A.
No person shall:
(1)
Obstruct, hinder, delay or interfere with, by force or otherwise,
the Plainsboro Housing Division in the exercise of any power or the
discharge of any function or duty under the provisions of this chapter;
(2)
Prepare, utter or render any false statement, report, document, plans
or specifications permitted or required to be prepared, uttered or
rendered under the provisions of this chapter;
(3)
Render ineffective or inoperative any protective equipment installed,
or inoperative to be installed, in any one- and two-family dwelling,
attached single-family dwelling, townhouse, condominium, or multiple
dwelling;
(4)
Refuse or fail to comply with any lawful ruling, action, order or
notice of the Plainsboro Housing Division; or
(5)
Violate, or cause to violated, any of the provisions of this act.
B.
Any person who violated, or causes to be violated, any provision
of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $250
nor more than $1,000 for each violation, and a penalty of not less
than $500 nor more than $5,000 for each continuing violation. Where
any violation of this chapter is of a continuing nature, each day
during which such continuing violation remains unabated after the
date fixed by the Plainsboro Housing Division in any order or notice
for the correction or termination of such continuing violation shall
constitute an additional, separate and distinct violation, except
during the time on arbitration or appeal from said order may be taken
or is pending. The Plainsboro Housing Division, in the exercise of
its administrative functions pursuant to this act, may levy and collect
penalties in the amounts set forth in this section. Where the administrative
penalty order has not been satisfied within 30 days of the issuance
of the penalty, the Township of Plainsboro may, in a civil action
by a summary proceeding under the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S.A.
2A:58-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court, recover the penalty and cost.
C.
Any person shall be deemed to have violated, or to have caused to
be violated, any provision of this chapter whenever any officer, agent
or employee thereof, under the control of and with the knowledge of
said person, shall have violated or caused to be violated any of the
provisions of this chapter.
D.
The Plainsboro Housing Division may cancel and revoke any certificate
required or permitted to be granted or issued to any person pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter if the Plainsboro Housing Division
shall find that any such person has violated, or caused to be violated,
any of the provisions of this chapter.
