[Adopted 12-29-77 as Ord. 826]
The Health Officer and Sanitarian shall be and they hereby are
authorized to enforce this Article.
Any person who violates any provision of this Article or any
order promulgated under this Article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable to a penalty of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. Each day a particular
violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Each dwelling
unit with a particular violation for a day or any part of a day shall
constitute a separate offense.
In the event that any person engages in a pattern or practice
of violations continuing over a period of seventy-two (72) hours,
or any portion of said time period, or upon the conviction of a person
for at least three (3) separate violations on at least three (3) separate
dates, the Health Officer and Sanitarian shall be and they hereby
are authorized to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a
court order to abate any violations and/or to enjoin future violations
of said Article.
If any act, regulation or decree by the State of New Jersey
or the United States of America or any department or agency thereof
shall be determined to have superseded any part or portion of this
Article, then and in that event any portion of this Article not superseded
by or inconsistent with said act, regulation or decree shall be enforced
as authorized herein.
[Adopted 11-6-95 as Ord. No. 2004]