Specific definitions.
EXTERIOR OF PREMISES
Those portions of a building or structure which are exposed to public
view or are visible from adjoining or adjacent lots, including all outside
surfaces and appurtenances thereto; and the open land space of any premises
outside of any building or structure erected thereon.
NUISANCE
(1)
Any public or private condition that would constitute a nuisance according
to the statutes, laws and regulations of the State of New Jersey, its governmental
agencies or the ordinances of the Borough.
(2)
Any physical condition existing in or on the exterior of any premises
which is potentially dangerous, detrimental or hazardous to the life, health
or safety of persons on, near or passing within the proximity of premises
where said condition exists.
OCCUPANT
Any person residing, living or sleeping in or on the premises or
having actual possession, use or occupancy of a dwelling, premises or rooming
unit, or any person or entity in possession of or using any premises, or part
thereof, whether or not the owner thereof and regardless of the duration of
time of such possession, use or occupancy.
OPERATORS
Any person, persons or entity not the owner, who has charge, care
or control of a dwelling or premises, or a part thereof, with or without the
knowledge, consent or authority of the owner.
OWNER
Any person, persons or entity who shall have legal or equitable title
in any form whatsoever to any premises or part thereof with or without accompanying
actual possession thereof; or who shall have charge, care or control of any
lot, premises, building, structure or part thereof, as owner or agent of the
owner, or as a fiduciary, trustee, receiver, guardian, lessee or mortgagee
in possession, regardless of how such possession was obtained. Any person,
group of persons or entity who is a lessee, sublessee or assignee of a lessee
of any part or all of any building, structure or land shall be deemed to be
a co-owner with the lessor for the purposes of this chapter and shall have
responsibility over the portion of the premises so sublet, leased or assigned.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, right-of-way or multiples thereof,
including the building or structure thereon.
REFUSE or RUBBISH
All discarded, useless, unusable, unused or worthless solid waste
matter or materials, combustible or noncombustible, including but not limited
to garbage, trash, ashes, paper, paper goods and products, wrappings, cans,
bottles, containers, yard clippings, garden waste, debris, junk, glass, boxes,
crockery, wood, mineral matter, plastic, rubber, leather, furniture, household
goods, appliances, bedding, scrap lumber, scrap metal, construction material,
inoperative machinery or parts thereof, garden or farming implements and supplies,
dead or rotting vegetation, tires, abandoned, inoperative or unusable automobiles
and vehicles, and solid commercial or industrial waste.