The owner or tenant of lands lying within the
limits of said Township shall 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 height of not more than 2 1/2
feet where it shall be deemed necessary and expedient for the preservation
of public safety.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The owner or tenant of lands with brush, hedges
and other plant life which endangers public safety, as outlined hereinabove,
shall be notified by the Township by certified mail or registered
mail of the public safety problem which the Township wishes to have
remedied. The owner or tenant of such lands shall then have 10 days
to provide for the cutting of the same by or under the direction of
the Public Works Supervisor of the said Township of Commercial.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In all cases where brush, hedges and other plant
life are cut from any land within the limitations of the above sections
by or under the direction of the Public Works Supervisor, such officer
shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee, which shall
examine the certificate, and if found correct, shall cause the cost
as shown thereon to be charged against said lands, or in the event
that such cost is excessive, to cause the reasonable cost thereof
to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged shall forthwith
become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and
form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands
the same to bear interest at the same rate as other taxes and shall
be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner
as taxes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Township's Public Works Supervisor shall
have the primary responsibility for the enforcement of this article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating any portion of this article
shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not
exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.