[Amended 10-23-2006 by Ord. No. 06-656]
For any and every violation of the provisions
of this chapter, the owner, contractor or other person or persons
interested as lessee, tenant or otherwise, in any building or premises
where such violation has been committed or shall exist, and who refuses
to abate said violation within five days after written notice has
been served upon him or her by registered mail or by personal service,
shall for each and every violation be subject to a fine of not more
than $2,000 or 90 days' imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of
the court or judicial officer before whom a conviction may be had;
and each and every day that such violation continues after such notice
shall be considered a separate and specific violation of this chapter.
All ordinances or parts of any ordinance inconsistent
with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed. The adoption
of this chapter, however, shall not abate or prevent the continuance
of any proceedings instituted under the ordinance of which this chapter
is a revision, nor abate or prevent any proceedings or prosecution
for offenses heretofore committed in violation of the ordinance known
as the "Zoning Ordinance of Township of Cedar Grove" of which this
chapter is a revision. Nothing herein shall be deemed to change the
status of nonconforming uses heretofore created by virtue of the prior
Zoning Ordinance or amendments thereof, it being the intent that this
revision shall supersede said ordinance or amendments thereof, but
that said ordinance and amendments thereof, and this revision shall
constitute a continuing body of law. The intent expressed hereby shall
apply not only to this article, but to the entire chapter as well.
This chapter shall take effect upon its final
passage and publication as provided by law, but any building or structure,
the erection of which has been authorized by a permit issued by the
Construction Official prior to the passage of this chapter, shall
be completed within one year from the date of the passage of this
chapter in accordance with the permit and the requirements of law
and ordinance in force at the time when such permit was granted and
may be used for the purpose designated in the plans and in the permit,
unless said permit shall contain an earlier completion date.
