[Adopted 11-6-1974 by Ord. No. G-53-74]
The provisions of this code shall constitute
standards to guide the public officer or his agents in determining
the fitness of an area or premises in the Township used or intended
to be used, or designed to be used in whole or part, for commercial,
business, industrial or any other nonresidential occupancy, to provide
standards to hereby maintain the desirability and amenities of the
premises and neighborhood and to provide standards for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the community at large. The officer
or his agent is to enforce such standards with scrutiny to not only
the interior but also the exterior of the premises, any and all areas
exposed to public view, with the aim of preventing and ordering the
prevention of unsightly deterioration and dilapidation. Standards
are to be applicable to any and all premises, whether or not any such
premises shall have been constructed, altered or repaired before or
after the enactment of this code. If the provisions of this code impose
a lesser or higher standard than another ordinance of the Township,
or law of the county, state or federal governing bodies, then the
higher standard shall prevail. Compliance with this code shall not
constitute a defense against violations of any of the aforementioned
Township, county, state or federal regulations nor reliance by any
official of any such body from enforcing any such provision.
The words, terms or phrases listed below for
the purpose of this code shall be defined and interpreted as follows:
The department, branch or agency of this municipality which
is authorized by the adopting ordinance to administer the provisions
of this code.
Any building or structure, or part thereof, used for human
habitation or nonresidential commercial use or occupancy and includes
any accessory buildings and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually
enjoyed therewith.
The condition of a building or part thereof, characterized
by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other
evidence of physical decay, neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive
wear.
Shall include:
Falling out of repair or decayed.
Any organic or inorganic waste or residue not maintained
for business purposes.
The presence within or around a building or upon an open
lot of any insects, rodents or other pests.
Any person or persons in actual possession commercially using
and/or living in the buildings, including the owner.
Any person properly authorized to exercise powers of or for
any owner of property for purposes of its purchase, sale, use, occupancy
or maintenance.
The same meaning as defined in N.J.S.A. 1:1-2.
The officer or officers who shall by the nature of their
duties be responsible for inspection and enforcement.
Includes all combustible and noncombustible waste material,
except garbage.
A.
Every foundation, floor, wall, ceiling, door, window,
roof or any other part of a building shall be kept in good repair
and capable of the use intended by its design, and any exterior part
of parts thereof shall be kept well cleansed and painted. All such
repairs must be performed with contiguity.
B.
Every inside and outside stairway and appurtenance
thereto shall be so constructed as to be safe and capable of supporting
the load that normal use may cause to be placed thereon and shall
be kept in sound condition and good repair.
C.
Every roof, wall, window, exterior door and hatchway
shall be free from holes or leaks that would permit the entrance of
water within a building or be a cause of dampness.
D.
Every foundation, floor and wall shall be free from
chronic dampness.
E.
Every building inside and outside and every appurtenance
thereto and all other areas of the premises shall be kept clean and
free from garbage or rubbish and hazards to safety; lawns, trees,
shrubbery, hedges and bushes shall be kept trimmed and shall not be
permitted to become overgrown and unsightly. Fences shall be kept
in good repair. The provisions of this subsection shall exclude interior
of food establishments.
F.
Garbage, rubbish, and any and all inorganic or organic
waste shall be stored in watertight receptacles of metal or other
approved material. Such receptacles shall be provided with tight-fitting
covers. The provisions of this subsection shall exclude food establishments.
G.
The public officer may order the owner to clean, repair,
paint or whitewash the interior and exterior of any building or appurtenance
when a wall or ceiling has deteriorated so as to provide a harborage
for rodents or vermin or when such a wall or ceiling has become stained
or soiled or the plaster, wallboard or other covering has become loose
or badly cracked or missing. The public officer shall also require
all driveways and parking facilities to be maintained in a safe fashion.
The provisions of this subsection shall exclude food establishments.
H.
All premises' exterior and interior and all property
therein, including merchandise equipment, raw and finished, must be
stored and maintained in a manner not detrimental to the aesthetic
quality of the neighborhood. The provisions of this subsection shall
exclude food establishments.
Every building shall have safe and unobstructed
means of egress. Such means of egress shall not be through any other
building or unit or part thereof and shall lead to a safe and open
space at ground level accessible to a street.
The Construction Official, in the discharge
of his official duties and upon proper identification, shall have
authority to enter any building, structure or premises at any reasonable
hour.
No officer, agent or employee of the Township,
including the Construction Official, shall render himself personally
liable for any damage that may accrue to persons or property as the
result of any acts required or permitted in the discharge of his duties
under this article. Any suit brought against the Construction Official,
his designated agent or any other officer, agent or employee of the
Township as the result of any act required or permitted in the discharge
of his duties under this article shall be defended by the Township
Attorney until the final determination of the proceedings therein.
The general and specific provisions of Article IV, Unsafe Buildings, of this chapter are hereby fully repeated, adopted and incorporated in total.
A.
It shall be the responsibility of the owner, unless
otherwise provided for under lease agreement, to provide for the orderly
maintenance of the premises. The storage of objects or materials not
otherwise prohibited by municipal ordinances shall be done in an orderly
manner so as to not constitute a health, safety or fire hazard.
B.
Every occupant of the premises shall keep in a clean
and sanitary condition that part of the premises which he occupies
and controls.
C.
The owner shall be responsible for compliance with
all provisions of this code not specified as the responsibility of
occupants.
The Township Committee shall establish and set
fees for the required inspections.
