Where it shall be necessary and expedient for
the preservation of general public safety, it shall be the duty of
every owner of lands lying within the limits of the Borough of Dunellen
to keep all brush, hedges and other plant life growing within 10 feet
of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways
cut to a maximum height of three feet when measured from the existing
height of the roadway at its center, except when such plant life is
reposed on land at a higher elevation above the roadway, in which
case the overall height, including the earth embankment and the plant
life, shall not exceed three feet, when measured in the aforementioned
manner, within 15 days after written notice to cut the same. Said
notice shall be forwarded by the Police Department to the last known
address of the owner.
Any person who shall refuse or neglect, after
written notice as above set forth, to comply with the demands set
forth in this chapter with respect to the cutting of the brush, hedges
and other plant life in the interest of public safety shall, upon
conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding $500 or imprisonment
to a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. Each and every day in which
said owner shall refuse or neglect to comply with this chapter shall
constitute a separate offense.