As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
PLANT LIFE
Includes any hedge, brush or other plant life on lands within
the Township.
Whenever it shall appear to the Chief of Police that the existence
upon any land within the Township of plant life growing both within
10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two
roadways and exceeding 2 1/2 feet in height is hazardous to the
public safety or the general welfare of the residents of the Township
or those using its highways or constitutes a safety hazard, the owner,
tenant or occupant of any such lands shall be required to cut such
plant life to a height of not more than 2 1/2 feet within 10
days after receipt by such owner, tenant or occupant of written notice
from the Chief of Police requiring such cutting.
Such notice may be served upon any such owner, tenant or occupant,
either personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, and if by registered or certified mail, the ten-day period
within which such cutting shall be accomplished shall be deemed to
have commenced to run from the date of the return receipt obtained
from the postal authorities for the delivery of such registered or
certified notice.
Every such notice shall, in addition to requiring the cutting
as aforesaid, warn the owner, tenant or occupant of the lands to which
it refers that failure to accomplish such cutting will result in the
cutting by the Township under the direction of the Township Engineer.
The notice shall also state that, in the event of the cutting by the
Township, the cost of such cutting shall forthwith become a lien upon
said lands and shall be added to and become a part of the taxes next
to be assessed and levied upon the same, to bear interest at the same
rate and to be collected as in the case of such taxes.