[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Pohatcong 7-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-12.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Unfit buildings — See Ch. 100.
Housing standards — See Ch. 162.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 222.
Public health nuisances — See Ch. 296.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former
Ch. 95, Brush, Grass and Weeds, adopted 2-6-1973 as Ch. 22 of the
1973 Code.
Where it shall be necessary and expedient for
the preservation of the public safety, as determined by a Council
member or other officer of the Township designated by the Township
Council, any owner or tenant of lands lying within the Township shall
be required to cut all brush, hedges or other plant life to a height
of not more than 2 1/2 feet where such brush, hedges or other
plant life is located within 10 feet of any roadway or within 25 feet
of the intersection of two roadways, within 10 days after notice to
cut the same. The term "roadway," as used herein, refers to right-of-way
width.
Where it shall be necessary and expedient for
the public health, safety, general welfare or to eliminate a fire
hazard, as determined by a Council member or other officer of the
Township designated by the Township Council, any owner or tenant of
lands lying within the Township shall remove from such lands or destroy
brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris within 10 days
after notice to remove or destroy the same.
In the event that the owner or tenant shall refuse or neglect to cut the brush, hedges or plant life under § 95-1 or to remove or destroy the brush, weeds and other materials under § 95-2 within 10 days after notice, the Township may do the work or cause the work to be done under the direction of a Council member or other officer of the Township designated by the Township Council.
The supervising Council member or Township officer shall certify to the Township Council the cost of the work which has been performed under § 95-3 herein; and the Township Council shall examine the certificate; and, if it finds the amount to be correct, the Council shall cause the costs as shown thereon to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon the lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon the lands, and the same shall 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. Costs may include payments made to contractors hired by the Township to perform the work, costs for work or supervision performed by Township employees, and an administrative fee of $25 for the processing and mailing of notices.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 153.
