Whenever the owner or tenant of such lands within the Township,
receiving the notice provided for by the preceding section to remove
from such lands any of the substances hereinbefore mentioned, shall
fail and neglect within the time prescribed in the notice to effect
removal of such substances, such removal may, at the discretion of
the enforcement officer, and not by limitation of the enforcement
of violations or penalties, be accomplished by or under the direction
of the Director of Public Works. An accurate record of the cost of
such removal to the Township shall be determined by the Director of
Public Works who shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Administrator,
who shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause
the cost as shown thereon, including administrative costs and fees,
to be charged against the lands. Such costs are in addition to any
of the penalties provided for violations of this chapter. The amount
so charged shall become a lien upon such lands and shall be added
to and become part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon
said lands. Said lien shall bear the same interest rate as taxes and
shall be collected and enforced by the officers of the municipality
in the same manner as taxes.
Any person, firm, corporation, association or legal party whatsoever who or which shall violate, or authorize or procure a violation of, or cause to be violated, any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty, §
1-15, governing general penalty provisions.