[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of South River 2-4-1970; readopted 3-1-1977 (Ch. 246 of the 1977 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance, providing for removal or abatement thereof and recovery of expenses incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisance, and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter 188, Laws of 1950. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this
chapter is described and commonly known as the "Weed Control Code
of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of the said Weed Control Code of
New Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary
of this local Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter
and will remain on file there for use and examination by the public
so long as said chapter is in effect.
Any person who violates or fails or neglects
to comply with any provision of this chapter or code established herein
or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for
each violation.
