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 (N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq.). A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
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 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.
[Amended 4-25-1978; 4-25-1989]
A. Any person, entity or corporation who or which violates
any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable
by one or more of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or
any place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners
for a term up to but not exceeding 90 days or by a fine of not less
than $100 and not more than $1,000 or by a period of community service
up to but not exceeding 90 days, or any combination of the above.
B. Each day that a violation exists, occurs or continues
shall constitute a separate offense for the purpose of imposing the
penalties referred to above.