[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Nutley 4-17-1979 by Ord. No. 1961 (Ch. 235 of the 1978
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
Standards 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, are hereby
established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq. A copy of said
standards is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion
of the text thereof herein.
The said standards established and adopted by
this chapter are 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 Health
Officer of the Township of Nutley upon the introduction of this chapter
and will remain on file there for use and examination by 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 standards established
herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate offense shall
be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs
or continues.
