[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Glen
Gardner 10-16-1970. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The owner or tenant of any lands lying within the limits of the Borough
of Glen Gardner shall keep all brush, hedges and other plant life growing
within 10 feet of any roadway or street and within 25 feet of the intersection
of two roadways or streets cut to a height of not more than 21/2 feet where
it shall be determined necessary and expedient for the preservation of the
public safety, within 10 days after notice to cut and remove the same.
A.
Such notice to cut and remove objectionable brush, hedges
and other plant life shall be given by the Borough Clerk of the Borough of
Glen Gardner to the owner or tenant by certified mail to the last known post
office address.
B.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Glen Gardner shall
from time to time determine by resolution as to whom such notice shall be
given pursuant to this chapter.
In the event of the failure of any owner or tenant to keep all brush,
hedges and other plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway or street
and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways or streets cut to a
height of not more than 21/2 feet, after written notice thereof, the Borough
of Glen Gardner may proceed to cause the cutting and removal of such brush,
hedges and other plant life under the direction of the Road Commissioner.
In any case where the Borough of Glen Gardner has cut and removed brush,
hedges and other plant life, the Road Commissioner shall thereafter certify
to the Borough Council of the Borough of Glen Gardner the cost thereof, and
if the amount so certified is by resolution of the Common Council determined
to be correct and reasonable, the Borough Clerk shall forthwith deliver a
certified copy of said resolution to the Tax Collector of the Borough of Glen
Gardner. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands
from which the brush, hedges and other plant life were cut and removed and
shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes and shall be collected
and enforced by the Tax Collector, in the same manner as taxes as authorized
by Section 40:48-2.26 and 40:48-2.27 of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey.
Any person who shall refuse or neglect, after written notice, as above
set forth, to comply with the demands therein made with respect to the cutting
of the foregoing for the preservation of the public safety of the citizens
of the Borough of Glen Gardner, within the period of time above set forth,
shall upon conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 90 days and/or a term of community service not to
exceed 90 days; and each and every day in which said owner or tenant shall
refuse or neglect so to cut said matter shall be and constitute a separate
offense. (The imposition and collection of any fine or penalty prescribed
by this section shall not bar the right of the borough to collect the cost
of the cutting of the brush, hedges and other plant life, as hereinbefore
specified; and the said remedies shall be cumulative.)
