[Added 1-9-2024 by Ord. No. 2023-77]
A.
Enumeration of nuisances.
(1)
It is hereby declared that the following are considered a public
health nuisance:
(a)
The sale or distribution of potentially adulterated food as defined in 24 N.J.S.A. Subt.1, Ch. 5, Art. 2.
(c)
The sale or distribution of food cooked in a kitchen or facility
that is uninspected and unapproved by the City of Vineland Health
Department.
(d)
The sale or distribution of food in violation of N.J.A.C. 8:24-1.1
et seq.
(e)
Any nuisance affecting health or any person sick of any contagious
or infectious disease, or any condition of contagion or infection
which may have been caused by anyone recently sick of any such disease
in any dwelling house or other place.
(f)
Any noxious gas or vapor, water in which mosquito larvae breed
or cause of ill health or disease on private property.
(2)
Nothing herein shall limit the power of the City of Vineland Board
of Health by and through the Vineland Health Department to abate nuisances
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 26:3-47.
B.
Abatement of public health nuisance.
(1)
The Health Officer, his/her designee or a registered environmental
health officer may notify the owner or persons of the existence of
said nuisance to remove and abate any nuisance as if sent by the Board
of Health.
(2)
Notice of the existence of the public health nuisance shall be given
personally with a duplicate left with any tenants or occupants as
well as posting on the premises.
(3)
The owner shall abate the nuisance within the time prescribed by
the Health Officer or his/her designee.
C.
Enforcement.
(1)
Should the owner fail to abate the nuisance within the time prescribed
on the notice, the Board of Health shall direct the abatement of the
nuisance after a hearing in a summary manner with written directions
to the Health Officer or his/her designee who shall cause the nuisance
to be abated.
(2)
The Board of Health may recover the cost of abatement in a civil
action from any person who shall have caused or allowed the nuisance
to exist from any owner, tenant or occupant of the premises or may
institute an action in the Superior Court for injunctive relief.
(3)
The Health Officer or his/her designee or officer or agent of the
Vineland Board of Health, upon information and belief that there is
in any dwelling, store, or any building of any kind any nuisance affecting
health or any person sick of any contagious or infectious disease,
or any condition of contagion or infection which may have been caused
by anyone recently sick of any such disease, may request and receive
a warrant to search for such nuisance from the Superior Court of New
Jersey or the Vineland Municipal Court in accordance with N.J.S.A.
26:3-59
