[Adopted 12-13-1923 (Ch. 69, Art. I of the 1971 Code)]
[Amended 10-11-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-19]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands
abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks of the public rights-of-way
in the Borough of Palmyra shall remove or cause to be removed from
said land, and from the land abutting thereon between the sidewalk
and curb, all rubbish and all grass and weeds of a greater height
than six inches.
In case such owner or owners, tenant or tenants
of any such lands abutting or bordering upon the sidewalks of any
public street, avenue or highway in said Borough shall neglect or
refuse to remove such rubbish or grass and weeds within 10 days after
notice from said Borough to remove the same, it shall be the duty
of the Committee on Highways, or other officers having charge of the
streets and highways of said Borough, to remove or cause to be removed
such rubbish or grass and weeds from said lands and from the land
abutting thereon between the sidewalk and curb.
The cost paid and incurred by such officer for
removing such rubbish or grass and weeds shall be by him certified
to the Borough Council, which shall examine such certificate and shall
cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against such lands,
and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such
lands and be added to and become and form a part of the taxes then
next to be assessed and levied upon such lands and shall be collected
and enforced according to law.
Such owner or owners in occupancy or possession
and such tenant or tenants, for every neglect or refusal to comply
with this article, shall also forfeit and pay a fine of not more than
$25.
