[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Jersey Shore 9-20-1982 by Ord. No. 1001 (Ch. 10, Part 1, of the 1996 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property Maintenance Code — See Ch. 140, Art. II.
Trees — See Ch. 278.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated:
WEEDS
Any untended or uncultivated grasses, bushes, deleterious or unhealthful vegetation or other noxious growing matter in excess of eight inches in height, except trees, ornamental shrubbery, flowers or vegetables properly tended.
WOODLANDS
An undeveloped or uncultivated portion of land at least 1/2 acre in size.
No person, firm or corporation, owning or occupying any property within the Borough of Jersey Shore, shall permit any grass or weeds or any vegetation whatsoever, not edible or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose to grow or remain upon such premises so as to exceed a height of eight inches from the first day of May to the first day of November of each year or to throw off any unpleasant or noxious odor or to conceal any filthy deposit or to create or produce hazardous pollen. Any grass, weeds or other vegetation growing upon any premises in the Borough in violation of any of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a nuisance and detrimental to the health, safety, cleanliness and comfort of the inhabitants of the Borough.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, tenant, occupant or agent of any lot or land, house or tenement in the Borough to allow or permit any weeds or bushes not edible or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose to grow and remain upon that portion of the street or alley, immediately in front of, or adjoining his/her or their premises between the property line or such street or alley and the outer edge of the roadway of such street or alley commonly known as the curbline. It is the intent and meaning of this chapter that the portion of streets or alleys between the property line and the outer edge of the roadway, commonly known as the curbline, which space is ordinarily occupied by lawns, sidewalks and shade trees is to be maintained by the owner, tenant, occupant or agent of the property immediately abutting such space, in accordance with this chapter under a penalty for the violation of the provisions hereof.
Woodland areas as defined herein shall be exempt from this chapter except as follows:
A. 
That portion 10 feet from any street, alley, right-of-way or abutting property.
B. 
Any weeds growing that are deemed to be harmful to the health of residents or produce hazardous pollen.
The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to notify, in writing, the owner and/or person in control of any lot, place or area within the Borough and/or the agent of the owner and/or person in control to cut, destroy and remove any weeds in violation of this chapter. This written notice shall be given only once per calendar year. The owner or person in control, or agent of the owner or person in control, of any lot, place or area having in any calendar year received notice pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed to have notice for the remainder of the year.
[Added 8-4-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
No person, firm or corporation, shall willfully cast, blow, or otherwise deposit upon any street, alley, or sidewalk, any grass, weeds, or other vegetation, including, but not limited to, lawn clippings. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to the imposition of those penalties which are set forth in § 172-8 of this chapter. It shall not be necessary for the Code Enforcement Officer to give any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate the provisions of this section notice to remove as specified in § 172-6 of this chapter, it being the express intent of the Borough that such notice to remove shall not be a precondition to the conviction of such person, firm, or corporation for any such violation of this section.
[Amended 9-8-1992 by Ord. No. 10-92; 5-6-1996 by Ord. No. 4-96; 8-4-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003; 8-13-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter within shall, on their first offense be fined $25. If said fine of $25 is not paid in 10 days, then, upon conviction thereof, they will be sentenced to pay a fine of no less than $150 and no more than $1,000 or shall undergo imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. Each day of violation constitutes a separate violation.