No owner, tenant or occupant, or any agent, servant, representative
or employee of such owner, tenant or occupant of any occupied or unoccupied
lot or land, or part or parts thereof in the Borough of Medford Lakes
shall permit or maintain thereon:
A. Any overgrowing brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots,
obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, debris or junk; or
B. Refuse or debris resulting from construction activities or the demolishing
of a building or buildings for a period of more than one month after
construction or demolition activity has ceased at the subject property.
If the owner, tenant or occupant, or any agent, servant, representative
or employee of such owner, tenant or occupant, to whom notice of violation
of any of the foregoing provisions is sent, neglects or refuses to
abate or remedy the said violation within 10 days after notice thereof,
the Code Enforcement Officer or the Building Inspector, as the case
may be, or his designated agent, shall cause the violation to be abated
and remedied and certify the cost thereof to the Borough Council,
which after examination of the certificate and determination of its
accuracy, shall cause the cost thereof to be charged against the lot
or land on which the violation exists. The amount so charged shall
become a lien upon such lot or land and shall be added to and become
and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such
lot or land, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes,
and to be collected and enforced by the same officers responsible
for the collection of taxes and in the same manner as taxes.
[Amended 4-23-2014 by Ord. No. 615]
Any person, firm, corporation, association or legal party whatsoever who or which shall violate, or authorize or procure a violation, or cause to be violated, any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided under the general penalty provisions found at §
1-15 of this Code. This, however, shall not apply against any municipal employee or officer that authorizes action by permit or otherwise in the ordinary course of their duties.