[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Chesilhurst 4-6-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-3 BOH[1]. Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This chapter was originally adopted as part of Ch. 268, Housing Standards. The chapter was renumbered to organize all Board of Health legislation to Part III of the Code.
A. 
Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining the common areas of the dwellings and premises thereof in a clean and sanitary condition.
B. 
Every occupant of a dwelling shall keep in a clean and sanitary condition that part of the dwelling which he or she occupies and controls.
No house, apartment, rooms or buildings that are infested with vermin or other pestilential creatures shall be let, leased or occupied by human beings. The owner, lessor, agent or occupant of any such place upon notice from the Health Officer or designee shall immediately proceed to rid such place of said vermin or pestilential creatures by any reasonable and safe means approved by the Board of Health or Health Officer.
A. 
The owner of property, along the line of any sanitary sewer now or hereafter constructed in the Chesilhurst shall connect any house or building located on such property with such sewer upon the issuance of an order to connect by the Health Department or Board of Health.
B. 
Any person who shall fail to comply with any order for such connection issued by the Health Department or Board of Health within 30 days after notice by the Health Officer or designee to make such required connection shall pay to the Health Department a fine of $35 for each day of delay after the expiration of such 30 days in which the provisions of such order or notice are not compiled with.
C. 
If any person shall fail to comply with any order for such connection issued by the Health Department or Board of Health within 60 days after the notice by the Health Officer or designee to make such required connection pursuant to Subsection B above, then, in addition to the penalties set forth in Subsection B above, Chesilhurst may, upon approval by the Chesilhurst Council of a request by the Board of Health, and upon the expiration of 10 days' notice to the property owner, complete all work necessary for the connection with its own forces or by a contractor engaged for that purpose, in accordance with the New Jersey Local Public Contracts Law. All of Chesilhurst's costs associated with the performance of the work shall, after certification to and approval by the Chesilhurst Council, become a municipal lien on the property to be served by the connection and shall be added to and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied thereon and shall be enforced and collected with interest by the tax collector in the same manner as taxes in Chesilhurst.
D. 
The notices described is Subsections B and C may be served upon any such owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, or in person or by leaving it at the last known place of residence with a person over the age of 18 years.