[Amended 10-5-1987 by Ord. No. 568]
No owner or occupier of ground in the Borough of Collingdale,
whether a person, association, partnership or corporation, shall permit
noxious weeds, brush, grasses or other rank, poisonous or harmful
vegetation longer than eight inches to grow on any property owned
by them.
No such noxious weeds, brush, grasses or other rank and poisonous
or harmful vegetation shall be permitted to grow within 20 feet from
any curbline or within 100 feet from any buildings, pole, structure
or flammable material.
The Borough Manager shall notify any owner or occupier of ground
to remove any such noxious weeds, brush, grasses or other rank, poisonous
or harmful vegetation higher than eight inches which are growing within
the Borough within five days from date of said notice.
[Amended 10-5-1987 by Ord. No. 568]
A. If said owner or occupier of land shall not comply with notice of removal as provided in §
404-3 of this article, the Borough of Collingdale may cause the work to be done and collect the costs thereof together with a penalty of 10% of such costs in a manner provided by law, either by the filing of a municipal lien or an action in assumpsit, and any owner or occupier of land or any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
B. The Borough shall have the right to seek both the imposition of a
fine or penalty and costs before the Magisterial District Judge and
the imposition of a municipal lien and/or an action in assumpsit for
the costs of removal plus a penalty of 10% of the costs thereof.
[Amended 7-6-1999 by Ord. No. 626]
If any such person who is alleged to have violated the foregoing
provisions of this article shall, by competent proof, demonstrate
that he and/or his agent has cut any such weeds, grasses and vegetation
once each two weeks during the months of May, June, July, August and
September and the removal of such weeds, grasses and vegetation so
cut, he shall have a valid defense to any of the afore-going actions
taken by the Borough of Collingdale.