[Amended at time of adoption of Code by the Board of Health
(see Ch. 405, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I)]
A code defining and prohibiting certain matters,
things, conditions or acts and each of them as a nuisance, prohibiting
certain noises or sounds, requiring the proper heating of apartments,
prohibiting lease or rental of certain buildings, prohibiting spitting
in or upon public buildings, conveyances or sidewalks, authorizing
the inspection of premises by an enforcing official, providing for
the removal or abatement of certain nuisances and recovery of expenses
incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisances and prescribing
penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter
188, Laws of 1950, except that Section 2.1(a) and (b) are excluded from this
adoption. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof
without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this
chapter is described and commonly known as the "Public Health Nuisance
Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of the said Public Health Nuisance
Code of New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of
the Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will
remain on file there for the use and examination of the public.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code by the Board of Health
(see Ch. 405, General Provisions, Board of Health, Art. I)]
Any person who violates, or neglects to comply
with any provision of this chapter or code established herein or notice
issued pursuant thereto shall be, upon conviction thereof, liable
to a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation.
All ordinances, codes or parts of same inconsistent
with any of the provisions of this chapter and the code established
hereunder are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
In the event that any section, sentence or clause
of this chapter or 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.
This chapter and the code herein established
shall take effect 30 days after first publication.