[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Northfield 3-4-1980 by Ord. No. 2-80 (Ch. 92 of the 1974 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The elimination of rodents and rats from any building, lot
or premises through the use of traps, poisons, fumigation or any other
acceptable method, all such methods to be performed by a licensed
and competent exterminator licensed to do business within the State
of New Jersey.
The owner or part owner of a building, lot or premises and/or
any person authorized to exercise powers of or for an owner of property
for purposes of purchase, sale, use, occupancy or maintenance and/or
any other person having use or custody of the property, or any part
thereof.
It is the intent of the Council of the City
of Northfield to eradicate the presence of rats and other rodents
(exclusive of those rodents commonly accepted as pets and confined
as pets within the municipality), and this intent is within the public
interest and for purposes of the public health and welfare.
All buildings, lots and premises shall be kept
free from rats and other rodents. When any building, lot or premises
is found to be subject to infestation or inhabitation by rats or other
rodents, the person in control of the premises, lot or building shall
apply continuous eradication measures to remove the rats or other
rodents.
A.
No person shall demolish or cause to be demolished
any building or structure within the City of Northfield without first
filing with the City Building Inspector a certificate from a licensed
exterminator that the building has been exterminated of rats and other
rodents.
B.
The certificate shall set forth the date of extermination
by the licensed exterminator, which date shall be not less than seven
days nor more than 20 days prior to the date of demolition.
C.
No demolition permit shall be issued by the Building
Inspector until said certificate has been filed with the Office of
the Building Inspector.
D.
The Building Inspector, upon receipt of said certificate,
shall file a copy of the certificate with the Atlantic County Board
of Health. In the event of a delay in demolition beyond the date set
forth in the application and permit, reinspection and refiling of
a certificate by a licensed exterminator certifying the premises to
be free from rats and other rodents shall be required.
[Amended 4-1-1980 by Ord. No. 4-1980]
No person shall obtain a building permit within
the City of Northfield to permit new construction or any improvement
to or modification of existing structures without first filing with
the City Building Inspector a certificate from a licensed exterminator
that the building and premises have been exterminated of rats and
other rodents and that the premises, building and lot are free of
rats and other rodents. The certificate shall be a prerequisite to
issuance of any building permit within the City, and the certificate
by the licensed exterminator shall state that the extermination or
the inspection resulting in a finding of no rats or other rodents
or evidence of same was made within not less than seven days nor more
than 20 days prior to application for the permit.
[Amended 4-1-1980 by Ord. No. 4-1980]
The Atlantic County Board of Health and/or the Building Inspector shall cause an inspection to be made of any lot, building or premises in the City which he has good reason to believe is infested with or contains rats or other rodents or as to which a complaint has been received. If, as a result of such inspection, evidence is found of the presence of rats or other rodents, the owner or person in control shall be notified and shall comply with § 280-3 of this chapter.
The penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter shall be as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-15. Each failure of the person in control to apply continuous eradication measures as provided in § 280-3 of this chapter, after notice, shall be deemed to be a separate violation of this chapter and shall be so treated.
