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City of Absecon, NJ
Atlantic County
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[1997 Code § 373-35]
Any person, tenant or property owner who shall observe any of the foregoing nuisances shall make complaint, in writing, to the Board of Health. The Board shall order its inspector to investigate said nuisance, and, upon verification of the act, said inspector shall order the nuisance corrected.
[1997 Code § 373-36]
In case of any complaint relative to cesspools, drainage, unsanitary receptacles or mechanical devices required to comply with the foregoing acts which are found by the Board of Health inspector to be inefficient to properly perform their requirements for sanitation, said appliances shall be ordered removed and the proper appliances installed at the owner's expense, and in the event of the owner's refusing to comply with the order of the Board of Health to correct the same at his own expense, the City shall order the proper authorities to do the work correctly, and a lien shall be placed upon said property until said expenses incurred are paid.
[1997 Code § 373-37; N.J.S.A. 26:3-70]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty of not less than $5 or more than $500 for each and every offense.