[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lodi 3-9-1964 by Ord. No. 958. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any person, firm or corporation who is the owner or tenant of
lands situate within the limits of the Borough of Lodi shall forthwith
remove or cause to be removed from any and all lands owned or in his,
their or its control any and all brush, weeds, dead or dying trees,
stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash or debris,
where it shall appear necessary and expedient for the preservation
of the public health, safety and general welfare or to eliminate a
fire hazard.
If the owner or tenant of any lands upon which shall be such
brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths,
filth, garbage, trash or debris shall fail, refuse or neglect to remove
the same within 10 days after notice to him so to do in writing by
the Borough Manager of the Borough of Lodi, then said Borough Manager
shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to have the same removed
from said lands and premises. In such cases, said Borough Manager
shall certify the cost of such removal to the Municipal Council, which
shall examine such certificate and, if it shall find the same correct,
shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands.
The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon said lands
and premises and shall be added to, form and become part of the taxes
next to be assessed and levied upon said lands and shall bear interest
at the same rate as, and shall be collected and enforced in the same
manner as, taxes, in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions
of the statutes made and provided in such cases.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any term or
provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$2,000, imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days and/or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days.
