It is hereby determined and declared that the
existence of ragweed within the borough constitutes air pollution;
and it is deemed necessary and expedient for the correction of air
pollution that it is in the public interest that an ordinance to retard
the growth of ragweed be enacted.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, tenant or
occupant of any lot or tract of land or any part thereof in the borough
to permit or maintain on any lot or tract of land lying within the
limits of the borough any ragweed constituting air pollution.
It shall be the duty of such owner, tenant or
occupant of any such lot or tract of land, or any part thereof, in
the borough to cut or remove or cause to be cut and removed, or otherwise
destroyed, all ragweed constituting air pollution within 10 days after
receiving notice to do so from the Board of Health to the borough,
which notice may be effected by personal service or by mail, registered,
return receipt requested; the redelivery by proper postal official
authorities of the return receipt bearing signature of the address
shall be presumed to be proof of such notice.
Should the person upon whom such notice is served
fail, neglect or refuse to cut or remove or cause to be cut and removed
or otherwise destroyed all such ragweed within 10 days after service
of such notice, the borough may cause such ragweed to be cut and removed
or otherwise destroyed and the actual cost of such cutting and removal
or destroying shall be certified by the Secretary of the Board of
Health to the Collector of Taxes and shall thereupon become and be
a lien on the property on which such ragweed was located and shall
be added to and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed on the
lot or tract of land and shall be collected and enforced by the same
office and in the same manner as taxes.