[1997 Code § 273-1; Ord. No. 19-97]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL
Includes the Construction Office of the City of Absecon or
any duly authorized employee of the Construction Office of the City
of Absecon.
DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION or EXCAVATION
Includes only such demolition and construction as requires
the issuance of a municipal building permit and only such excavation
as requires the breaking or disturbing of the ground by motor-driven
machinery, for nonagricultural use.
PERSON
Includes any person, persons, partnership, firm, association,
corporation and the owner of buildings subject to demolition, construction
or excavation.
REAL ESTATE PREMISES
Includes any vacant land or structure, whether public or
private or whether adapted for vacant land, occupancy or non-occupancy
or as residential; for transaction of business; for rendering of professional
services; for amusement; for display, sale or storage of goods, wares
or merchandise; for the housing of animals; and for the storage of
feed for animals; lands used as a repository for animal wastes; and
all outhouses, sheds, barns and other structures on premises intended
for demolition, construction or excavation.
REPUTABLE PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATING FIRM
Includes persons, sole proprietorships, partnerships, firms,
associations or other business entities engaged in rodent elimination
or eradication by use of rodenticides approved by the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection.
RODENT EXTERMINATION
Includes the elimination or eradication of rats and/or mice
on said real estate premises such that said real estate premises are
completely freed of such rodents or there is not evidence of rodent
infestation.
[1997 Code § 273-2; Ord. No. 19-97; Ord. No. 06-98]
A. It shall be the duty of any person engaged in the demolition, construction
or excavation of any real estate located in the "A" Flood Zone Hazard
as indicated on the Flood Hazard Boundary Map H-01 and The Flood Insurance
Rate Map I-01, issued April 23, 1976, Community No. 340001B for the
City of Absecon by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
to first secure the proper permits from the Absecon City Construction
Office before commencement of such demolition, construction or excavation.
B. It shall be the duty of any person engaged in the demolition of any
real estate premises within the entire City limits of the City of
Absecon to first secure permits from the Absecon City Construction
Office before commencement of such demolition.
C. Before issuing such permits for demolition, construction or excavation
of any real estate premises, the Construction Official shall have
received a certificate from a reputable professional exterminating
firm stating that the premises is not infested with rats and/or mice.
It shall be the responsibility of the person requesting the permits
to obtain any rodent extermination necessary to cause the certificate
of non-infestation to be issued.
D. Demolition, construction or excavation must commence within 30 days
of the issuance of the certificate of non-infestation.
E. Notwithstanding the issuance of any permits in the event that evidence
of reinfestation of the real estate premises is discovered then, prior
to any demolition, construction or excavation, the foregoing provisions
of this chapter shall apply, and a new certificate of non-infestation
will be required before any demolition, construction or excavation
can begin.
[1997 Code § 273-3; Ord. No. 19-97]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction, be liable to a penalty of not more than $500 nor
less than $50.