[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:2-1; 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014; Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016]
Except as otherwise provided in these Revised General Ordinances or by law, the provisions of this Title shall be administered and enforced by the Directors of the Department of Health and Community Wellness and the Department of Public Works, herein referred to as the Directors.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:2-2; Ord. 6 S+FF, 2-5-1986 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FJ, 9-16-1987 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FD, 6-7-1995; Ord. 6 S+FH, 2-21-2007 § 1]
a. 
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Title shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000. There shall be a minimum fine of $2,500 for each violation of the provision of this Title when such violation involves a commercial source or trade waste. Each violation and each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate violation and shall be punishable as such.
b. 
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of Chapter 6 of this Title, "Disposal Facilities and Illegal Dumping," shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
c. 
Such penalties shall be assessed against the property owner in addition to the costs for the removal and clean up of substances herein referred from the lands described in any notice given by the City.
d. 
Whenever vacant property has been cleared by the City on two or more occasions and the owner of the property makes no effort to prevent further accumulation of substances herein referred, the City may abate further accumulation taking any appropriate steps as are deemed necessary by the City.
e. 
Should the property owner be found to be the responsible party for a violation of this Title, the cost of abatement shall be certified to the Tax Collector and such costs shall thereupon become a lien upon the property to the same extent as liens for unpaid municipal property taxes. In addition thereto, the City may have an auction to recover such costs against the owner of such lands in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
f. 
Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Title within one year of the date of a previous violation of the Title and was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of this Title, but shall be calculated separately from the fine previously imposed for the violation of this Title.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:2-3; Ord. 6 S+FH, 12-18-1985 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FS, 11-5-1986 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FB, 3-4-1987 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014; Ord. 6PSF-A(S), 1-7-2016; Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016]
a. 
In enforcing this Title the Newark Municipal Court shall utilize the form of summonses as provided by the State administrative office of the courts.
b. 
The Director of the Department of Engineering, all employees of the Division of Engineering and Contract Administration, and the Office of Inspections and Enforcement as well as the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities; and all employees so authorized by the Director of Water and Sewer Utilities, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness and all employees of the Divisions of Health and Inspection of the Department of Health and Community Wellness; the Director of the Department of Public Works and all employees so authorized by the Director of the Department of Public Works; the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and all employees so authorized by the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development; all municipal elected officials and all law enforcement officers and all investigators, Alcoholic Beverage Control of the Division of Police, the Director of the Department of Public Safety and all employees so authorized by the Director of the Department of Public Safety, are hereby authorized and empowered to perform as Law Enforcement Officers solely with respect to the enforcement of the provisions of this Title by being empowered to issue summonses for any violations thereof in accordance with the rules governing the courts of the State of New Jersey.
c. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair or limit in any way the power of the City to define and declare nuisances and to cause their removal and abatement by summary proceedings or otherwise nor is this Title intended to limit the authority of the Directors to abate nuisances.