A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk of the Borough of Laurel Springs, being marked and designated as the International Maintenance Code, 2012 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Borough of Laurel Springs, in the State of New Jersey, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk of the Borough of Laurel Springs are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set forth in this chapter with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 193-2 of this chapter.
The following sections are hereby revised:
A.
Section 101.1. Insert "Borough of Laurel Springs."
B.
Section 103-5. Insert "Annual Fee Schedule."
C.
Section 112.4 is revised to read as follows:
Any person violating any of the provisions of this code shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days or shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000, or both, or be required to serve a period of community service not exceeding 90 days in addition to a monetary fine as set forth herein, in the discretion of the court, and each day's continuance of the violation shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
D.
Section 302.4. Insert "eight inches."
E.
Section 304.14. Insert "April 1 to October 31."
F.
Section 602.3. Insert "October 1 to May 1."
G.
Section 602.4. Insert "October 1 to May 1."
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The governing body of the Borough of Laurel Springs hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Nothing in this chapter or in the Property Maintenance Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 193-2.1 of this chapter, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.