[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Pennsauken
3-14-1978 by Ord. No. 78-1 as Ch. 297 of the 1977 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance,
providing for removal or abatement thereof and recovery of expenses incurred
by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisance and prescribing
penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to P.L. 1950, c. 188.
(N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made
a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
B.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter
is described and commonly known as the "Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of the said Weed Control 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 the use and examination of the public so long as said chapter is in effect.
Any person who violates or fails or neglects to comply with any provision
of this chapter or the code established herein or of a notice issued pursuant
thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less
than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation.
