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Township of Carneys Point, NJ
Salem County
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[Adopted 7-1-1942 by Ord. No. 54]
No wood, leaves, straw, hay, excelsior, waste, rubbish, gasoline, oil or any other flammable or combustible materials shall be deposited or kept within any yard, lot or parcel of land or in or under any building in the Township of Carneys Point in sufficient quantity or in such a manner as to be or become a menace or cause or be liable to cause or spread a conflagration.
The Chairman of the Township Committee of Carneys Point, or any agent appointed by him for that purpose, shall and may, at any time, enter upon any premises and into any building in the Township of Carneys Point for the purpose of investigating whether or not the provisions of This article are being violated therein.
No person shall burn or cause to be burned any wood, leaves, straw, hay, excelsior, waste, rubbish, gasoline, oil or any other flammable or combustible materials in or on any public street, avenue, highway or alley of the Township of Carneys Point.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sections 4 and 5 of Ord. No. 54, dealing with permits for burning grass, weeds and underbrush and which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[Amended 5-20-1985 by Ord. No. 393]
Any person who shall violate any of the terms or provisions of this article or do any act or thing therein prohibited or neglect, fail or refuse to observe, perform or comply with any of the conditions, terms and requirements contained in any permit issued by the Chairman of the Carneys Point Township Committee in the exercise of the authority vested in him by this article shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay such fine not exceeding the sum of $1,000 or be imprisoned in the Township jail or County jail for such term not exceeding 90 days as may be imposed by the Judge before whom such person shall be tried and convicted; provided, however, that such Judge shall have power, in his discretion, to impose both a fine and imprisonment not exceeding the maximum limits herein fixed.