[Adopted by Ord. No. 238-79 (Ch. X, Sec. 10-4, of the 1986 Revised General Ordinances); amended
in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
Every owner and/or tenant of lands adjoining a roadway and lying
within the Township shall keep all brush, hedges and other plant life
growing thereon and within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet
of the intersection of two roadways cut to a height of not more than
24 inches where it shall be determined by the DPW Foreman to be necessary
and expedient for the preservation of public safety.
Notice to cut and remove objectionable brush, hedges and other
plant life shall be given by the Township Clerk, upon the order of
the DPW Foreman, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
owner and/or tenant at the last known post office address of the owner
and/or tenant, or by personally serving such notice upon the owner
and/or tenant, and shall direct the removal and cutting of the objectionable
growth within 10 days of receipt of such notice.
In the event the owner and/or tenant fails to comply with the
notice within 10 days of the receipt thereof, the Township may proceed
to cause the cutting and removal of such brush, hedges and/or other
plant life under the direction of the DPW Foreman.
In any case where the Township has caused the cutting and removal
of brush, hedges and/or other plant life pursuant to the terms of
this article, the DPW Foreman shall thereafter certify the cost thereof
to the Township Council, and if the amount so certified is by resolution
of the Township Council determined to be correct and reasonable, the
Township Clerk shall forthwith deliver a certified copy thereof to
the Tax Collector. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a
lien upon such lands from which the brush, hedges and other plant
life were cut and removed and shall be collected and enforced by the
Tax Collector in the same manner as other taxes and shall be collected
and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
Any person who shall refuse or neglect, after receipt of written notice as above set forth, to comply with the demands therein made with respect to the cutting of the foregoing for the preservation of the public safety within the ten-day period above set forth shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty in § 1-3, General penalty, of this Code, and each and every day in which said owner and/or tenant shall refuse or neglect so to cut said growth shall be and constitute a separate offense. (The imposition and collection of any fine or penalty prescribed by this section shall not bar the right of the Township to collect the cost of the cutting of the brush, hedges and other plant life, as hereinbefore specified.)
