Borough of Fort Lee, NJ
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2023-07-06
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 155 Brush, Grass and Weeds
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Article I Ragweed
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrative Code
- Ch 6 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 7 Assessor
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 21 Civil Service
- Ch 25 Claims Approval
- Ch 29 Clerk
- Ch 33 Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 37 Court, Municipal
- Ch 40 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 42 Advisory Committee for Individuals With Disabilities
- Ch 46 Economic Development
- Ch 48 Environmental and Beautification Committee
- Ch 50 Ethics, Board of
- Ch 52 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Fire Department
- Ch 61 Health, Board of
- Ch 64 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 68 Housing Authority
- Ch 70 Housing Liaison, Municipal
- Ch 79 Parking Authority
- Ch 82 Payroll Checks
- Ch 86 Personnel Policies
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Public Defender
- Ch 97 Public Information Director
- Ch 99 Public Safety, Director of
- Ch 103 Recreation, Superintendent of
- Ch 109 School Crossing Guards
- Ch 112 Senior Citizens Council
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 122 Adult Business
- Ch 126 Alarm Systems
- Ch 130 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 132 Ambulance Services
- Ch 134 Amusements
- Ch 138 Animals
- Ch 141 (Reserved)
- Ch 145 (Reserved)
- Ch 149 Asbestos
- Ch 152 Bingo and Raffle Licensing
- Ch 155 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 155 Art I Ragweed
- § 155-1 Purpose.
- § 155-2 Growing ragweed prohibited.
- § 155-3 Owner or tenant to remove after notice.
- § 155-4 Owner or tenant neglects to comply; borough to remove; costs to become lien.
- § 155-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 156 Tree Removal and Replacement
- Ch 159 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 163 Building Construction
- Ch 166 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 169 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 174 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 176 Business Insurance Registration
- Ch 178 Cable Television
- Ch 180 Cannabis Establishments
- Ch 182 Certificate of Compliance
- Ch 187 Charter Buses
- Ch 189 Clothing Bins
- Ch 190 Coin-Operated Machines
- Ch 193 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 196 Conversion Appeals Board
- Ch 198 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 200 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 205 Elevators
- Ch 208 Emergency Housing
- Ch 210 Filming and Photography
- Ch 212 Fingerprinting
- Ch 216 Fire Prevention
- Ch 218 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 220 Fuel Oil Delivery
- Ch 224 Games of Chance
- Ch 228 Garage Sales
- Ch 233 Graffiti
- Ch 237 Handbills
- Ch 241 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 246 Housing Standards
- Ch 254 Insurance
- Ch 258 Landscapers and Snowplowing Contractors
- Ch 261 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 264 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 267 Library, Public
- Ch 270 Marriages and Civil Unions
- Ch 271 (Reserved)
- Ch 273 Mobile Food Trucks and Restaurants
- Ch 281 Newsracks
- Ch 284 Noise
- Ch 289 Parking
- Ch 293 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 296 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 300 Photo Identification Cards
- Ch 305 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 309 Precious Metals, Rare Coins and Gems
- Ch 310 Prior Notice of Utility Work
- Ch 311 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 312 Property Maintenance
- Ch 313 Property, Residential
- Ch 316 Public Records
- Ch 319 Redevelopment
- Ch 321 Rental Property
- Ch 324 Rent Control
- Ch 328 Restaurants
- Ch 333 Service Stations
- Ch 336 Sewers
- Ch 339 Shopping Carts
- Ch 342 Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 345 Site Plan Review
- Ch 349 Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Ch 350 Smoking
- Ch 352 Soil Management
- Ch 356 Solid Waste
- Ch 356A Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 357 Storm Sewers
- Ch 358 Stormwater Management
- Ch 360 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 365 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 368 Swimming Pools
- Ch 370 Taxation
- Ch 372 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 377 Tourist Lodges, Motels and Hotels
- Ch 381 Trailer Parks
- Ch 388 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 392 Vehicles, Impoundment of
- Ch 395 Vehicles Transporting School Children
- Ch 398 Vehicles, Unlicensed and Abandoned
- Ch 402 Water Emergency
- Ch 406 Wreckers and Towing Service
- Ch 410 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Derived from Ch. III, Sec. 3-4, of the 1978
Code]
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.
A.
Any owner, tenant or occupant who shall neglect to
cut and remove or otherwise destroy such ragweed as directed by this
article, or who shall fail, neglect or who shall resist or obstruct
the borough or its employees, provided for, or who shall violate any
provisions of this article, or who shall resist or obstruct the borough
or its employees, agents or contractors in the cutting, removal or
destroying of such ragweed, upon conviction thereof before the Judge
authorized to hear and determine the matter, shall be subject to a
fine not to exceed $10, and each day on which such violation continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
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 of Fort Lee to collect the costs as
certified for the removal or destroying of the ragweed in the manner
herein authorized.
