[Amended 8-28-2023 by Ord. No. 3663-23]
Any owner or owners, occupant or occupants of any lot or tract
of land shall remove all grass and weeds and refuse and underbrush
in such lot or tract of land within 10 days after notice to cut and
remove the same has been given to said owner or owners, occupant or
occupants by the Health Official or the Property Maintenance Official
of the Borough of Rutherford. No grass shall be higher than 10 inches.
The notices mentioned in § 89-85 of this article shall be given by delivering to the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of said lots or tracts of land, written demands for the removal of all grass and weeds and refuse and underbrush therefrom, or by leaving the same at the residences of said owner or owners, occupant or occupants, with a member of the family above the age of 14 years or, in case the owner or owners are nonresidents, by mailing the same to the owner or owners at his or their last known post office address, postage prepaid.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay
a penalty of not less than $100 per day and no more than $500 per
day for each offense. Each day which any violation hereof shall continue
after the termination of the period stated in the notice provided
for in this article shall constitute a separate violation.
If such grass and weeds and refuse and underbrush shall not
be removed as provided for in this article, the same may be cut and
removed by and under the direction of the Board of Health or the Property
Maintenance Official, and the cost thereof as nearly as can be ascertained,
shall be certified to the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Rutherford
and shall thereupon become and be a first and paramount lien upon
such premises and shall be added to and recorded and collected with
and in the same manner as the taxes next to be assessed and levied
upon such premises.
The imposition and collection of the fine imposed for the violation
of this article shall not bar the right of the Borough of Rutherford
to collect the cost of cutting and removing said grass and weeds,
but the remedy shall be cumulative.
