Borough of Atlantic Highlands, NJ
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2023-09-14
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 265 Property Maintenance
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Article II Removal of Brush and Debris
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 20 Emergency Management
- Ch 24 Fire Department
- Ch 28 Firemen, Auxiliary
- Ch 34 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 44 Officers and Employees
- Ch 50 Police Department
- Ch 55 Political Contributions
- Ch 59 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 60 Purchasing
- Ch 61 Third-Party Payroll Disbursement
- Ch 63 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 85 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 97 Animals
- Ch 103 Background Checks
- Ch 106 Balloons, Intentional Release of
- Ch 110 Business Hours of Operation
- Ch 120 Camping
- Ch 128 Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 136 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 139 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 144 Curfew
- Ch 150 Development Regulations
- Ch 156 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 163 Excavations
- Ch 165 Exterior Lighting Standards
- Ch 168 Fees
- Ch 173 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 178 Fire Prevention
- Ch 183 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 189 Games of Chance
- Ch 196 Harbor Use
- Ch 200 Housing Standards
- Ch 211 Licensing
- Ch 216 Littering
- Ch 226 Massage Parlors
- Ch 229 Murals, Public
- Ch 235 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 249 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 254 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 260 (Reserved)
- Ch 265 Property Maintenance
- Ch 265 Art II Removal of Brush and Debris
- § 265-5 Removal of brush, weeds, etc., from lands required.
- § 265-6 Failure to comply.
- § 265-7 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 272 Rental Property Registration
- Ch 277 Rent Control
- Ch 285 Sewer Use
- Ch 300 Solid Waste
- Ch 303 Special Events
- Ch 306 Stormwater Control
- Ch 311 Stormwater Control
- Ch 317 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 323 Taxation
- Ch 327 Taxicabs
- Ch 340 Trees
- Ch 346 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 353 Water and Sewer
- Appendix
- Ch A361 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 7-27-1965 by Ord. No. 499]
All owners of untenanted land and all tenants
or occupiers of land lying within the limits of the Borough of Atlantic
Highlands shall remove from such lands brush, weeds, dead and dying
trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and
debris, within 20 days after notice to remove the same.
In the event that the owner of untenanted land
shall have refused or neglected to remove the brush, weeds, dead and
dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash
and debris within 20 days after notice aforesaid, under the direction
of the Mayor and Council, then and in that event, the Mayor and Council
may provide for the removal from such lands any brush, weeds, dead
and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage,
trash and debris, and the cost thereof shall be charged against the
lands and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon
such lands and shall be added to and become a part of the taxes next
to be assessed and levied upon such lands and the same to bear interest
at the same rate as taxes, and to be collected and enforced by the
same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 2-23-2011 by Ord. No. 03-2011]
Any person who shall violate the terms of this article, or who shall refuse or neglect to remove from such lands brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris within the time herein provided shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
