As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
To desert, ignore, and fail to maintain a property in a safe,
habitable condition.
The proper removal, containment or correction of the conditions
deemed to be a public health nuisance.
The gathering together and increasing in amount over a period
of time.
The residue from the burning of wood, coal or other combustible
materials.
The Camden County Board of Health.
Shall be defined as specified in the New Jersey Uniform Construction
Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-1 et seq.
The New Jersey Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-1
et seq.
Any activity which is not a residential use or activity and
includes, but is not limited to, gasoline stations, retail sales,
professional activities, including but not limited to medical, dental,
legal, architectural, accounting, etc., personal services, including
real estate, insurance, barbershops, hairdressers, nail salons, etc.,
nurseries, landscaping businesses, farm stands, repair shops of all
kinds, and amusements, including but not limited to movies, skating
rinks, bowling alleys, etc., whether part of a shopping area or not,
and any other nonresidential use or activity.
Any tract of land on which or on part of which commercial
activity of any kind takes place.
A person engaged in any business or service, including the
construction, repairing, refurbishing, remodeling or demolition of
buildings or grounds within the Borough.
Camden County.
Any premises on which a structure has been erected or other
improvements have been made.
Shall be defined as specified in the New Jersey Uniform Construction
Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23-1 et seq.; Regulations for the Maintenance of
Hotels and Multiple Dwellings, N.J.A.C. 5:10-1 et seq.; Regulations
Governing Rooming and Boarding Houses, N.J.A.C. 5:27-1 et seq.; or
New Jersey State Housing Code, N.J.A.C. 5:28-1 et seq., as may be
the case.
Shall include the Health Officer, Registered Environmental
Health Specialist, or other official employed by the Borough and/or
the Camden County Health Department to enforce this chapter.
Any space located between property boundary lines of the
tax lot in question or the boundaries of any contiguous tax lots and
any structure on the property.
The control and elimination of insects, mice, rats and other
pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making
inaccessible materials that serve as their food; by poison spraying,
fumigating, and trapping; or by any other approved pest elimination
methods.
Growth of molds, yeasts and mushrooms.
The structure is maintained in such a manner that there is
no evidence of deterioration, which would allow elements (rain, snow)
and rodents from entering the interiors.
The governing body of the Borough of Chesilhurst.
Any substances presenting a danger to health and safety by
reason of their pathological, explosive, radiological or toxic characteristics.
A substance, activity, or condition that is known to have
the potential to cause acute or chronic illness or death if exposure
to the substance, activity or condition is not abated, and also includes
the term "health hazard."
A condition that exists or has the potential to exist which
should, in the opinion of the Health Officer, be abated or corrected
immediately, or at least within a twenty-four-hour period, to prevent
possible severe damage to human health or the environment.
The presence within, or contiguous to, a structure or premises
of insects, mice, rats, vermin or other pests in quantities large
enough to constitute a health threat.
Those insects that have public health significance for disease
transmission, or other medical condition, such as cockroaches, ticks,
mosquitoes, lice, bedbugs, fleas, bees, wasps, hornets, etc.
Any condition that causes exposure to lead from lead-contaminated
dust or soil or lead-contaminated paint that is deteriorated or present
on surfaces and may result in a human health hazard as defined within
this section.
Any person or persons in actual possession of, and living
in, the building or dwelling unit, including the owner.
Any person properly authorized to exercise powers of, or
for, an owner of property for purposes of its purchase, sale, use,
occupancy, or maintenance.
Shall include an individual, firm, corporation, association,
society, partnership, and their agents or employees.
The introduction of contaminants into the environment that
cause or have the potential to cause adverse effects.
A house or building, together with its land and outbuilding.
Any condition or activity which, after investigation by the
Health Officer or other enforcing official, is deemed to threaten
the health, safety and welfare of the public or creates a human health
hazard due to its dangerous or unsanitary nature.
A dwelling unit, such as a home, condominium, trailer or
multifamily dwelling, consisting of two or more units.
Those rodents that have public health significance for disease
transmission, such as mice, rats, bats, and other burrowing rodents,
etc.
Any trash, garbage, junk, rubbish, refuse, litter, debris
and other materials that when dumped, deposited, accumulated or abandoned
create conditions of public health nuisance. This term shall include
any animal or vegetable waste solids resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking or consumption of foods; discarded material such
as glass, wood, yard debris, grass/brush clippings, stone, concrete,
plastic, ashes, cloth, rags, paper, metal, tires, street cleanings,
dead animals, manure, appliances, furniture, equipment, automobiles,
solid market wastes, construction materials, industrial wastes, chemical
wastes, recyclable materials and containers; and all discarded appliances.
Properly stored, are nonperishable materials stored for new
construction, or other items intended to be used and which are stored
and maintained in such a manner that they do not provide habitat for
insects or rodents.
The runoff, discharge or drainage of water from any premises
or building which results in the accumulation of stagnant water. This
definition shall not apply to water retention areas and/or reservoirs
approved by the municipal, county or state agencies.
The growth, existence or presence of any noxious weeds, such
as poison ivy, poison sumac, poison oak, and ragweed, of any height,
or the growth, existence or presence of any other weeds or plant growth
in excess of 10 inches. "Weeds" shall be defined as all grasses, annual
plants and vegetation, other than trees or shrubs; provided, however,
this term shall not include cultivated flowers, landscaped areas and
gardens.
Any wild animals of public health significance for disease
transmission, especially animals living in a natural, undomesticated
state, including but not limited to feral cats and dogs.
