For any and every violation of the provisions of this chapter,
the owner, contractor or other persons interested as general agent,
architect, building contractor, owner, tenant or any other person
who commits, takes part in or assists in any way in any violation
of this chapter or who maintains any building or premises in which
any violation of this chapter shall exist and who shall have refused
to abate said violation within five days after written notice shall
have been served upon him, either by registered mail or personal service,
shall for each and every violation be subject to a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both, at the discretion of
the court or judicial officer from whom a conviction may be had, and
each and every day that such violation continues after such notice
shall be considered a separate and specific violation of this chapter.
This chapter shall be read in pari materia with the Land Use
Procedures Ordinance of the Township of Montague and, where appropriate,
with the Land Subdivision Ordinance of the Township of Montague.[1]
The Municipal Clerk is hereby directed to give notice at least
10 days prior to the hearing on the adoption of this chapter to the
County Planning Board and to all others entitled thereto pursuant
to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-15. Upon the adoption of this
chapter after public hearing thereon, the Municipal Clerk is further
directed to publish notice of the passage thereof and to file a copy
of this chapter as finally adopted with the Sussex County Planning
Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-16.
