The following terms, wherever used herein or referred to in
this chapter, shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
A structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the
main building and which is attached thereto or located on the same
premises.
BASEMENT or CELLAR
Any floor, any portion of which is more than 24 inches below
the adjacent grade level.
BUILDING
A structure containing interior space adapted to permanent
or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional, residence,
business or storage purposes.
DETERIORATION
The condition or appearance of a building or part thereof,
characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling,
rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance
or excessive use.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Community Development.
DWELLING
Any structure designed for use by human occupants for sleeping
and living purposes, whether occupied or vacant, except that the foregoing
shall not apply to hotels as defined in N.J.S.A. 55:13A-3.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
All officials, officers or employees entrusted with the enforcement
of the provisions of this chapter which shall include the Zoning Officer,
Code Enforcement Officer, Director of Community Development, the Township
Administrator or any other employee or agent designated by the Township
Administrator.
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW
Any premises, or any part thereof, or any building or any
part thereof, which may be lawfully viewed by the public or any member
thereof, from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, licensed open air parking
lot or from any adjoining or neighboring premises.
EXTERIOR OF THE PREMISES
Those portions of a building which are exposed to public
view and the open space of any premises outside of any building erected
thereon.
FIRE HAZARD (see also NUISANCE)
Any condition or act which increases the probability of fire
in the opinion of persons knowledgeable about firefighting and prevention;
also, any condition or act which may obstruct, delay or hinder the
prevention, suppression or extinguishment of fire.
INFESTATION
The presence of insects, rodents, vermin, or other pests
on the premises which constitute a health hazard.
NUISANCE
(1)
Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence
or as provided by statutes of the State of New Jersey, or the ordinances
of the Township;
(2)
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health
or safety of minors, whether in a building, on the premises of a building,
or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes, but is not limited to: water
features, abandoned wells, basements, excavations, abandoned appliances,
motor vehicles, any structurally unsound fences or structures; lumber,
trash, debris or vegetation such as poison ivy, oak or sumac, which
may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors;
(3)
Physical conditions unsanitary, dangerous to human life or detrimental
to health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions
exist;
(4)
Insufficient ventilation or illumination in violation of this
chapter;
(5)
Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities in violation
of Township ordinances;
(6)
Anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in
violation of this chapter;
(7)
Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental
to the health of human beings;
OCCUPANT
Any person living in, sleeping in, occupying, or having actual
possession of, a premises or a part thereof.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a premises,
or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent
of the owner.
OWNER
Any person, who alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without
actual possession thereof; or shall have charge, care or control of
any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner or agent of the owner, or as
fiduciary, including, but not limited to: executor, administrator,
trustee, receiver or guardian of the estate, or as a mortgagee in
possession regardless of how such possession was obtained. Any person
who is a lessee subletting or reassigning any part or all of any dwelling
or dwelling unit shall be deemed to be a co-owner with the lessor
as to that part of said dwelling or dwelling unit sublet and/or assigned
by the lessee.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land including the buildings or
structures thereon.
REFUSE (see also GARBAGE, RUBBISH)
All solid wastes (except body wastes), including but not
limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals,
abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH (also see GARBAGE, REFUSE)
All nondecayable solid wastes, combustible and noncombustible,
including paper, wrappings, cigarettes, yard clippings, leaves, wood,
grass, bedding, and similar materials.
STRUCTURE
Combination of any materials whether fixed or portable, forming
a construction, including buildings.
TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR
The Township Administrator of the Township of Bordentown,
or a person designated to act in the Administrator's behalf.
VENTILATION
Supply and removal of air to and from any interior space
by natural or mechanical means.
WEATHERING
Deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the
elements.