The purpose of this article is to protect and promote the public
health through the control of the growth of invasive plant species.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated:
INVASIVE PLANTS
All native and nonnative vines and vegetation that grow out
of place and are competitive, persistent and pernicious. These plants
may damage trees, vegetation, other plant materials, or structures.
Examples include but are not limited to running (monopodial) bamboo,
clumping (sympodial) bamboo, multiflora rose, kudzu vine and poison
ivy and oak.
No owner, tenant or occupant of a property or person, corporation
or other entity, shall plant, install or cause or permit the planting
or installation of invasive plants upon any property located within
the Borough of Glassboro.
In the event any invasive plants are located upon any property
within the Borough of Glassboro prior to the adoption of this article,
the owner and occupant of said property shall jointly and severally
be required to confine such species to prevent the encroachment, spread,
invasion or intrusion of same onto any other private or public property
or public right-of-way. In lieu of confining the species, the property
owner or occupant may elect to totally remove the invasive plants
from the property and all affective properties. Failure to properly
confine such plants shall require removal as set forth below. The
cost of said removal shall be at the invasive plant property owner's
expense. This duty to confine shall not apply if the property owner
and/or occupant can establish to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement
Officer that the invasive plant which is on his or her property at
the time of the adoption of this article originated on another property.
In the event invasive plants are present on the date of adoption
of this article and a complaint is received by the Borough regarding
an encroachment of any invasive plant, and the Code Enforcement Officer
of the Borough, after observation and/or inspection, determines that
there is an encroachment or invasion on any adjoining/neighboring
private or public property or public right-of-way (hereinafter "the
affected property"), the Borough shall serve notice to the invasive
plant property owners, in writing, that the invasive plant has invaded
other private or public property(s) or public right-of-way(s) and
demand the removal of the invasive plant from the affected property
and demand approved confinement against future encroachment or, in
the alternative, the total removal from the property owner's property.
Notice shall be provided to the invasive plant property owner, as
well as the owner of the affected property, by certified return receipt
requested mail and regular mail. Within 10 days of receipt of such
notice, the invasive plant property owner shall submit to the Code
Enforcement Officer of the Borough, with a copy to the owner of the
affected property, a plan for the removal of the invasive plant from
the affected property, which plan shall include restoration of the
affected property after removal. Within 30 days of receipt of the
Code Enforcement Officer's approval of the plan of removal and restoration,
the removal and restoration shall be completed to the satisfaction
of the Code Enforcement Officer.