[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hazlet 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 555-82 as Sec. 6-4 of the
1982 Revised General Ordinances (Ch. 123 of the 1993 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 336.
A.
It shall be the duty of any owner or tenant or person
in possession of any lands in the Township:
(1)
To keep such lands free of brush, weeds, dead and
dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash
and debris, where the same are inimical to the preservation of public
health, safety or general welfare of the Township, or which may constitute
a fire hazard.
(2)
Where the lands abut or border upon any public street
in the Township, to remove all grass, weeds, brush and other debris
from that part of the street bordering on their respective lands.
B.
Time limit for placement.
[Added 7-5-1988 by Ord. No. 709-88;
amended 2-20-1996 by Ord. No. 1009-96; 4-16-1996 by Ord. No. 1017-96; 9-21-1999 by Ord. No. 1121-99; 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 1199-01]
(1)
No owner, tenant or person in possession of such lands
shall place or allow to be placed along the curbline of or in the
street or roadway abutting such lands any brush, weeds, trees (up
to four inches in diameter), stumps, or obnoxious growths no earlier
than seven days prior to the scheduled pickup and disposal of such
items, whether such pickup and disposal be by the Township or otherwise.
Until no earlier than seven days prior to the scheduled pickup and
disposal of such items, the owner, tenant or person in possession
of such lands shall keep such items in a suitable and safe place on
such lands so as to not create a nuisance, dangerous condition or
health hazard.
(2)
Disposal of leaves. No owner, tenant or person in possession of such lands shall place or allow to be placed along the curbline of or in the street or roadway abutting such lands any unbagged leaves. Leaves shall be bagged in the biodegradable leaf bags provided by the Township. Pickup and disposal of such items will be in accordance with Subsection B(1) above.
Whenever the public officer charged with the
enforcement of this chapter shall deem it necessary and expedient
for the preservation of the public health, safety and general welfare
or the elimination of a fire hazard or upon the investigation of a
complaint of any resident, officer or employee of the Township, he
or she may order the owner, tenant or person in possession of any
lands on which any grass, weeds, trash or other debris are found to
exist, to remove the same within 10 days.
A.
The public officer shall make such order in writing
and serve the same, either personally or by registered mail, upon
the tenants or person in possession of the affected lands.
B.
A copy of the order shall be filed with the Township
Clerk.
C.
The public officer shall reinspect the lands in question
after the ten-day period shall have expired and determine whether
or not the condition complained of has been abated or remedied.
No person shall throw, deposit or cause to be
thrown or deposited any brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash or debris of any kind,
or permit the same to be scattered by wind or otherwise, upon lands
of another person.
[Added 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 1055-97; 9-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1233-02; 11-7-2002 by Ord. No. 1245-02; 12-3-2002 by Ord. No. 1247-02]
A.
Commercial landscapers may not operate within the
Township of Hazlet without first procuring a license to be issued
by the Licensing Agent. The license period shall be for one year,
from July 1 through June 30, and be issued upon payment of a license
fee of $35. The license application shall include the name, address
and telephone number of the commercial landscaper together with the
name, address and telephone number of the principals of such enterprise,
vehicle descriptions, and shall indicate whether the applicant is
incorporated, a partnership, or individual proprietorship. The license
is to be displayed on the front driver's side bumper.
B.
Commercial landscapers working within the Township
of Hazlet shall be responsible for disposal of all brush and tree
cuttings generated, and shall not place any brush and tree cuttings
along the street or for curbside collection.
[Amended 7-5-2011 by Ord. No. 1494-11]
C.
No brush or tree cuttings shall be placed, stored
or otherwise disposed of on any public property, within ponds, lakes,
streams, swamps, marshes, wetlands, wetland buffers, conservation
easements, nontidal floodways, or similar watercourses.
[Amended 7-5-2011 by Ord. No. 1494-11]
D.
Commercial landscapers shall not dispose of leaves
or grass into roadways or storm sewers and must dispose of same at
an appropriate off-site disposal area.
[Amended 7-5-2011 by Ord. No. 1494-11]
A.
Whenever it shall appear necessary and expedient for
the preservation of the public safety to cut all brush, hedges and
other plant life, growing within 10 feet of any roadway and within
25 feet of the intersection of two roadways, to a height of not more
than 2 1/2 feet, the officer, hereinafter named, shall cause
notice thereof to be given to the owner or tenant of the lands and
the owner or tenant of the lands, within 10 days after notice thereof,
shall cut the brush, hedges and other plant life to a height of not
more than 2 1/2 feet.
B.
In case the owner or tenant of the lands shall refuse
or neglect to cut the brush, hedges and other plant life to a height
of not more than 2 1/2 feet within 10 days after notice thereof,
the same shall be cut by or under the direction of the Construction
Code Official or such other officer of the Township as the Township
Committee may designate from time to time, provided that lands do
not abut county roads and are not at any intersections with county
roads. In case the lands are upon county roads or at intersections
with county roads, then the brush, hedges and other plant life shall
be cut by or under the direction of the County of Monmouth or such
other officer as the County of Monmouth may designate from time to
time.
C.
Owners or tenants of lands abutting county roads or
at intersection with county roads shall be notified of a violation
of this section by the County of Monmouth. All other owners or tenants
of land shall be notified of a violation of this section by the Construction
Code Official of the Township or such other officer of the Township
as the Township Committee may designate from time to time.
A.
In the event that the owner, tenant or person in possession
of the lands in question shall refuse or neglect to abate or remedy
the condition complained of within 10 days after receipt of notice,
the public officer shall cause the condition complained of to be abated
and remedied and shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee,
which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, cause the
cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands.
B.
The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien
upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form a 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 officer and in the same manner as taxes.
C.
Costs shall be in addition to any penalties imposed
for any violation of this chapter.
[Added 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 923-93]
For violation of any provision of this chapter, the maximum penalty, upon conviction, shall not exceed the maximum penalties set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III. Each and every violation of any provision of this chapter shall be considered a separate violation and shall subject the person so charged to the maximum penalty.
