[Adopted 12-14-1994 as § 12-7 of
the 1994 Code]
[Amended 7-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-13]
The 2003 International Property Maintenance
Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby
adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Township of Springfield.
Each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions
and terms of such code are hereby adopted by reference as if fully
set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions
and changes, if any, hereinafter set forth.
There shall be an inspection fee, as set forth in Chapter
91, Fees, §
91-7, for each rental and/or sale inspection. There shall be a reinspection fee, as set forth in §
91-7, for each reinspection required because either the premises were not ready or available at the time the inspection was scheduled or for inspection of corrections of previously noted violations.
[Amended 7-14-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-13]
In the event the Construction Code Official determines, as a result of the inspection, that the premises are unfit for human habitation, and the owner rents or sells the property without taking the necessary corrective measures, or the person to whom the property is to be rented or sold actually enters into occupancy of the premises, the owner and occupant shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
III, Enforcement and Penalties.
[Adopted at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV)]
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority
granted by N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.13 and 40:48-2.14.
In the event that the Construction Code Official
or his designated agent finds that it is necessary and expedient for
the preservation of the public health, safety or general welfare,
or to eliminate a fire hazard, to remove from any lands situate in
the Township of Springfield or destroy thereon any brush, weeds, including
ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth,
garbage, trash and debris, the Construction Code Official or his designated
agent is hereby authorized and directed to notify, in writing, the
owner and, if occupied by a tenant, the tenant or tenants thereof,
to remove or destroy the same. The notice shall contain a copy of
this article. If the owner or tenant does not remove or destroy the
same within 10 days after written notice from the Construction Code
Official, the Construction Code Official is hereby authorized and
directed to cause the offending material to be removed or destroyed.
Any owner or tenant affected by an order of
the Construction Code Official hereunder shall have the right, within
the ten-day notification period, to file an appeal from the order
of the Construction Code Official to the Township Manager. The appeal
shall be in writing and the Township Manager shall set the matter
down for hearing in a summary manner. The Township Manager shall have
the authority to affirm, deny or modify the order of the Construction
Code Official. The decision of the Township Manager shall be in writing
and, if action by the owner or tenant is required thereby, the Township
Manager shall furnish the owner or tenant an additional period of
time up to a maximum of 10 days to comply. Failure of the owner or
tenant to comply within said period shall authorize the Construction
Code Official to move forthwith in accord with the terms of this article.