A code defining and prohibiting certain matters,
things, conditions or acts and each of them as a nuisance, prohibiting
certain noises or sounds, requiring the proper heating of apartments,
prohibiting lease or rental of certain buildings, prohibiting spitting
in or upon public buildings, conveyances or sidewalks, authorizing
the inspection of premises by an enforcing official, providing for
the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and recovery of expenses
incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances
and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant
to Chapter 188, Laws of 1950 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.). A copy
of the code is annexed to and made a part of this article without
the inclusion of the text herein.
The code established and adopted by this article
is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code
of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of the Public Health Nuisance Code
of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the offices of the
Secretary of the Board of Health and the Borough Clerk for the use
and examination of the public.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article or code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
352, Article
III, Enforcement and Penalties.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Include an individual, firm, corporation, association, society,
partnership and their agents or employees.
REHS
Registered environmental health specialist.
All places and premises in the Borough of Harrington
Park shall be subject to inspection by the Board of Health, the Health
Officer or the REHS.
The Board of Health may institute an action
at law to recover costs incurred by it in the removal or abatement
of any nuisance, as declared by this article, from any person who
shall have caused or allowed such nuisance to exist or from any owner,
tenant or occupant of premises who, after notice and notification
as herein provided, shall fail to remove and abate the same within
the time specified in such notice.
Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this article or any notice or order issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
352, Article
III, Enforcement and Penalties, for each violation.