[Adopted 7-27-1982 as Sec. 3-12
of the 1981 Revised General Ordinances]
[Amended 12-14-1982 by Ord. No. 1277-82]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee or
occupant or any agent, servant, representative or employee of any
such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any occupied or unoccupied
lot or land or any part thereof, in the borough, to permit or maintain
on any lot or land or on or along the sidewalk, street or alley adjacent
to the same any growth of grass, weeds or any other rank vegetation
to a greater height than six inches in any part or portion of said
lot or land, or any accumulation of weeds, grass or brush.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause,
suffer or allow poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous and noxious
plant or plants detrimental to health to grow on any lot or land or
along the sidewalk, street, or alley adjacent to the same, or allow
the seed, pollen or other poisonous particles or emanations therefrom
to be carried through the air into any public place.
All grass or growth of any kind which may grow
between the curb line and the line of the sidewalk of any street,
or between the inside line of sidewalk and property line, shall be
kept below the height of six inches from the ground and shall be cut
to that length within three days after notice to so cut the same.
[Amended 12-14-1982 by Ord. No. 1277-82]
It shall be the duty of any such owner, lessee
or occupant or any agent, servant, representative or employee of any
such owner, lessee or occupant having control of any occupied or unoccupied
lot or land or any part thereof in the borough to cut and remove or
cause to be cut and removed all grass, weeds, rank vegetation to a
greater height than six inches any accumulation of weeds, grass or
brush, poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous and noxious plant or
plants detrimental to health within five days after receiving notice
to do so from the health officer or from the Code Enforcement Officer
(who may delegate such duty to the Assistant Code Enforcement Officer/Property
Maintenance Officer or to the Borough Sanitarian, or both, as required),
which notice may be effected by personal service or by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested. The return of such return
receipt by proper postal authorities, with the signature of the addressee
on such receipt shall be deemed proof of such notice.
Should the person upon whom such notice is served
fail, neglect or refuse to cut and remove or cause to be cut and removed
or otherwise destroyed such grass, weeds, rank vegetation, dead weeds,
grass or brush, poison ivy or other poisonous or noxious plant or
plants as hereinbefore described within 10 days after the service
of such notice, the borough may cause such grass, weeds or vegetation
to be cut and removed. The actual cost of such cutting and removal
shall be certified by the health department to the collector of taxes
and shall become a lien on the property on which such grass, weeds,
vegetation or poisonous plants were located and shall be added to
and form part of the taxes next to be assessed on said lot or tract
of land and shall be collected and enforced by the same office and
in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 12-14-1982 by Ord. No. 1277-82]
A.
Any owner or owners, tenant or occupant who shall neglect to cut and remove or otherwise destroy such grass, weeds, rank vegetation to a greater height than six inches, any accumulation of weeds, grass or brush, poison ivy, ragweed or other poisonous or noxious plant or plants detrimental to health, as directed by this article, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of any notice herein provided for, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or who shall resist or obstruct the borough or its employees in the cutting and removal of such grass, weeds, vegetation or poisonous plants as hereinbefore described, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a penalty as stated in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III.
B.
All notices required pursuant to this article shall
be served within any twelve-month period and this notice shall remain
valid for the ensuing twelve-month period as notice for any subsequent
violations.
[Added 7-24-1984 by Ord. No. 1307-84]
The imposition and collection of the fine or
penalty imposed by the provisions of this article shall not constitute
any bar to the right of the borough to collect the costs as certified
for the removal of said weeds in the manner herein authorized.
