The purpose of this article is to regulate the accumulation of brush, grass and/or weeds on private property within the Township of Berlin. The enforcement, violations and penalties contained in this article shall apply only to any action taken by the Township to enforce the provisions of this article. In the event of any conflict between the enforcement, violations and/or penalty provisions of this Article
III and the provisions set forth in Article
V of this chapter, the enforcement provisions of this article shall control.
It shall be unlawful for an owner or tenant of lands lying within
the limits of the Township of Berlin to allow to accumulate on said
lands brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris. The presence
of grass over 10 inches high shall also be construed to constitute
a violation.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Article
III shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $500. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.