[Adopted 9-4-1968 by Ord. No. 8-1968]
[Amended 12-28-1992 by Ord. No. 28-1992]
No person, firm or corporation shall within the limits of the City of Brigantine:
A. 
Throw, dump, cast or deposit automobile parts, junk, wrecked or abandoned boats or unlicensed motor vehicles not carrying current New Jersey inspection approval tags upon open fields, woods or private property or upon or along any public street, highway or other public place, provided that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the placing of such materials as are removed from the City by persons, partnerships or corporations authorized to collect garbage and other waste materials when the same are placed in suitable containers for that purpose.
B. 
Keep, store, abandon or leave upon any parcel of land, street, road, alleyway or parkway in the City any motor vehicle not currently used for transportation and not being licensed for the current year or which cannot be readily operated under its own power; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be determined to prohibit the placing, keeping, storing or abandonment of any such motor vehicle in a garage or other building in the City or on the lands and premises of a licensed service station operator where said motor vehicle is being or is about to be repaired. However, said licensed service station operator cannot allow any motor vehicle or motor vehicles to be parked on his lands and premises without being under cover, or without repairs thereon having been made, for a period exceeding 30 days.
Upon complaint of any resident or property owner of the City of Brigantine or any employee of said City, or, upon their own motion, the Health Officer, Police Chief, Building Inspector or their designated agents, shall make an investigation of the condition complained of and report thereon, in writing, to the City Clerk for the City of Brigantine.
Upon receiving said report, if the land in question about which the complaint was made is found to be in such condition that a violation of one or more of the provisions of § 204-22 hereof exist on said land, the City Clerk shall notify the owner and possessor of said lands complained of, in writing, either personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to take such steps as will effectively remove said violation from said land, within 10 days after receipt of said notice.
The Health Officer, Police Chief, Building Inspector or their designated agents shall reinspect said lands after the ten-day period shall have expired and shall report in writing to the City Clerk for the City of Brigantine whether or not the unlawful condition complained of and previously found to exist in violation of this article has been abated or remedied.
In the event that the owner or possessor of said lands shall refuse or neglect to abate or remedy the condition complained of and which constituted a violation of this article, after said 10 days' notice, the City Clerk shall cause the condition complained of to be abated and remedied.
Upon removal of any of the materials prohibited to be stored or abandoned on lands by this article by or under the direction of such officer or officers of this City in cases where the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove the same in the manner and within the time provided above, such officer or officers shall certify the cost thereof to the City Clerk of the City of Brigantine, who 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 such lands and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon said 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.
[Amended 12-28-1992 by Ord. No. 28-1992]
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this article shall either pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 or be imprisoned in the City jail in the City of Brigantine for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both, for each offense and for each and every day said person fails to comply with the notice beyond the date fixed for compliance, at the discretion of the Judge before whom said conviction is had. The penalties set forth in this section are separate and apart from the remedy provided for in § 204-27 hereof and remedy provided by New Jersey statutes.