[Adopted 4-17-2000 by Ord. No. 4-00; amended in its entirety 5-18-2009 by Ord. No. 7-09]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Borough of Brooklawn, County of Camden, being marked and designated as the "International Property Maintenance Code of 2009," as published by International Code Council, Inc., shall be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Borough of Brooklawn, County of Camden, in the State of New Jersey, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations of the International Property Maintenance Code of 2009 are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part thereof as if fully set out in this article.
Section PM-111.0 of said code, however, is specifically excluded and not adopted by this article.
A. 
It is hereby determined that an exterior housing code inspection and an exterior property area inspection, as defined in the International Property Maintenance Code of 2009, shall be required on the sale and/or resale of residential properties within the boundaries of the Borough of Brooklawn. Further, any repairs deemed necessary by the Administrative Office of Code Enforcement shall be completed within 30 days of notification.
B. 
A fee of $30 shall be paid to the Administrative Office of Code Enforcement upon the receipt of a request for a housing code exterior inspection. Such fees shall be paid only once and will include all costs for inspections; to include reinspection of any violations and the correction thereof.
No person shall rent to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit for the purpose of living therein which does not conform to the provisions of the International Property Maintenance Code of 2009, established hereby as the standard to be used in determining whether a dwelling is safe, sanitary and fit for human habitation.
The Administrative Office of Code Enforcement is hereby authorized and empowered to make and adopt such written rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this article; provided, however, that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this article nor in any way alter, amend or supersede any of the provisions thereof. The Administrative Office of Code Enforcement shall file a certified copy of all rules and regulations which it may adopt in said office and in the Office of the Clerk of the Borough of Brooklawn.
Nothing in this article or in the International Property Maintenance Code of 2009 hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court or any rights acquired or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act or ordinance hereby repealed, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable for penalties or any combination thereof as set forth in § 1-15 of the Code of the Borough of Brooklawn, in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court before whom such violation is heard and conviction made. Each day that a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation, subject to the penalty provisions of this article.