No person, firm, corporation, or entity owning or occupying
any property within the Township of Lower Moreland shall plant or
fail to control running bamboo species adjacent to the public rights-of-way,
public roads or existing underground or aboveground utilities.
Upon written notice by the Township, the owner or occupant of
any premises from which running bamboo has grown into the public right-of-way
or public utility right-of-way shall have 30 days to remove the bamboo
or provide a plan to contain the bamboo, subject to Township approval.
In the event that any owner or occupant of any premises is in
violation of this article, the Township may, upon five days' notice,
remove, trim or control the vegetation in order to eliminate the encroachment
of running bamboo into the public right-of-way or public utility right-of-way.
All costs of trimming, cutting or removal of such vegetation, together
with a penalty of 10%, shall be collected by the Township of Lower
Moreland upon the filing of a municipal lien against the property
in question.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine not more than $600 and in default of payment, to undergo
imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation
of this article continues after notice shall constitute a separate
offense.