The following terms, wherever used herein or referred to in this code, shall have the respective meanings assigned to them unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. All definitions of the BOCA Basic Building Code are hereby included.
Dumpster-type container used for the collection of used and discarded articles of clothing.
[Added 11-14-1994 by Ord. No. O-94-53]
The condition 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.
Any premises or any part thereof of any building or any part thereof which may be lawfully viewed by the public or any member thereof.
Open space on the premises outside of any building thereon.
The control and elimination of insects, rodents and vermin.
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Rooms used or designed for use by one or more persons for living or sleeping or cooking and eating, but not including bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, serving and storage pantries, corridors, foyers, vestibules, cellars, heater rooms, boiler rooms, utility rooms and other rooms or spaces that are not used frequently or for an extended period of time or that have less than 50 square feet of superficial floor area. Such rooms shall not be considered as "habitable rooms."
The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises which constitute a health hazard.
Any building containing one or more dwelling units or rooming units and also having a portion thereof devoted to nondwelling uses or as a hotel.
All commercial, industrial, business, and professional uses, whether mixed with residential or other uses recognized and defined under the Zoning Ordinance of the Township.[1]
[Added 10-10-1994 by Ord. No. O-94-47]
Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence or as provided by the statutes of New Jersey or the ordinances of the Township of Gloucester.
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health or safety of children, whether in a building, on the premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes, but is not limited to, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, abandoned iceboxes, refrigerators, motor vehicles, any structurally unsound fences or structures, lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation, such as poison ivy, oak or sumac, which may prove hazardous for inquisitive minors.
Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist.
Overcrowding of a room with occupants in violation of this code.
Insufficient ventilation or illumination in violation of this code.
Inadequate or insanitary sewage or plumbing facilities in violation of this code.
Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in violation of this code.
Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings.
Fire hazards.
Any person who has charge, care or control of a dwelling or premises or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner.
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, 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 and shall have joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned by said lessee.
All individuals, associations and corporations who have interests of record in a building and any who are in actual possession thereof.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
Any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality, county or state relating to health, fire, building regulations or to other activities concerning buildings in the municipality.
See § 67A-14.
[Amended 10-10-1994 by Ord. No. O-94-47]
All putrescible and nonputrescible 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.
All single-family and multifamily residential uses in the Township.
[Added 10-10-1994 by Ord. No. O-94-47]
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.