It is hereby found and determined that there exist in the Township
of Middle buildings that are unfit for human habitation, occupancy
or use due to dilapidation; defects increasing the hazards of fire,
accidents or other calamities; lack of ventilation, light or sanitary
facilities; or other conditions rendering such buildings or parts
thereof unsafe or insanitary or dangerous or detrimental to the health
or safety or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of
the Township of Middle and that a public necessity exists for the
repair, closing or demolition of such building or buildings or part
thereof.
The public officer may determine that a building is unfit for
human habitation or occupancy or use if he finds that conditions exist
in such building that are dangerous or injurious to the health or
safety of the occupants of such building, the occupants of neighboring
buildings or other residents of the Township of Middle. Such conditions
may include the following:
A. Defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident or other
calamities.
C. Lack of adequate ventilation, light or sanitary facilities.
I. Failure to have included in said building running water or inside
toilet facilities.
J. Failure to have serving said building a sewage disposal system that
meets the minimum standards of any applicable ordinance or statute.
Whenever the public officer of the Township of Middle, designated
herein, finds that there exists in the Township of Middle any building
or buildings that are unfit for human habitation or occupancy or use
due to dilapidation; defects increasing the hazards of fire, accidents
or other calamities; lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities;
or other conditions rendering such building or buildings or part thereof
unsafe or insanitary or dangerous or detrimental to the health or
safety or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of the
Township of Middle, then the public officer shall exercise the power
vested under this chapter and under its police powers to repair, close
or demolish or cause the repairing, closing or demolition of such
building or buildings or part thereof in the manner provided.
A complaint or order issued by the public officer pursuant to
this chapter shall be served upon persons either personally or by
registered mail, but if the whereabouts of such persons is unknown
and cannot be ascertained by the public officer in the exercise of
reasonable diligence and the public officer shall make an affidavit
to that effect, then the serving of such complaint or order upon such
persons shall be made by publishing the complaint or order in the
official newspaper of the Township, and by posting the a copy of the
complaint or order in a conspicuous place on the premises affected
by the complaint or order. A copy of such complaint or order shall
be duly recorded or lodged for record in the office of the Cape May
County Clerk.