Any weeds, including ragweed, thistle and other weeds of a like kind,
and any grass or plants exceeding 10 inches in height or length (except as
hereafter excluded) growing on any lot in North Coventry Township are hereby
declared to be a nuisance, unless the same are growing within a wooded area
or are at least 75 feet distant from the property lines of all adjoining owners.
Any owner or occupant of a lot within North Coventry Township who has
failed to cut or mow the weeds, grass or plants on his, her or its lot at
least one time on or before June 1, and at least one other time on or before
August 15, or any owner or occupant who has allowed the weeds, grass or plants
to exceed 10 inches in height, and who has failed to cut or mow same after
notice from the Secretary of the Township or from the Code Enforcement Officer,
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the
defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted
to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this
chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
Nothing in this chapter shall affect in any way any wetlands regulations,
and in the event of any such conflict, the wetlands regulations shall control.
Should any party claim that the offending property is a wetlands property,
that party shall produce evidence that the property has been formally classified
as wetlands by an appropriate governmental agency.