[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake 4-8-1981 by Ord. No. 81-1BH (Ch.
280 of the 1985 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 110.
This chapter shall be known as the "Woodcliff
Lake Noxious Weed Ordinance."
A.
A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance,
providing for removal or abatement thereof and recovery of expenses
incurred by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisance
and prescribing penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 26:3-69.1 et seq. A copy of said code is annexed hereto
and made a part hereof without inclusion of the text in this chapter.
B.
The code established and adopted by this chapter is
described and commonly known as the "Weed Control Code of New Jersey
(1953)."
Three copies of said Weed Control Code of New
Jersey (1953) have been placed on file in the office of the Clerk
of the Borough of Woodcliff Lake upon the introduction of this chapter
and will remain on file in such office for the use and examination
of the public so long as this chapter is in effect.
[Amended 5-8-1985 by Ord. No. 85-2BH]
Any person who violates or fails or neglects
to comply with any provision of this chapter or code established herein
or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof,
be liable for a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500, in
the discretion of the court, for each violation.
