[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lodi 9-7-1971 by Ord. No. 71-16. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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 Health Officer in removing or abating such nuisances; and prescribing
penalties for violations, is hereby established pursuant to Chapter
188 of the Laws of 1950.[1] A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey
(1953)."
Three copies of said Public Health Nuisance Code of New Jersey
(1953), and its supplements and amendments thereto, have been placed
on file in the office of the Borough Clerk upon the introduction of
this chapter and will remain on file there for the use and examination
by the public.
Any person or persons or corporation who shall violate or neglect
to comply with any provision of this chapter or the code established
herein or notices issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a period
not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days, for each and every offense.
[Added 6-22-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-12]
A.
From October 1 of each year to the next succeeding May 1, every unit
of dwelling space and every habitable room therein shall be maintained
at a temperature of at least 68° F. between the hours of 6:00
a.m. and 11:00 p.m., and at least 65° F. between the hours of
11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B.
In meeting the aforesaid standards, the owner shall not be responsible
for heat loss and the consequent drop in the interior temperature
arising out of action by the occupants in leaving windows or doors
open to the exterior of the building.
C.
The owner shall be obligated to supply required fuel or energy and
maintain the heating system in good operating condition so that it
can supply heat as required herein, notwithstanding any contractual
provision seeking to delegate or shift responsibility to the occupant
or third person, except that the owner shall not be required to supply
fuel or energy for heating purposes to any unit where the occupant
thereof agrees in writing to supply heat to his own unit of dwelling
space and the said unit is served by its own exclusive heating equipment
for which the source of heat can be separately computed and billed.
