Township of Lower, NJ
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2023-10-02
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 185 Brush, Grass and Debris
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 10 Illicit Connections
- Ch 14 Civil Service
- Ch 18 Claims, Payment of; Purchasing; Payroll
- Ch 25 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 33 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 39 Fire Department
- Ch 52 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 56 Local Defense/Emergency Management Council
- Ch 67 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 73 Mutual Aid
- Ch 90 Police Department
- Ch 94 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 95 Professional Service Contracts, Regulation of
- Ch 101 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 106 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 110 Recreational Activities, Promotion of
- Ch 115 Rescue Squads
- Ch 118 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 148 Alarms, False
- Ch 153 Alarm Systems
- Ch 157 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 162 Amusement Devices and Games
- Ch 166 Animals
- Ch 167 Pet Waste
- Ch 178 Beaches
- Ch 185 Brush, Grass and Debris
- § 185-1 Findings.
- § 185-2 Unlawful to permit obnoxious brush, weeds, garbage and similar matter.
- § 185-3 No notice of violations required.
- § 185-4 Removal or abatement upon failure to comply; costs.
- § 185-5 Creation of lien.
- § 185-6 Enforcement officials enumerated.
- Ch 191 Builders and Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 199 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 206 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 213 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 221 Checks, Insufficient Funds for
- Ch 230 Conduct
- Ch 235 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 242 Construction Equipment and Sites
- Ch 247 Construction of Factories and Plants
- Ch 254 Construction Permits
- Ch 260 Curfew
- Ch 273 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 278 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 279 (Reserved)
- Ch 285 Dumping
- Ch 291 Electrical Standards
- Ch 297 Excavations, Commercial
- Ch 302 Farm, Right to
- Ch 313 Fire Control Measures
- Ch 318 Fire Districts
- Ch 324 Fire-Fighting Equipment, Tampering With
- Ch 330 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 333 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 340 Fire Prevention
- Ch 345 Fire Zones, Lanes and Areas
- Ch 351 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 359 Garage and Other Sales
- Ch 374 Historic Preservation
- Ch 380 Housing Standards
- Ch 386 Ice Cream Vendors
- Ch 387 Hawkers and Peddlers
- Ch 392 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 400 Land Development
- Ch 408 Landfills
- Ch 409 Dredge Materials
- Ch 413 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 419 Littering
- Ch 420 Yard Waste Collection Program
- Ch 427 Manufactured Homes
- Ch 432 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 441 Noise
- Ch 448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 459 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 467 Parking, Handicapped
- Ch 475 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 486 Pornography
- Ch 493 Printed Matters, Unsolicited
- Ch 500 Property Maintenance
- Ch 512 Raffles and Bingo
- Ch 523 Rental Properties
- Ch 529 Secondhand Merchants and Dealers of Precious Metals
- Ch 535 (Reserved)
- Ch 541 Shopping Carts
- Ch 552 Smoking
- Ch 557 Soil Removal
- Ch 564 Solicitation
- Ch 570 Solid Waste
- Ch 571 Refuse Containers/Dumpsters
- Ch 575 Stormwater Management
- Ch 576 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 577 Private Storm Drain Inlet Retrofitting
- Ch 583 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 591 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 592 Taxation
- Ch 600 Towing and Storage
- Ch 607 Traffic Regulations in Semipublic and Private Areas
- Ch 612 Trailer Camps
- Ch 617 Trailers
- Ch 625 Transient Merchants
- Ch 633 Vehicles, Inoperable or Unlicensed
- Ch 640 Vehicles, Leasing of
- Ch 647 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 658 Water Charges, Unpaid
- Ch 660 Water Connections
- Ch 662 Water Conservation
- Ch 665 Weddings and Civil Unions
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Lower by Ord. No. 86-5 (Sec. 3-14 of the 1975 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The preservation of public health, safety and
welfare within the Township requires that all lands within the municipality
be kept clear of brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person,
firm, association, partnership, or corporation owning, leasing, or
otherwise occupying land or lands situate, lying and being within
the confines of the Township to permit obnoxious brush, weeds, dead
and dying trees, stumps, roots, growths, filth, garbage, trash or
debris to remain thereon.
[Amended 7-1-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-14]
All property owners in the Township of Lower
are deemed to be on notice that it is their responsibility and duty
to monitor and keep their properties in compliance with this chapter.
Therefore, no prior notice of violations need be given by the Code
Enforcement Officer prior to issuing a summons for any violations
hereof.
[Amended 7-1-2013 by Ord.
No. 2013-14]
In the event that the owner, lessee, or occupant
shall fail to abate, remove, or remedy the offending condition in
a manner satisfactory to the enforcement official within 10 days of
being cited for a violation of same, the enforcement official may
remove or abate the offending condition and charge the owner, lessee
and/or occupant for all costs involved with this action.
[Amended 10-4-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-10]
In all cases where brush, weeds, including ragweed,
dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage,
trash and/or debris are destroyed or removed from any lands under
the terms of this chapter by or under the direction of the enforcement
official, the enforcement official shall certify the cost thereof
to the Township Council, which shall examine, certify and if found
correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against
said lands; the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon
such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes
next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest
at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by
the same officials and in the same manner as taxes. An administrative
lien fee in the amount of $500 shall be imposed in conjunction with
the creation of a lien.
The following persons shall be deemed enforcement
officials for purposes of this chapter:
A.
The Township Construction Official and his subordinates.
B.
The Township Zoning Official.
C.
The Township Health Official, which title shall include
any county health official assigned to or functioning within the Township.
D.
Any member of the Police Department.
E.
Any member of the Board of Health.
