[Adopted 5-17-1965 by Ord. No. 65-7]
[Amended 4-17-1967 by Ord. No. 67-8; 4-26-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store or allow to gather, maintain or collect on any premises within the Borough of Clementon, any junk, debris, trash or waste material, or to park, store, leave or permit the parking, storing or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed motor vehicle or part thereof which is in a rusted, wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition, whether attended or not, on any public lands or premises for a period of time in excess of 24 hours. A motor vehicle as hereinbefore described may not remain upon any private property for a period of time in excess of seven days, unless such motor vehicle is completely enclosed within a building or is stored in connection with a used-car or junk area lawfully established pursuant to the Zoning Regulations of the Borough of Clementon.[1] The seven-day period need not be consecutive, since the storage or parking, as previously described, of the same motor vehicle during any seven individual days is deemed in violation of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 298, Zoning.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to store or allow to gather, maintain or collect on any premises within the Borough of Clementon, any junk, debris, trash, waste materials of any description deemed to be a safety or health hazard or which constitutes an attractive nuisance to children, as defined by court decisions of the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-01]
Any member of the Clementon Police Department or the Code Enforcement Office shall be required to enforce this article.
[Amended 4-26-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4]
If, in the discretion of the enforcing public officer, the violator genuinely intends to abate the condition existing on his premises which violates the intent of this article, such officer may grant the violator an extension of five days in which to clean the premises so involved. This extension shall be given in writing, setting forth the termination date.
[Added 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-01]
It shall be unlawful to keep or permit the keeping on streets, vacant lots and residential lawns, except in a fully enclosed structure, any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which:
A. 
Is missing tires, wheels, engine or any essential parts;
B. 
Displays extensive body damage or deterioration; or
C. 
Is wrecked, disassembled or partially disassembled.
[Amended 11-15-1965 by Ord. No. 65-13; 4-26-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such under this article.
[Amended 7-20-1970 by Ord. No. 70-4]
When it becomes clear to the enforcing officer that the owner or tenant of lands cannot or will not comply with the prior provisions of this article, in addition to the fine, after a further ten-day written notice to remove or destroy said brush, weeds (including ragweed), dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris, the Director of Public Safety and the President of the Board of Health may cause said matter to be removed or destroyed under their supervision, with prior approval as to cost by Borough Council.
[Added 7-20-1970 by Ord. No. 70-4]
Notice as required by § 214-8 may be served upon the registered owner or tenant of the property. It may be served personally, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by publication in a newspaper which circulates within the Borough of Clementon. It shall contain a reference to this article and an estimate of the cost of the needed improvement.
[Added 7-20-1970 by Ord. No. 70-4]
In such case where the action aforementioned is taken by the Director of Public Safety and the President of the Board of Health, said officers shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body, which shall examine the certificate, and if found correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon said lands and shall be added and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.