[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Wyckoff 10-17-1961 by Ord. No. 412. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 152.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 165.
[Amended 6-19-1984 by Ord. No. 927; 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 1691]
Owners and tenants of lands within the Township of Wyckoff shall keep all brush, hedges and other plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway and/or within 25 feet of the intersection of any two roadways cut to a height of not more than 2 1/2 feet, and such owners or tenants shall not permit or allow vehicles, trailers, snow piles or other visibility obstructions on their lands within 25 feet of the intersection of any two roadways. Notwithstanding the above, the Township shall have the right to require an owner and/or tenant to abate any visibility obstruction.
Owners and tenants of lands within the Township of Wyckoff shall remove limbs less than eight feet above street grade from all trees growing within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of any two roadways.
The aforesaid cutting and trimming shall be completed by said owners or tenants within 10 days after notice by the Township of Wyckoff to cut or trim as provided above.
Where any owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to cut or trim as provided above and within the time provided above, the Township of Wyckoff may provide for the cutting of same by or under the direction of the Wyckoff Chief of Police.
In all cases where brush, hedges, other plant life are cut or trimmed from any lands as provided above by or under the direction of the Wyckoff Chief of Police, the Chief of Police shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands, or in the event such cost is excessive, shall cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and form part of the tax next to be assessed and levied upon said lands. The same shall bear interest the same as other taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as other taxes and as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.27.
[Amended 6-19-1984 by Ord. No. 927]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both, for each violation. Each day any such violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as heretofore provided.