A.
Vegetative materials shall be placed at the front yard curb, or edge
of the street or road in the front yard, in a manner convenient for
the Township collector and that does not impede pedestrians and motorists
from safely traversing the streets and sidewalks. Noncontainerized
yard waste shall not be placed closer than 10 feet to any storm drain
inlet.
[Amended 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 2380-20]
(1)
Leaves shall be separated from all other plant materials and shall
be placed loose (not in bags or other containers).
(2)
Grass shall be disposed of as regular trash on normal collection
days. Grass shall be bagged and placed in a garbage cart or receptacle.
(3)
Tree trunks and stumps are prohibited.
B.
The owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee, its agent and/or assigns or
occupant of lands lying within the Township are responsible for the
vegetative material that has been placed at the front yard curb, or
edge of the street or road in the front yard by commercial landscapers
they have hired. Commercial landscapers and/or tree contractors are
prohibited from placing trees, segments thereof, and branches on the
front yard curb, or edge of the street or road in the front yard for
municipal curbside collection, and an owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee,
its agent and/or assigns or occupant shall be responsible for any
such violation of this subsection by his, her or their commercial
landscaper and/or tree contractor.
C.
For the purposes of collecting vegetative materials, the Township
is divided into four zones. (See zone map.[1]) Vegetative materials shall be collected in Zone 1 during
the week containing the first Monday in the month, Zone 2 during the
week containing the second Monday, Zone 3 during the week containing
the third Monday, and Zone 4 during the week containing the fourth
Monday. Vegetative materials shall be put out the Saturday or Sunday
immediately preceding the week in which a zone is to have collection.
[1]
Editor's Note: The zone map is on file in the Township office.
A.
Vegetative materials shall be placed in an area of the street or
road edge not greater than four feet from the edge of the pavement.
B.
Vegetative materials shall be piled not greater than three feet in
height and 12 feet in length.
C.
Trees, or segments thereof, and branches greater than six inches
in diameter may not be disposed of through municipal curbside collection.
D.
Trees, or segments thereof, branches and twigs shall not exceed three
feet in length.
A.
No owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee, its agent and/or assigns, or
occupant of lands lying within the Township shall accumulate or allow
to accumulate on such lands, including sidewalks, gutters and catch
basins thereon, lands, brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris, if such
accumulation is adverse to the public health, safety, general welfare
or creates a fire hazard.
B.
Vegetative materials shall only be piled in and collected from front yard curbs in conformance with the collection schedule for such materials established in § 375-6C above.
C.
Owners, lessees, tenants, mortgagees, their agents and/or assigns
or occupants are prohibited from adding, or allowing the addition
of, their vegetative materials to other piles or collections located
in the front yard of neighboring or adjacent properties, or from piling
for collection by the Township such vegetative materials in the rear
or the side yards of their property(ies). Nothing herein shall prohibit
an owner, lessee, tenants, mortgagees, their agents and/or assigns
from temporarily piling vegetative materials in other areas of their
property(ies) until it is the proper time to place such materials
in the front yard for collection.
The Department of Health, Department of Public Works, or Police
Department shall from time to time make inspections, and if any such
department finds any violation of this article, or if any such violation
is reported to it by a Township officer or employee, shall give written
notice to the owner, tenant, lessee, mortgagee, its agent and/or assigns
or occupant to remove or correct the violations.
In the event the owner, lessee, tenant, mortgagee, its agent
and/or assigns or occupant, within 10 days after such notice to such
owner, tenant, lessee or occupant, shall refuse or neglect to remove
the same, the Township manager may provide for the removal from such
lands of brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris or under the direction of
any officer of the Township the Township manager may designate.
In all cases where brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris are removed
from any lands by or under the direction of the manager, or such other
officer as provided above, such officer shall certify the cost thereof
to the Township council, which shall examine the certificate, and
if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged
against such lands, which amount so charged shall forthwith become
a lien upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate
as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced in the same manner as
taxes.
The Department of Health, Department of Public Works, or Police
Department, in preparing the notice described in this article, shall
have discretion to include all or only certain portions of the lands
of the owner, tenant, lessee, mortgagee, its agents or assigns or
occupant to be served with such notice, or all or only specified types,
quantities or sizes of brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps,
roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris, as may
be described and designated in such notice.
The provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, accumulation of and size and dimensions of vegetative materials, are also applicable to commercial landscapers as defined in this chapter. Commercial landscapers must register with the Township as set forth in Article IV herein.
Any person violating the terms of this article shall, upon conviction
in the municipal court, be punished as follows:
