[Amended 5-21-2013]
Where the Department of Health determines that the presence
of lead paint upon any premises creates a health hazard to children,
it shall issue an order to the owner or occupant to eliminate the
hazard in accordance with methods prescribed by regulations issued
by the Department. The property owner shall be completely financially
responsible for the costs of the appropriate lead abatement process,
as defined in N.J.A.C. 5:23 et seq. These costs include lead hazard
abatement evaluation, relocation of occupants, and immediate evacuation
of occupants. Any costs that the City incurs to enforce this provision,
including costs and legal fees, shall be the responsibility of the
property owner.
No person shall apply lead paint to toys, furniture or the interior
surfaces of any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit
or facility occupied or used by children. Such interior surfaces include,
but are not limited to, window sills, window frames, doors, door frames,
walls, ceilings, stair rails and spindles or other appurtenances.
No person shall sell, transfer or deliver toys or furniture to which
lead paint has been applied.
The Health Officer of the City is hereby authorized and empowered
to make and adopt such rules and regulations as (s)he may deem proper
and necessary for the enforcement of this chapter and for the better
protection of the health of the inhabitants of the City.
In addition to any other sanction or remedy procedure provided, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, any regulation adopted under it, any order of the Department of Health issued thereunder, or any condition of any license required thereunder and any person who knowingly participates in any such violation by any other person or who has reason to know that his/her participation will materially contribute to any such violation by another person shall be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter
1, Article
IV, General Penalty.