[Adopted as Ch. 2.84 of the 2003 Municipal Code]
Pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Laws of 1887, Chapter
68, as amended: N.J.S.A. 26:3-9, the Township Committee hereby adopts
the provisions of Subdivision B of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title
26 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes, and the Township shall be subject
to these provisions and shall not be subject to the provisions of
Subdivision C thereof.
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of the
New Jersey Laws of 1887, Chapter 68, as amended: N.J.S.A. 26:3-3 et
seq., there shall be a Local Board of Health which shall consist of
the members of the Township Committee.
B.
The terms of office of the members
of the Local Board of Health shall coincide with those of the members
of the Township Committee, and the termination of membership of any
person serving on the Township Committee for any reason shall automatically
terminate the individual's membership on the Local Board of Health.
It is the intent and purpose of this subsection that, at any given
time, the membership of the Township Committee and the Local Board
of Health shall be identical.
C.
The Local Board of Health shall
meet as often as it deems necessary, but such meetings as are necessary
shall be held at the same place and day as the Township Committee
meets, immediately following adjournment of the Township Committee
meeting. All meetings shall comply with the Open Public Meetings Act,
N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Local Board of Health shall have and exercise all the powers
of a local board as provided by N.J.S.A. 26:3-31. It shall, in addition,
have and exercise the power to adopt certain health codes and related
documents by reference as provided in N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.,
and shall have and exercise the power to prescribe penalties for the
violation of any provision of a health ordinance or code as provided
in N.J.S.A. 26:3-70 et seq.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Local Board of Health may appoint a Health Officer who shall
hold a license as a health officer and who shall be the general agent
of the Local Board of Health for the enforcement of its ordinances
and the applicable laws and regulations of the state. The Local Board
of Health may, in lieu of appointing said official, contract with
the Burlington County Board of Commissioners to furnish all or any
part of the services and perform all or any part of the duties of
the official. The Health Officer shall enforce all laws, ordinances
and regulations in the Township relating to the protection of public
health, including all chapters of the New Jersey State Sanitary Code,
the New Jersey Air Pollution Control Code, and all other codes having
the force and effect of law within the Township, whether cited in
this Code or not; all provisions regarding the treatment and prevention
of communicable diseases, the existence of nuisances endangering public
health, the care and handling of food, and all other matters pertaining
to the public health. The Health Officer shall make or cause to be
made all inspections required by law or ordinance and shall from time
to time have the water furnished by the municipal water system analyzed
and shall report the results of such analysis to the Local Board of
Health.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Township Clerk shall serve as Secretary to the Local Board
of Health at no additional compensation.
The Township Physician shall serve as advisor to the Local Board
of Health at no additional compensation.
