[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403]
1. No person owning or occupying any real property within the Township
shall permit any grass or weeds or any vegetation whatever, non-edible
or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose, to exceed a height
of eight inches in the following areas:
A. Within an area of 200 feet from any portion of an occupied or commercial
building and clearly visible from the street or abutting properties.
B. On all lots of less than three acres within an approved and recorded
subdivision to a distance of 200 feet from an occupied structure.
C. At all intersections so as to create a clear sight triangle of at
least 25 feet on each street.
D. On all utility, authority or governmental rights-of-way.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403]
1. On lots of three or more acres, land owners are required to conform
to Act 1982-74 "Noxious Weed Control Law." The list of noxious weeds
includes but is not limited to.
A. Cannabis sativa, commonly known as marihuana.
B. Cichorium intybus, commonly known as chicory or succory or blue daisy.
C. Cirsium arvense, commonly known as Canadian thistle.
D. Rosa multiflora, commonly known as multiflora rose.
E. Sorghum halepense, commonly known as Johnson grass.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403]
1. No property owner shall permit vegetation including trees, tree limbs,
brush, and other vegetation from encroaching onto the public right-of-way
as defined:
A. Within 11 feet above any public roadway within the Township.
B. Within one foot from the side of any public roadway within the Township.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403]
All public and private utilities, their contractors, and agents
are required to register with the Code Enforcement Officer as to the
scope and extent of all tree trimming operations within the Township.
No fee will be required for such registration.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403]
It shall be the duty of the Code Enforcement Officer to serve
or cause to be served a notice upon the owner or occupant of any premises
on which weeds or plants are permitted to grow in violation of the
provisions of this Part and to demand the abatement of the nuisance
within 10 days.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403]
If the person so served does not abate the nuisance within 10
days of the notice as aforesaid the Township may proceed to abate
such nuisance, keeping an account of the expense of the abatement,
and such expense shall be charged and paid by such owner or occupant.
When the Township proceeds to abate the nuisance, it reserves the
right to remove all vegetation through the right of way or easement
area.
[Ord. 114, 1/21/1991, § 403; as amended by Ord.
266, 9/17/2007]
Any such person failing to abate such nuisance within 10 days
of notice to do so, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a section 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 less than $50 nor 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.