{"id":"DUT-NJ-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937)","authority":"Revised Statutes of 1937","instrument":"N.J.S.A. 26:3-46, Abatement of nuisances (with 26:3-31 ordinance powers, 26:3-45 power to define nuisance, 26:3-64 rule-making, 26:3-70 penalty up to $500)","title":"Abatement of nuisances","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses (restaurants, cafes and public eating houses under 26:3-31(c))"],"clause":"The local board, within its jurisdiction, shall examine into and prohibit any nuisance,... and all causes of disease which may be known to the board or brought to its attention, which, in its opinion, are injurious to the health of the inhabitants therein, and shall cause the same to be removed and abated at the expense of the owner.","enforcement":"Abatement at the owner\u0027s expense (26:3-46); ordinance penalties of $5 to $500 per violation (26:3-70)","functions":[],"notes":"Every local board of health had to prohibit and abate \u0027all causes of disease\u0027 injurious to the inhabitants\u0027 health, at the owner\u0027s expense; local boards could define nuisances by ordinance (26:3-45), license and regulate the sanitary conditions of restaurants and other public eating houses (26:3-31(c)), and prescribe penalties of $5 to $500 for violating a health ordinance or code (26:3-70).","sourceUrl":"https://law.onecle.com/new-jersey/title-26/26-3-46.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":281066,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NJ","url":"/library/DUT-NJ-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NJ-016","citation":"New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937), N.J.S.A. 26:3-46, Abatement of nuisances (with 26:3-31 ordinance powers, 26:3-45 power to define nuisance, 26:3-64 rule-making, 26:3-70 penalty up to $500) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-016)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}