The Township charges, authorizes, and designates the Construction
Official, the Code Enforcement Officer, and other public officers
that may be designated by resolution of the Board of Commissioners
(hereinafter collectively "Designated Public Officer"), as the public
officer(s) charged with the authority to carry out the provisions
of this article.
The following types of nuisances are specifically enumerated
as prohibited.
A. Structures, or parts thereof, determined by the Designated Public
Officer to violate applicable building codes in such manner as to
endanger or be likely to endanger persons, property, and the public
health, welfare, and safety.
B. Structures, or parts thereof, determined by the Designated Public
Officer to be unfit for human habitation or occupancy.
C. Structures determined by the Designated Public Officer to be dangerous
or injurious to the health or safety of the occupants of such structures,
the occupants of neighboring structures or other residents, persons,
and property in the Township, including the following (without limiting
the generality of the foregoing): defects therein increasing the hazards
of fire, accident, or other calamities; lack of adequate ventilation,
light or sanitary facilities; dilapidation; disrepair; structural
defects; uncleanliness; and failure to comply with the requirements
of the building code or the certificate of occupancy.
D. Structures, or parts thereof, damaged to such an extent that nothing
remains but the walls, or parts of the walls and other supports, or
where portions of walls are compromised or missing, regardless of
the safety and sturdiness of those remaining walls or parts thereof.
E. Structures, or parts thereof, in such state of disrepair as to permit
the fill or material intended to be retained to spill through or leak
through the retaining wall or structures or to endanger or be likely
to endanger persons, property, and the public health, welfare, and
safety.
F. Fences and walls in such state of disrepair and maintenance as to
be in danger of a collapse or to endanger or be likely to endanger
persons, property, and the public health, welfare, and safety.
G. Bulkheads in such state of disrepair as to permit the earth and fill
behind the bulkhead to wash into the tidal waters abutting the bulkhead
or to endanger or be likely to endanger or be likely to endanger persons,
property, and the public health, welfare, and safety.
H. Docks in such state of disrepair and maintenance as to be in danger
of collapse or to endanger the safety of persons walking on or otherwise
utilizing the said dock or to endanger or be likely to endanger be
likely to endanger persons, property, and the public health, welfare,
and safety.
I. Depressions or holes created behind bulkheads and retaining walls
as a result of the disrepair of such bulkhead or retaining wall as
hereinabove describe which may endanger or be likely to endanger persons,
property, and the public health, welfare, and safety.
J. The storage of permitted materials in such manner as to endanger
or to be likely to endanger or be likely to endanger persons, property,
and the public health, welfare, and safety.
K. The storage of boats in such manner as to endanger or to be likely
to endanger or be likely to endanger persons, property, and the public
health, welfare, and safety.
The complaints and orders shall be served upon owners either
personally or by registered mail, and by posting the complaints and
orders upon the lands, lots, or structure, if possible, in a conspicuous
place, and by recording such complaints and orders with the county
recording officer for Ocean County. If the whereabouts of the owner
is unknown and cannot be ascertained by and through the exercise of
reasonable diligence, and service cannot be made pursuant by way of
personal service or registered mail, the Designated Public Officer
exercising the authority provided herein shall make an affidavit to
that effect and then cause notice to be published in a newspaper circulating
in the Township at least once. Proof by affidavit of service of the
notice shall be filed with the officer in charge of the records of
tax liens, but failure to file the proofs shall not invalidate the
proceedings if service has been made as hereinbefore provided.