[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Medford 7-6-1981 by Ord. No. 1981-17. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The regulations concerning maintenance of hotels
and multiple dwellings promulgated and issued by the Commissioner
of the Department of Community Affairs under the authority of the
New Jersey Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Act, N.J.S.A. 55:13A-1 et seq.,
and currently cited as N.J.A.C. 5:10-1 et seq., are hereby adopted
by reference, and all of said regulations, as the same are now or
as they may hereafter be amended by the Commissioner, are made a part
of this chapter as if more specifically set forth herein. Three copies
of the current regulations shall be maintained by the Township Clerk
and one copy by the Township Uniform Construction Code Official with
this chapter upon introduction and, if adopted, at all times thereafter,
and shall be available for public inspection and use during regular
Township business hours.
It is the intent and purpose of the Township
Council in adopting said regulations by ordinance to assist in the
prompt and proper inspection and enforcement of said regulations for
the benefit, health, safety and welfare of the Township residents
residing in multiple dwellings within the Township, and nothing herein
shall be deemed to accept on behalf of the Township the primary responsibility
for said inspection and enforcement, the Township acknowledging and
requesting the continued primary enforcement and inspection responsibility
by the State of New Jersey, Bureau of Housing Inspections, pursuant
to the Multiple Dwelling Act.
Any person, firm, corporation or other entity
convicted of a violation of this chapter or any section thereof, being
the regulations adopted herein by reference, shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed $500 or a term of imprisonment not to exceed
90 days, or both, in the discretion of the sentencing court.
