[Adopted 6-16-1975 by Ord. No. 15-1975; amended in its entirety 6-7-1999 by Ord. No. 6-1999]
The purpose of this article is to secure the
citizens and residents of the Borough of Tuckerton from fire, panic
and other dangers; to promote the health and the general welfare;
to conserve the value of property; and to keep the Borough of Tuckerton
free of any matter which would be unsightly or objectionable or which
would tend to detract from the aesthetic appearance of the municipality.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
To gather, accumulate or bring together into one body or
place.
The trash, rubbish or waste from demolition work, construction
work, renovations or ruins.
A building, structure or space within a dwelling house which
provides for the storage of motor vehicles and in which no occupation,
business or service for profit is carried on.
To collect, accumulate or bring together into one body or
place.
Any worn-out, cast-off or discarded article or material which
is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage
or conversion to some use.
To allow or cause to remain unremoved any article or material.
To continue to keep possession of any article or material.
Includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular
power.
To remain standing or halted in a fixed position.
Any lands and premises which are not open to the public.
Any lands and premises, the possession and use of which are
vested in the public.
Any article or material which is rejected, refused, useless
or worthless.
To gather, accumulate, collect or bring together into one
body and keep in one place.
Any kitchen waste, food waste, including condemned foods,
animal or vegetable matter, offal, decaying and decomposing matter,
ashes, wastepaper and paper products, tin cans, bottles, rags, glass,
leaves, grass, yard cuttings, branches, discarded trees or shrubs
or old household items, such as beds, springs, mattresses, chairs,
tables, stoves, refrigerators, items of furniture and other customary
household waste.
Any article or material which is not fit for its intended
use.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
firm or corporation to allow to gather, store, maintain or collect
on any private or public lands and premises within the Borough any
debris, junk, trash, rubbish, waste material or any other articles
deemed to be unsightly, objectionable or which tend to detract from
the aesthetic appearance of the surrounding area.
A.
Storage prohibited. No person shall store or permit
to be stored upon any lands within the Borough any motor vehicle which
does not have attached thereto registration plates authorizing the
operation of the vehicle upon the public streets and highways, unless
the motor vehicle is garaged. For the purpose of this section, "store"
and "stored" shall mean keeping a motor vehicle upon any lands for
a period of more than 60 days.
B.
Service stations. A service station operating within
the Borough may store motor vehicles for a period not to exceed one
year after the expiration of the motor vehicle registration of the
vehicles, provided that vehicles so stored are registered with the
Police Department.
The provisions of this article shall be administered
and enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer of the Borough of Tuckerton.
It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to receive and
investigate any and all complaints which are reported, in writing,
either by the Mayor and Borough Council or by the general public.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall, in writing, order the abating
or remedying of any condition found to exist in violation of any provisions
or requirements of this article.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall have the
right to enter on or upon any lands and premises during the daytime
in the course of his duties.
When written notice of a violation has been
served by the Code Enforcement Officer upon the person or persons,
firm or corporation in possession of said lands and premises, such
violation shall be discontinued immediately.
If the person or persons, firm or corporation
violating the provisions of this article genuinely intends to abate
or remedy the prohibited condition existing on the lands and premises,
the Code Enforcement Officer, in his discretion, may grant an extension
of 10 days in which the prohibited condition may be abated or remedied.
The extension of time shall be given to the person or persons, firm
or corporation in writing, setting forth the date upon which the prohibited
condition must be abated or remedied.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who
or which shall violate this article or any of its provisions shall,
upon conviction, be punished either by imprisonment in the county
jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $1,000,
or both, in the discretion of the court. Each day such violation is
committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense
and shall be punishable as such under this article.
