Property-blight and exterior-maintenance standards in Middlesex County are set and enforced by each of the 25 municipalities, not the county. Towns like Edison and Borough of Middlesex adopt property-maintenance codes barring structural deterioration, unmaintained exteriors and blighting conditions on residential and nonresidential premises.
New Jersey delegates blight, exterior-maintenance and vacant-structure regulation to municipalities under their police power and the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:12A). Middlesex County does not maintain a countywide property-maintenance code covering yards, structures or blight. Instead, each of the county's 25 municipalities adopts its own property-maintenance chapter and enforces it through a local code-enforcement or construction official. For example, the Township of Edison Property Maintenance code and the Borough of Middlesex use-and-care standards establish minimum standards for the exterior of premises and forbid structural deterioration, lack of exterior upkeep, infestation and fire hazards to prevent blight. Residents should contact their own municipality's code-enforcement office for the governing standard.
Blight and exterior-maintenance violations are prosecuted in the municipality's local municipal court under its property-maintenance chapter. Penalties, abatement orders and per-day fines are set by the individual town, not by Middlesex County.
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