[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Margate City 7-22-1976 as Ch. 64 of the 1976 Code.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Garbage, rubbish and refuse — See Ch. 155.
Housing standards — See Ch. 161.
Nuisances — See Ch. 196.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 215.
[1]
Editor's Note: Chapter 64 of the 1976 Code was originally derived from Ord. No. 568, adopted 6-18-1959, as amended.
[Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
A. 
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the limits of the City of Margate City, where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public health, safety or general welfare or to eliminate a fire hazard to remove from such lands grass over six inches in height, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris and roots, shall be required, within seven days after notice, to remove the same. Where the owner or tenant shall refuse or neglect to remove the same within the time provided hereinabove, the City shall have the right by or under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works of the City of Margate City to remove the same from any such lands.
B. 
The penalty for violation of this section shall be in the amount of $100.
[Added 4-17-2014 by Ord. No. 15-2014]
[Added 4-27-1978 by Ord. No. 981; Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the limits of the City of Margate City shall keep all brush, hedges and other plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways cut to a height of not more than 2 1/2 feet, where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public safety, within seven days after notice to cut the same.
[Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
The Superintendent of Public Works is hereby designated as the officer to give notice in writing, either personally or by mail, to the owner or tenant of lands as provided by this chapter, and he shall give such notice whenever directed to do so by resolution of the Board of Commissioners of said City and whenever said Board shall deem it necessary and expedient to do so as provided by the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 4-27-1978 by Ord. No. 981; 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
In all cases where brush, hedges and other plant life within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways is more than 2 1/2 feet in height or where the grass is over six inches in height and where brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris and roots are removed from any lands under the provisions of this chapter by or under the direction of an officer of the City of Margate City, such officer shall certify the cost thereof to the Board of Commissioners of said City, which 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 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 to be collected and enforced by the same officers in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 1-25-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-1]
Any owner or tenant of lands who shall refuse or neglect to remove from such lands grass over six inches in height, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris, within the time and in the manner provided above, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and, upon conviction thereof before the Judge of the Municipal Court, shall be subject to a penalty of not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of said Judge.