[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Shrewsbury 4-5-1960
by Ord. No. 155 (Ch. 22 of the 1973 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Whenever it shall appear necessary and expedient to the Mayor and Council
for the preservation of the public health, safety, general welfare or to eliminate
a fire hazard, to remove from lands lying within the limits of the Borough
of Shrewsbury, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris, the Mayor and Council shall cause
notice thereof to be given to the owner, tenant, occupants or person in control
of such lands, and said owner, tenant, occupants or person in control shall,
within 10 days after notice thereof, remove the same.
[Amended 9-27-1973 by Ord. No. 346]
In case the owner, tenant, occupants or person in control of any such
lands shall refuse or neglect to remove the said brush, weeds, dead and dying
trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris
within 10 days after notice thereof as aforesaid and in the manner required
by the Borough, such owner, tenant, occupant or person in control of such
lands shall be in violation of this chapter, and the same shall be removed
by or under the direction of the Construction Code Official of the Borough
of Shrewsbury or such other officer of the Borough as the Mayor and Council
may designate from time to time.
In cases where the aforesaid brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris are removed from
any lands as provided for herein by or under the direction of the Construction
Code Official or such other officer as the Mayor and Council may designate
from time to time, the Construction Code Official or such other officer shall
certify the cost thereof to the Mayor and Council, who shall examine the certificate
and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged
against said lands; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon
such lands and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next
to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the
same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers
and in the same manner as taxes.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any growth of grass over six inches in height on any lot, excluding
grass and/or vegetation and plants indigenous to areas of any lot designated
as wetland and within stream corridors; and all and any growth of plants poisonous
to human beings or detrimental to human health or deemed illegal by the state
and/or federal government.
[Added 9-27-1973 by Ord. No. 346;
amended 2-10-1997 by Ord. No. 727]
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or group of persons;
and the plural or singular, and masculine, feminine or neuter, shall be inferred,
whichever is appropriate for the effectuation of this chapter.
[Amended 9-27-1973 by Ord. No. 346]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more
than $1,250, a term of imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. Each day that the
violation or violations continue to exist shall be a separate violation.
