[HISTORY: Derived from Ch. II, Sec. 2-11, of the Revised General
Ordinances of the Borough of Fort Lee, 1978, adopted 3-1-1979. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Asbestos — See Ch. 149.
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 174.
Certificate of Continued Occupancy — See Ch. 182.
Uniform Construction Codes — See Ch. 193.
Emergency housing — See Ch. 208.
Housing standards — See Ch. 246.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 312.
Rental property — See Ch. 321.
Rent control — See Ch. 324.
Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors — See Ch. 349.
A.
There exists in the borough insanitary or unsafe dwelling
accommodations and persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary
or unsafe accommodations; and in the borough there is a shortage of safe or
sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income
can afford and such persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested
dwelling accommodations; and the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in
and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety,
morals and welfare of the residents of the borough and impair economic values;
and those conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures
of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety,
fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities, and
these areas in the borough cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe
and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the
operation of private enterprise, and the construction of housing projects
for persons of low income (as defined in the Local Housing Authorities Law)[1] would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., the Local Redevelopment
and Housing Law.
B.
The clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas
in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of
safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations by any public body for persons of
low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent
and private property acquired and are governmental function.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Housing Authorities Law, as
amended,[1] of the State of New Jersey, a body corporate and politic to be
known as the "Housing Authority of the Borough of Fort Lee," is created and
established.
[1]
Editor's Note: See now N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., the Local Redevelopment
and Housing Law.
The Clerk is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this
chapter with the Commissioner of the State Department of Conservation and
Economic Development.
