If, within the time permitted, the owner shall fail to abate the nuisance, correct the defect or defects or put the premises in proper condition so as to comply with the requirements of applicable ordinances and state laws or conditions of approval received from any board or agency of the Township, after notice thereof and opportunity to do so as provided elsewhere in this chapter, the Building Inspector shall forthwith file a report with the governing body of the Township of Hanover, which said report shall set forth in detail the condition or conditions constituting the nuisance or the defect or defects and shall contain a copy of the notice served upon the owner and the date and the manner thereof and a certification that such condition or conditions still exist.
A. 
Upon the filing of the report by the Building Inspector, a hearing shall be held upon at least five days' notice to the owner, served in the same manner as is provided elsewhere. After completing such hearing, the Building Inspector shall submit a report of his findings and recommendations to the Township Committee. If it is of the opinion that such action is in the public interest, the governing body may adopt a resolution in the public's interest to abate the nuisance, to correct the defect or defects or to put the premises in proper condition so as to comply with the requirements of applicable ordinances and state laws or conditions of approval received from any board or agency of the Township, at the cost and expense of the owner.
B. 
The governing body may, by such resolution, also authorize the expenditure of municipal funds and fix the amount thereof for the purpose of correcting such conditions, and, in such cases where the nuisance or defect falls within a category for which there is statutory authority for the creating of a tax lien, such expenditure shall be charged against the premises, and the amount thereof shall be a lien collectible as provided in this chapter.
Whenever a resolution shall have been adopted pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter, the governing body may appoint a custodian of any such building or structure on behalf of the Township, who may be an officer of the Township or any other person specially designated to enter into and take charge of the premises and supervise the abatement of the nuisance, the correction of the defect or defects or the maintenance of the premises in a proper condition so as to conform to the requirements of applicable ordinances and state laws or conditions of approval received from any board or agency of the Township. All costs and expenses of the custodian shall be charged against the premises and collectible as provided in this chapter.
A. 
The person or persons authorized to undertake the abatement of the nuisance, the correction of the defect or defects or the maintenance of the premises in a proper condition, so as to conform to the requirements of applicable ordinances and state laws or conditions of approval received from any board or agency of the Township, shall keep an accurate record of the cost and expenses thereof and, upon completion of the work, shall certify a detailed statement of all of said costs and expenses to the governing body.
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The governing body shall thereupon examine the statement and, after hearing upon at least seven days' notice to the owner, which notice shall include a copy of said actual statement, may adopt and confirm the same with or without alterations and shall cause the cost to be charged against the premises.
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In such cases where the costs charged fall within a category for which there is statutory authority for the creation of a tax lien, the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon the premises and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such premises, and such amount shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
In the event that the owner of a building or structure shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or shall fail to abate a condition harmful to the health and safety of all occupants of the building or structure and the general public in the Township of Hanover, after notice and opportunity to do so, the Building Inspector may, by and with the approval of the governing body, bring an action in the Superior Court to be appointed receiver ex officio of the rents and income of such real property and expend the same for the purpose of abating said conditions. Said rents and income so collected by said receivers shall also be available for the payment of such costs and expenses of the receivership as may be adjudged by the Court and for the payment of the Township of Hanover of any fines or penalties which may have been imposed on the owner for violation of this chapter and which have not been paid.
Upon appointment, the receiver, by and with the approval of the governing body, in all cases where the real property in question is encumbered by a first mortgage, if such mortgagee is a proper person and is willing to accept such appointment as the receive's agent to collect the rents and income from such real property and manage the same, and in all other cases, the receiver, by and with the approval of the governing body, may designate the person in charge or management of such real property, or some other competent person, as the receiver's agent to collect the rents and income from the same, which mortgagee or other person shall account promptly to the receiver the rents and income collected; provided, however, that if the mortgagee or other person so designated is derelict in collecting or accounting for such rents and income or in the management of such real property, the receiver shall apply to the Court for the removal of such designated mortgagee or other person, upon notice in writing to him, and the Court, upon removing such designated mortgagee or other person, in its discretion, may designate another person to collect the rents and income from such real property and manage the same and account to the receiver for the rents and income of such real property as aforesaid.