All terms and words used in this chapter shall
be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural,
and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context
or sense of any paragraph or clause herein may require.
For the specific purposes of this chapter, the
following terms, whenever used herein or referred to in this chapter,
shall have the respective meanings assigned to them hereunder unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
Those portions of a building or structure which are exposed
to public view or are visible from adjoining or adjacent lots, including
all outside surfaces and appurtenances thereto, and the open land
space of any premises outside of any building or structure erected
thereon.
Any public or private conditions that would
constitute a nuisance according to the statutes, laws and regulations
of the State of New Jersey, its governmental agencies or the ordinances
of the Village of Ridgefield Park.
Any physical condition existing in or on the
exterior of any premises which is potentially dangerous, detrimental
or hazardous to the life, health or safety of persons on, near or
passing within the proximity of premises where said condition exists.
Any person residing, living or sleeping on or in the premises
or having actual possession, use or occupancy of a dwelling premises
or rooming unit, or any person or entity in possession of or using
any premises or part thereof, whether or not the owner thereof and
regardless of the duration of time of such possession, use or occupancy.
Any person, persons or entity not the owner, who has charge,
care or control of a dwelling or premises or a part thereof, with
or without the knowledge, consent or authority of the owner.
Any person, persons or entity who shall have legal or equitable
title in any form whatsoever to any premises or part thereof, with
or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or who shall have
charge, care or control of any lot, premises, building structure or
part thereof, as owner or agent of the owner, or as a fiduciary, trustee,
receiver, guardian, lessee or mortgagee in possession, regardless
of how such possession was obtained. Any person, group of persons
or entity who is a lessee, sublessee or assignee of a lessee of any
part or all of any building structure or land shall be deemed to be
a co-owner with the lessor for the purposes of this chapter and shall
have responsibility over the portions of the premises so sublet, leased
or assigned.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, right-of-way or multiples
thereof, including the buildings or structures thereon.
All discarded, useless, unusable, unused or worthless solid
waste matter or materials, combustible or noncombustible, including
but not limited to garbage, trash, ashes, paper, paper goods and products,
wrappings, cans, bottles, containers, yard clippings, garden waste,
debris, junk, glass, boxes, crockery, wood, mineral matter, plastic,
rubber, leather, furniture, household goods, appliances, bedding,
scrap lumber, scrap metal, construction material, inoperable machinery
or parts thereof, garden or farming implements, dead or rotting vegetation,
tires; abandoned, inoperative or unusable automobiles and vehicles;
and solid commercial or industrial waste.
