File #: 14-1807    Version: 1 Name: Bedbug - Ordinance to Amend and Supplement Housing Code
Type: Ordinance Status: Returned to Administration
File created: 10/28/2014 In control: Health and Community Wellness
On agenda: 8/5/2015 Final action: 9/2/2015
Title: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT TITLE 18 HOUSING CODE CHAPTER 3 RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER AND OPERATOR FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE: OCCUPANCY STANDARDS; SECTION 18:3-1.7, ELIMINATION OF INSECTS, VERMIN AND RODENT REQUIREMENT FOR EXTERMINATION OF BEDBUGS.
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT TITLE 18 HOUSING CODE CHAPTER 3 RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNER AND OPERATOR FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE: OCCUPANCY STANDARDS; SECTION 18:3-1.7, ELIMINATION OF INSECTS, VERMIN AND RODENT REQUIREMENT FOR EXTERMINATION OF BEDBUGS.

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Whereas, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:28 1.12 (b) Responsibility of owners and occupants states that owners of a dwelling located in an area found by the Public Officer to be infested by rats, insects, or other vermin shall carry out such rat stoppage, vermin proofing, or other means of preventing infestations of said dwelling as may be required by the local health agency; and
Whereas, the City of Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness desires to establish the requirements for eradicating and preventing bedbugs infestation of a dwelling consistent with to N.J.A.C. 5:28 1.12 (b).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,THAT:

Note: Additions are underlined and bolded. Deletions are shown with strikethroughs.

Section 1. Title XVIII, Housing Code Chapter 3 responsibility of Owner and Operator for General Maintenance: Occupancy Standards; Section 1.7, Elimination of Insects, Vermin and Rodent requirement for Extermination of Bedbugs of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, is hereby amended and supplemented to add paragraph (b), as follows:

18: 3-1.7 Elimination of Insects, Vermin and Rodents:
(b) The City of Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness requires every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner. As a...

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