[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Berlin at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 345, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 249.
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 280, Art. I.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 289.
Public health nuisances — See Ch. 357.
A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance, providing for removal or abatement thereof and recovery of expenses incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisance 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.
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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 "Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1963)."
Three copies of the said Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1963) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this local Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain on file there for the use and examination of the public so long as said chapter is in effect.
Any person who violates or fails or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter or the code established herein or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation.