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.
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.