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.