City of South Amboy, NJ
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2022-09-07
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 115 Property Maintenance
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Article III Duties and Responsibilities of Occupants
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Agreements
- Ch 10 Fees
- Ch 11 Fire Department and Emergency Services
- Ch 12 Housing Authority
- Ch 13 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 14 Juvenile Conference Committee
- Ch 15 Commissions, Committees and Boards
- Ch 16 Municipal Port Authority
- Ch 19 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 21 Recreation Programs
- Ch 22 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 23 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 32 Air Pollution
- Ch 34 Alarms
- Ch 35 Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Ch 41 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 42 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 44 Checks, Returned
- Ch 45 Construction and Building
- Ch 46 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 50 Curfew
- Ch 53 Development Regulations
- Ch 58 Dogs and Cats
- Ch 59 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 60 Drug-Free and Drunk Driving Free Zones
- Ch 64 Firearms
- Ch 67 Fire Prevention
- Ch 71 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 74 Food and Beverage Vending Machines and Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 79 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 80 Graffiti
- Ch 81 Handbills and Signs
- Ch 83 Historic Preservation
- Ch 85 Landlords and Tenants
- Ch 87 Library
- Ch 88 Licenses and Licensed Businesses
- Ch 91 Littering
- Ch 95 Newsracks
- Ch 97 Noise
- Ch 100 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 104 Obscene Materials
- Ch 106 Parking Off-Street and Permit
- Ch 109 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 112 Pet Stores
- Ch 114 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 115 Property Maintenance
- Ch 115 Art III Duties and Responsibilities of Occupants
- § 115-21 Damage to property.
- § 115-22 Damage by heating or cooking.
- § 115-23 Plumbing maintenance.
- § 115-24 Cooking restrictions.
- § 115-25 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 119 Railroads
- Ch 123 Recreational Facilities
- Ch 124 Rental Housing
- Ch 125 Retail Establishments
- Ch 127 Sewers
- Ch 130 Sidewalk Cafes and Restaurants
- Ch 134 Smoke and Fire Detectors, Fire Extinguishers
- Ch 135 Smoking
- Ch 137 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 140 Soil Removal
- Ch 143 Solid Waste Control
- Ch 145 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 147 Swimming Pools
- Ch 148 Taxation
- Ch 150 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 153 Tax Liens on Fire-Damaged Property
- Ch 154 Tobacco Products
- Ch 155 Tow Trucks and Wreckers
- Ch 157 Trailers and Trailer Courts
- Ch 162 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 164 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 166 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 169 Water
- Ch 172 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A185 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A186 Water Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Every tenant shall be responsible for damage to any interior part of the premises, whether caused accidentally or otherwise. The public officer may serve a written notice upon a tenant in accordance with Sections 115-31, 115-32 and 115-33, requiring correction of any damage, and failure to make such correction or repair shall subject the occupant to penalties prescribed by this chapter.
No occupant shall cause excessive discoloration of the sidewalls
or ceilings of any part of the premises by improper use of heating
or cooking equipment.
Every occupant or operator shall maintain all plumbing fixtures
used by him in a clean and sanitary condition, and he shall not deposit
any material in any fixture or sewer system which would result in
stoppage of or damage to the fixture or sewer system.
No occupant shall cook in any dwelling unit except where all the required sanitary facilities are installed as required under Section 115-19D.
Any adult member of the family shall be responsible for and
liable for any violation of the stated subsection caused by minors
using or visiting the dwelling unit if the violations were created
or permitted to continue with the knowledge or acquiescence or consent
of said adult member.
