The term "nuisance" as used herein shall be defined to mean the use of property or rights by one in a manner which causes another or others to be materially annoyed, inconvenienced or to sustain injury or damage, or which similarly impairs or effects the health, safety, comfort, sense of decency, morals or exercise of rights by the person or persons so impaired or affected. There are two types of nuisances: nuisances per se (absolute nuisances) and nuisances in fact. A "nuisance per se" is an act, omission to act, occupation or structure or the like which is a nuisance at all times and under all circumstances. Nuisances per se shall include the following:
A. 
Placing or depositing in or upon any street or alley or in or upon any public or private property any dead animal or any part of same, any filth from cesspools, septic tanks or catch basins, any garbage, any trash or debris or any other foul or offensive or obnoxious matter or substance.
B. 
Allowing or permitting any liquid or solid waste from any septic tank, seepage pit or cesspool to be deposited and left exposed in or upon any lawn or lot, public or private, within the Borough of Glassboro.
C. 
Allowing or permitting to exist any offensive or decomposing solid or fluid matter or substance or any hazardous material to be placed or leak onto or into any ground surface, roadway, stream, lake or other body of water or any other lot or land, public or private, within the Borough of Glassboro.
D. 
Causing or allowing any litter, trash or debris or the like to be generated, owned or located on a property in the actual or constructive possession of a property owner, landlord, tenant or other occupant which thereafter is caused, allowed or permitted to remain on said property or adjacent property, by any act or omission to act whatsoever, whether willfully, by an act of nature or through neglect.
A. 
No person or persons shall implicitly or knowingly allow or cause any of the nuisances as defined or referenced herein in this article or in any of the adopted state codes to occur within the Borough of Glassboro.
B. 
Any person, persons or business entity found or believed to have caused or allowed a nuisance of any kind to exist within the borough limits shall receive notice to abate same, and same shall be abated within the time prescribed within such notice. If same is not abated within the appropriate time, then the following will occur at the Board's discretion:
(1) 
Summons shall be issued and said person or corporation shall be subject to the penalties as set forth herein.
(2) 
An authorized representative of the borough shall cause the condition to be corrected, and a reasonable cost of the abatement shall be charged against the property on which the condition occurred. The amount so charged shall become a lien upon the land and shall be added to 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.
A. 
No person or persons shall keep or allow to be kept in any building or premises or on any ground of which he may be the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant, within the limits of the Borough of Glassboro, any horses, mules or other draft animals or cows or cattle, excepting operating farms, without a written permit from the Board of Health.
B. 
No person or persons shall allow any ducks, geese, fowl, cattle, swine or goats to run at large within this Borough, and no person or persons shall keep or permit to be kept any fowl, geese, swine, cattle or goats, except the keeping of fowl as hereinafter provided. Homing pigeons shall not be considered fowl for the purposes of this article.
C. 
No person or persons shall keep or allow to be kept in any dwelling house or building inhabited by human beings or any part thereof any horses, cattle, swine, goats or fowl. For the purpose of this article, any animals that have been professionally bred as pets or exclusively for the use in a hobby shall be excluded from these regulations.
D. 
All houses, buildings or enclosures wherein chickens or fowl are confined within the limits of the Borough of Glassboro must be kept clean and free from any foul odors, and all such houses or enclosures must not be situated within 50 feet of a dwelling or house of any neighbor.[1]
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Editor's Note: See also § 156-7, Outdoor maintenance of animals, of Ch. 156, Animal Control.
All owners of real estate in the Borough of Glassboro shall keep the same free and clear of all noxious weeds and vegetation, and it shall be the duty of the Sanitary Inspector to give written notice to any such person owning real estate in the Borough of Glassboro wherein such noxious or unhealthy vegetation exists, notifying such person that, if the same is not cut down or otherwise removed within five days from the date of said notice, then and in such case the Board of Health will cause the same to be cut down or removed at the expense of the owner or owners of any such real estate.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Each violation of the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate offense, and each violation shall be punishable by a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense or violation.