[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Cranford 10-10-1968[1] (Ch. 78 of the 1992 Code). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Refer to live and dead vegetation, grass, leaves, dead and
dying trees, soil, branches, stumps, roots and obnoxious growths.
Refers to garbage, offal, sewage, filth and other offensive
or unsightly matter; junk, trash, rubbish, or cast-off building materials;
and barrels, boxes, cans, bottles, glasses, papers or containers,
broken or otherwise, susceptible to holding or containing liquids.
[Amended 6-24-1992 by Ord. No. 92-19]
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall deposit, throw,
spill or dump dirt, mud, gravel, sand, stone, cement, trees, stumps,
brush, grass, weeds, wood, metal, iron, plastic, manure, fertilizer,
ashes, coal, cinders, refuse, garbage or debris or other material
upon any highway, street, road, lane or alley, or portion thereof,
within the limits of the Township of Cranford; nor shall any person
or persons, firm or corporation throw, deposit, spill or dump the
same upon any public or private land within the limits of the Township
of Cranford without the permission of the owner thereof; nor shall
any person or persons, firm or corporation cause or permit the same
to be done.[1]
No owner, lessee or occupant of any lot or land shall maintain thereon any unguarded excavation or any excavation in which water may become stagnant and continue such condition in excess of 10 days after service of the notice provided for in § 294-7.
A.
Inspections of lots and lands in the Township shall be made from
time to time by the Chief of the Fire Department and the Health Officer
of the Township to ascertain whether conditions exist in violation
of this article.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department, in collaboration
with the Township Engineer, to enforce the provisions of this article.
A.
Upon receipt of the report mentioned in § 294-5 or upon his own initiative, the Chief of Police shall cause a ten-day notice to be given to the owner, lessee or occupant of such lot or land to remove the conditions and substances within the ten-day period.
B.
The notice to remove shall be in writing and shall be served upon
a resident of the Township personally or by leaving it at his usual
place of abode and shall be served upon a nonresident of the Township
by mailing the same to his last known address as shown by the tax
records.
[Amended 9-13-1988 by Ord. No. 88-64]
In case the owner, lessee or occupant of any lot or land who is served with the notice described in § 294-7 fails, neglects or refuses to effect the removal of the conditions and substances as therein demanded within the ten-day period provided in § 294-7, then the Chief of Police shall notify the Township Engineer to remove or, under the direction of the Township Engineer through the use of private contractors, cause the removal of the same.
[Amended 9-13-1988 by Ord. No. 88-64]
The Township Engineer shall keep an accurate account of the
cost of any such removal and shall certify the cost thereof to the
Township Committee. The Committee shall examine the certificate and,
if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown therein plus an administration
charge of 10% to be charged against said lands. The amount so charged
shall forthwith 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 such lot or land. Such amount shall bear interest at the same
rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers
and in the same manner as taxes.
A.
