Upon complaint of any resident or property owner
of the Township or any employee of the Township, or upon his own motion,
the Zoning Officer or Police Chief or their designated agents, shall
make an investigation of the condition complained of and report thereon
in writing to the Township Clerk for the Township Committee.
If, upon receiving the report, the land in question is found to be in such condition that a violation of one or more of the provisions of Articles I or II exists on the land, the Township Clerk shall notify the owner and possessor of the lands complained of in writing either personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to take such steps as will effectively remove the violation from the land within 10 days after receipt of the notice.
The Zoning Officer or Police Chief or their
designated agents shall reinspect the lands after the ten-day period
shall have expired and shall report, in writing, to the Township Clerk
for the Township Committee, whether or not the unlawful conditions
complained of and previously found to exist in violation of this chapter
have been abated or remedied.
In the event that the owner or possessor of
the lands shall refuse or neglect to abate or remedy the condition
complained of and which constituted a violation of this chapter after
10 days' notice, the Township Committee shall cause the condition
complained of to be abated and remedied.
Upon the removal of any of the materials prohibited
to be stored or abandoned on lands by this chapter by or under the
direction of such officer or officers of this Township in cases where
the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove same
in the manner and within the time provided above, such officer or
officers shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee,
which shall examine the certificate; and, if found correct, shall
cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands; the
amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and
shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be
assessed and levied upon these lands, the same to bear interest at
the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the
same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, General Provision, Article II, General Penalty, and for each offense and for each and every day said person fails to comply with the notice beyond the date fixed for compliance for a term not exceeding 30 days, or both, at the discretion of the Judge before whom the conviction is had. The penalties set forth in this chapter are separate and apart from the remedy provided for in § 128-15 and the remedy provided by N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13 and 40:48:2.15 (L. 1943).
