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.
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.
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.