforce this code and chapter.
PERSON
An individual, firm, corporation, association, society, partnership,
and their agents or employees.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or owners who have agreed to supply
heat to any building designed to be occupied as a residence by more than two
families to fail to supply heat from the first day of October in each year
to the first day of May of the succeeding year in such manner that the temperature
of said building where one or more persons reside shall always be kept at
68º F. or above between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
It shall be unlawful for any person to rent, lease or otherwise permit
the occupancy of any building as a residence which:
A. Is not adequately and properly ventilated;
B. Fails to provide potable water at sufficient pressure
and quantity for each family unit from a public supply approved by the State
Department of Environmental Protection or a private supply meeting the requirements
of the Board of Health;
C. Does not have plumbing fixtures consisting of a kitchen
sink, bathtub or shower, lavatory and flush toilet, connected to the potable
water supply; or
D. Does not have facilities for the discharge of household
wastes into a public sewerage system approved by the State Department of Environmental
Protection or into a suitable private sewerage system approved by the Board
of Health.
The Board of Health may institute an action at law to recover the costs incurred by it in the removal or abatement of any nuisance as declared by §
163-2 of this chapter from any person who shall have caused or allowed such nuisance to exist, or from any owner, tenant, or occupant of premises who, after notice and notification as herein provided, shall fail to remove and abate the same within the time specified in such notice.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Board of Health
or its enforcing official.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of
this chapter or the code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto
shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5
or more than $500 for each violation. Each day that said noncompliance shall
continue after notification in accordance with this chapter shall be considered
a separate violation.