[BH Ord. 8/9/88, SBH1:1; New]
This Book shall be known as the "Revised General Ordinances
of the Board of Health of the Township of Frankford, 2004" or the
Frankford Health Code.
[BH Ord. 8/9/88, S BH1:3]
This Board of Health Code incorporates herein by reference the
following existing ordinances as if set forth at length:
a. An ordinance providing for the adoption of the "Trailer Court Code
of New Jersey (1956)" (adopted October 11, 1966).
b. An ordinance establishing a Code regulating the location, construction,
alteration, use and supervision of public noncommunity and nonpublic
water systems, requiring certain permits and the fixing of fees (adopted
September 9, 1986).
c. An ordinance establishing a Code regulating the manner in which refuse
shall be stored, collected, and disposed of; declaring and defining
certain conditions as nuisances; fixing the responsibilities and duties
of persons, storing, collecting and/or disposing of refuse, and providing
penalties for violation thereof (adopted March 10, 1987).
d. An ordinance establishing a Code to regulate and control the location,
construction, use, maintenance, and method of emptying or cleaning
individual sewage disposal systems, or other places used for the reception
or storage of human excrement, the issuance of (licenses) (permits)
and providing penalties for the violation thereof.
e. An ordinance establishing a Code regulating and controlling the construction
and operation of campgrounds.
f. Ordinance rescinding an ordinance dated March 10, 1981 regarding
licensing of retail food establishments and further adopting by reference
Chapter XII of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code, Sanitation in Retail
Food Establishment and Food and Beverage Vending Machines.
[BH Ord. 8/9/88, S BH1:4]
This section adopts by reference pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1
et seq., what is described and commonly known as the Public Health
Nuisance Code of New Jersey. Three copies of the Code have been placed
on file in the office of the Secretary of the Frankford Township Board
of Health and shall remain there on file for the use and examination
of the public.
[BH Ord. 8/9/88, S BH1:5]
a. Board of Health Code Violations.
1. Any person who violates any section of this Board of Health Code
shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each separate
violation. Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute
a separate and distinct violation of this ordinance. A court, upon
convicting a person of a continuing violation, shall impose a separate
fine for each day and may not order that each fine be made concurrent
with any other.
2. The court may cause a defendant who refuses or neglects to pay the
amount of a judgment rendered against him and all costs and charges
incident thereto, to be committed to the County jail for a period
not exceeding 90 days.
3. In case a defendant shall have been twice convicted within the space
of six months of the violation of the same health ordinance or Code,
and due proof of such fact is made, the court may, in addition to
the imposition of the fines prescribed above, cause the defendant
to be imprisoned in the County jail for a period not to exceed 90
days.
4. All fines recovered in any prosecution for a violation of this Code
shall be paid into the treasury of the Township.
b. Violations of the State Sanitary Code.
1. Any person who violates any provision of the State Sanitary Code
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000
for each separate violation.
(a)
Each day a particular violation continues shall constitute a
separate and distinct violation of the State Sanitary Code.
(b)
A court, upon convicting a person(s) of a continuing violation(s),
shall impose a separate fine for each day, and may not order that
each fine be made concurrent with any other fine(s) or violation(s).
2. The court may cause a defendant who refuses or neglects to pay the
amount of a judgment rendered against him, all costs and charges incident
thereto, to be committed to the County jail for a period not exceeding
90 days.
[BH Ord. 8/9/88, S BH1:2, BH1:6]
All ordinances, Codes or parts of ordinances or Codes inconsistent
with any of the provisions of the Township of Frankford Board of Health
Code are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
This section rescinds, repeals and supersedes in its entirety
the prior "Sanitary Code of the Township of Frankford" adopted on
August 9, 1988, as further amended by the Board of Health.
[BH Ord. 8/9/88, S BH1:7]
In the event that any section, sentence or clause of this Code
shall be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such declaration shall not in any manner prejudice the enforcement
of the remaining provisions.
[BH Ord. 8/9/88, S BH1:8]
The titles, headings and section numbers used in this Code and
the classification and arrangement of the several sections of this
Code have been made and used for the purpose of convenience, reference
and orderly arrangement and no implication or presumption of a legislative
construction is to be drawn therefrom and shall not be deemed part
of the ordinance for the purposes of construction.