In addition, the following specific acts or omissions or the maintenance or allowance of any of the following conditions are hereby prohibited and are declared to be or to constitute nuisances:
A.
Any matter, thing, condition or act which is or may become detrimental or a menace to the health or general well-being of the inhabitants of this Borough.
B.
Polluting or permitting to be polluted or maintaining any polluted spring, well, cistern or other source of water supply which is used for domestic or potable purposes or is on the watershed which is the source of drinking water.
C.
Pollution or existence of a condition or conditions which cause or threaten pollution of any waters in this Borough in such manner as to cause or threaten injury to any of the inhabitants of this Borough, either in their health, comfort or property, including surface overflow or discharge of sewage.
D.
The growth, existence or presence of ragweed on any plot of land, lot, highway, right-of-way or any other public place.
E.
The growth, existence or presence of poison ivy within 20 feet of any property line.
F.
The existence or presence of any water or other liquid in which mosquito larvae breed or exist.
G.
The existence or presence, depositing, accumulating or maintaining any accumulation of garbage, refuse, manure or animal or vegetable matter which may attract insects or rodents and to which the aforementioned may have access or in which they may breed or exist.
H.
Overflowing of portable toilets upon any public or private property.
I.
Maintaining any chimney, smokestack, pipe or flue or any part thereof that is out of repair and so defective as to allow coal gas or noxious fumes to escape into the building where it is situated or into any adjacent building.
J.
Allowing to exist any unclean or unsanitary conditions in any building or any imperfect plumbing or sewer appliances or connection from which any foul or noxious odors or liquids may escape.
K.
Permitting the emission of dust, gases, cinders, lint or other particles or dense smoke in sufficient quantities to cause discomfort or injury to health.
L.
Depositing, maintaining or causing the maintenance or existence of any offensive matter, foul or noxious odors, gases or vapors or any cause of disease or other injury to the health of the inhabitants of the Borough.
M.
Maintaining or permitting to exist any manure pile or manure pit which is not enclosed and covered.
N.
Maintaining any premises which is infested with rats, mice or other rodents.
O.
Emitting or permitting the emission of unnecessary noises and vibrations of a constancy of magnitude capable of causing discomfort or injury to health.
P.
Maintaining stationary lights in residential areas, other than public streetlighting, of sufficient illumination to cause discomfort or injury to health.
Q.
Fogging or spraying for insect control using any solution not meeting federal or State of New Jersey standards.
It shall be unlawful for any person to make, cause or suffer or permit to be made or caused upon any premises owned, occupied or controlled by him/her upon a public place, street, alley or thoroughfare in this Borough any unnecessary noise or sounds, by means of voice or by any other means or methods which are physically annoying to persons or which are so harsh or so prolonged or unnatural or unusual in their use, time and place as to occasion physical discomfort or which are injurious to the lives, health, peace and comfort of any person. These acts are included in, but not limited to those indicated in N.J.A.C. 7:29-1.2 to 7:29-1.5.
All sunken lots or marshlands or lots below grade where stagnant waters gather or are collected are declared nuisances and any owner, agent or tenant of any such lot shall, on written notice from the Department of Health, correct and abate such nuisance in the manner prescribed by the Department in the notice. No owner, tenant or agent shall fail to comply with such notice within the period named in such notice.
Whenever a nuisance as declared by § 189-25 of this chapter is found on any plot of land, lot, right-of-way or any other private premises or place, notice, in writing, shall be given to the owner thereof to remove or abate the same within such time as shall be specified, but not more than five days from the date of service thereof, except in an emergency situation as determined by the Health Officer where immediate abatement is required. A duplicate of the notice shall be left with one or more of the tenants or occupants of the premises or place or posted on the premises. If the owner resides out of the state or cannot be so notified speedily, such notice shall be left at that place or premises with the tenant or occupant thereof or posted on the premises and such action shall be considered proper notification to the owner, tenant or occupant thereof.
Whenever a nuisance as declared by § 189-25 of this chapter is found on any public property or on any highway or any other public premises or place, notice, in writing, shall be given to the person in charge thereof to remove or abate the same within such time as shall be specified therein. If such person fails to comply with such notice within the time specified therein, the Board of Health may remove or abate such nuisance in the manner as hereinafter provided in the case of a like condition existing on a private premises or place.
If the owner, tenant or occupant upon being notified as provided by this article shall not comply with such notice within the time specified therein and fails to remove or abate such nuisance, the Board of Health shall proceed to abate the nuisance or may cause it to be removed or abated in a summary manner by such means as the Board shall deem proper.
The Board of Health may institute an action at law to recover costs incurred by it in the removal or abatement of any nuisance, as declared by § 189-25 of this chapter, from any person who shall have caused or allowed such nuisance to exist or from any owner, tenant or occupant of premises who, after notice and notification as herein provided, shall fail to remove and abate the same within the time specified in such notice.
No owner, agent, lessor, lessee or other person in charge or control of any building shall permit such building or part thereof to be occupied or inhabited if the same is unfit for human habitation by reason of its harboring disease or by reason of its being infested with vermin or by reason of its being in a condition dangerous to health or otherwise likely to cause disease among its inhabitants. Whenever it shall be decided by the Board that any building or part thereof is unfit for human occupation for one of such reasons or by reason of leaky roofs or walls, missing plaster or wall and ceiling coverings or plumbing in an unsafe and dilapidated condition or floors in such warped and uneven condition that furniture or equipment cannot maintain a reasonable level condition, lack of heat, running water or electricity, notice of such decision shall be affixed conspicuously on the building or any part thereof and served personally or by mail upon the owner, agent, lessor or lessee, if the same can be found in the state, requiring all persons therein to vacate from such building or part thereof for such reason. Such building or part thereof shall, within 10 days thereafter, be vacated or, in case of a special emergency, within such shorter time as in said notice may be specified. Every such notice shall be void if, within the time limited by said notice or before the premises are so vacated, the cause for the giving of such notice shall be so cured so that the conditions theretofore existing and upon which said notice is based shall no longer exist.