The Township Engineer or the duly authorized agent or the Health Officer
of this township is authorized and empowered to notify the owner of any open
or vacant private property or the tenant or agent of such owner to dispose
properly of litter located on such owner's property which is dangerous
to the public health, safety or welfare. Notice shall be by registered or
certified mail and return receipt requested, addressed to said owner or his
agent or tenant at his last known address, or served personally upon said
owner, tenant or agent.
Upon failure, neglect or refusal of any owner, tenant or agent so notified to dispose of said litter within 10 days after receipt of a written notice specified in § 152-23 or within 10 days after the date of such notice in the event that it is returned by the township by the United State Postal Service because of the inability to make delivery thereof, provided that notice was properly addressed to the last known address of the owner, tenant or agent, the Township Engineer or his duly designated agent or the Health Officer or his duly designated agent is authorized and empowered to dispose of such litter, and the cost thereof shall be certified to the Township Committee.
If, after examining the certificate of the Township Engineer or the
duly designated Health Officer of the township, the Township Committee finds
the cost to be correct, it shall cause the cost to be charged against such
land as set forth in N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.14. Such charge shall 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 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.
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by
licensed inspectors of the Department of Health of the township and all members
of the Police Department of the township, and said officials are specifically
charged with the duty to enforce this chapter and, to that end, to make and
file complaints for violations in the Municipal Court of the township.
Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
