[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Florence 12-21-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-12 as Ch. 102 of the 1983 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 56.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 64.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 76.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 79.
Housing — See Ch. 87.
Land development — See Ch. 91.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 116.
A code defining and prohibiting certain matters, things, conditions or acts and each of them as a nuisance, authorizing the inspection of premises by an enforcing official, providing for the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and 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 c. 188, P.L. 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof, with the exception of Section VI of said code, without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq.
The code established and adopted by this chapter, with the exception of Section VI of said code, is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or imprisoned for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days or serve a period of community service not exceeding ninety (90) days, or any combination thereof, for each such violation.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Chapter 1, General Provisions, Art. I.