[Ord. 49, 8/25/1981, § 1]
No person, firm, partnership or corporation, owning or having
a present interest in or occupying any real estate or any lot where
houses inhabited by humans are closer than 300 feet to each other
and including any land within a one-hundred-fifty-foot radius from
each of these dwellings, also to include 150 feet on each side of
any public road right-of-way which lies within the above described
radius, shall permit any grass or weeds or vegetation not edible or
planted for some useful or ornamental purpose, to grow or remain on
such premises so as to exceed a height of 10 inches or to throw off
any unpleasant or obnoxious odor or to conceal any debris or to create
or to produce pollen. All such vegetation is hereby declared to be
a nuisance and detrimental to the health, safety, cleanliness and
comfort of the inhabitants of the Township. Provided, however, that
weeds or grass intermingled with growing cultivate crops on agricultural
land, or land in agricultural use, shall not come within the provisions
of this Part.
[Ord. 49, 8/25/1981, § 2]
The owner of any such premises, whether occupied by the owner or not, shall be responsible to remove, trim or cut all such vegetation growing or remaining upon such premises in violation of the provisions of § 10-101. Both the owner and the occupant, in the case of premises occupied by other than the owner, shall be jointly responsible for the compliance with this Part.
[Ord. 49, 8/25/1981, § 3]
In addition to the penalties as hereinafter imposed in this
Part, the Township Supervisors, or any officer or employer of the
Township designated thereby for the purpose, is hereby authorized
to give notice in writing by U.S. Certified Mail to the owner or the
occupant, or either of them, of a violation of the terms and conditions
of this Part, directing and requiring such occupant or owner or both
of them to remove, trim, or cut such grass, weeds, or vegetation,
so as to conform to the requirements of this Part, within 10 days
after issuance of such notice.
[Ord. 49, 8/25/1981, § 4; as amended by Ord. 05-112,
7/26/2005]
1.
If any such owner and/or occupant shall neglect to comply with such
notice within the period of time stated herein, the Township authorities
shall have the following remedies:
A.
They may remove, trim or cut such grass, weeds or vegetation so as
to comply with the provisions of this Part; and the reasonable cost
thereof, together with an additional penalty of 10% of reasonable
costs, may be collected by the Township from such owner or occupant
as a penalty under the provisions of this Part, or in any other manner
provided by law. This right as herein vested in the Township shall
be in addition to penalties prescribed by the provisions of this Part
for the conviction of the owner or occupant as aforesaid to comply
with the terms of this Part.
B.
They may initiate summary proceedings against any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Part,
who shall, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district
justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of
payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed
90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each
section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall
constitute a separate offense.
