[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Palmyra 5-9-1961 (Ch. 54 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Board of Health — See Ch. 24.
Unsafe or unfit buildings — See Ch. 86.
Food handling — See Ch. 127.
Housing standards — See Ch. 142.
Junkyards — See Ch. 153.
Littering — See Ch. 164.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 195.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 203.
Rental property — See Ch. 208.
Solid waste — See Ch. 230.
Tattoo parlors — See Ch. 242.
Retail food establishments — See Ch. 292.
Rodent control — See Ch. 295.
Weed control — See Ch. 300.
A code defining and prohibiting certain matters, things, conditions or acts, and each of them, as a nuisance, prohibiting certain noises or sounds, requiring the proper heating of apartments, prohibiting lease or rental of certain buildings, prohibiting spitting in or upon public buildings, conveyances or sidewalks, authorizing the inspection of premises by an enforcing official, providing for the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and the recovery of expenses incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.
Said code established and adopted by this chapter is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of said Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file there for use and examination by the public.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter or the code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable for a penalty of not less than $2 nor more than $100 for each violation.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this chapter or the code shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such declaration shall not in any manner prejudice the enforcement of the remaining provisions.
[Added 2-4-1975]
In addition to those matters, things, conditions or acts defined and prohibited by the provisions of the Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey (1953), it shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in or upon any public street, sidewalk, public conveyance, public place or place to which the public is invited.