[Adopted 2-15-1917 (Ch. 75, Art. IV, of the 1974 Code)]
[Amended 11-11-1974]
It shall be the duty of the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of any premises abutting or bordering upon any street, avenue or highway in the Borough of Prospect Park to remove or cause to be removed all grass, weeds, brush and other impediments from the sidewalks and gutters in front of said premises within three days after the notice to remove the same given by the Street Foreman or such other officer as the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Prospect Park may designate to have charge thereof.
[Amended 11-19-1995 by Ord. No. 1995-6]
Any person or persons, corporation or corporations, failing to comply with § 358-1 of this article shall forfeit and be liable to the provisions stated in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
[Amended 11-11-1974]
In case such owner or owners or occupant or occupants of any premises abutting or bordering on any street, avenue or highway in the Borough of Prospect Park shall fail to remove such grass, weeds, brush and other impediments from such sidewalks and gutters as provided in § 358-1 of this article, it shall be the duty of the Street Foreman of the Borough, or such other officer as the Mayor and Council may have designated, to remove or cause to be removed said grass, weeds, brush and other impediments from said sidewalks and gutters.
[Amended 11-11-1974]
The cost and expense paid and incurred by the said Street Foreman or by such other officer as the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Prospect Park may have designated for removing or causing to be removed such grass, weeds, brush and other impediments from any sidewalk or gutter in front of any premises in the Borough of Prospect Park shall be ascertained by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Prospect Park, as nearly as can be, and certified to the Tax Collector of the said Borough of Prospect Park, and shall thereupon become and be a first and paramount lien upon such premises from the date of such certification, and shall be added to, recorded and collected with and in the same manner as the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon said premises. The imposition and collection of the fine as provided in § 358-2 of this article shall not bar the right to collect the cost and expense of removal of such grass, weeds, brush and other impediments in the manner herein authorized, but the remedies shall be cumulative.