Where it is necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, or to eliminate a fire hazard, an owner or tenant of real property within the Township of Brick shall remove from such lands brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris within 10 days after notice to remove the same from the designated official of the Township of Brick.
[Added 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 60-09]
If an owner or tenant who has received notice in accordance with the provisions of § 331-5 fails to remove from said lands the brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris, or fails to cut any brush, hedges, shrubs or other obstructions for which said person was cited within 10 days of notice to remove the same, then, and in that event, the Township shall have the right to provide for the removal of the same by or under the direction of an officer of the municipality.
In all cases where any brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris are removed, or any brush, hedges, shrubs or other obstructions are cut by the Township under the provisions of this chapter, the municipal officer of the municipality in charge of the removal of said material shall certify the cost thereof to the governing body. Upon receipt of the certificate of cost, the governing body shall examine the same and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the property from which said material was removed. The amount so charged shall 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 said lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as other taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the Tax Collector of the Township in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.27.
As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall have the following meanings, as indicated:
Includes any person, persons, corporation, partnership or firm or other owner or tenant of the subject property.