[Derived from Ch. 21, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
A. 
All brush, hedges or other plant life growing upon any lands lying in the Township within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of any intersection of two roadways shall be cut to a height of not more than 2 1/2 feet. The Council shall direct the Municipal Clerk to give written notice to the owner or tenant, or both requiring such cutting, and thereupon it shall become the duty of the owner or tenant to comply within 10 days after receipt of such notice, or within 10 days after publication and posting of such notice as hereinafter provided.
B. 
The foregoing notice may be served upon any owner or tenant either personally or by registered mail, and, in the latter case, the period of 10 days within which compliance with the directions of such notice is required shall be deemed to have commenced from the date of the return receipt for the delivery of such registered notice obtained by postal authorities.
C. 
In the event that proper service cannot be effected by the Municipal Clerk, as provided herein, the notice may, in lieu of such service, be published at least once in a daily newspaper published in the County and also be posted in a conspicuous place upon the lands designated therein. In the event that such notice shall be served by publication and posting, the period of 10 days within which compliance with the directions of such notice is required shall be deemed to have commenced from the date of the publication or the date of posting of such notice, whichever is later.
D. 
Every notice shall, in addition to the requirements specified in this article, set forth a warning to such owner or tenant of the lands designated therein that, in the event of refusal or neglect by the tenant or owner to comply within the time limits hereinbefore provided after service of the notice, the acts required to be performed by the notice will be performed by or under the direction of the Superintendent of Roads of the Township, the costs of such performance to be charged against and thereupon become a lien upon the lands, bearing interest at the same rate as unpaid taxes of the Township.
If the owner or tenant of lands designated in any notice under § 384-1 shall refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements of such notice within the time limit provided therein and compliance is effected by or under the direction of the Superintendent of Roads, the Superintendent shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Council, which, if the certificate shall be found to be correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands, and, in the event that such cost shall be found by the Council to be excessive, shall cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against the lands; and thereupon a statement of the cost so found by the Council to be charged against the lands shall be furnished by the Municipal Clerk to the Assessor of Taxes, and the cost thereof shall become a lien upon the lands and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon the lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and to be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
A. 
All persons and corporations including the Township and the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority, placing pipes, lines, conduits or making any other construction under the surface of any of the streets or roads of the Township shall comply with the following rules, regulations and specifications:
(1) 
All sewer lines shall be located in the center of streets and roads.
(2) 
Water mains shall be located on the south or east side of all streets and roads no more than six feet from the curblines thereof.
(3) 
Gas mains shall be located on the north or west side of all streets and roads no more than six feet from the curblines thereof.
(4) 
Telephone and electric utility conduits shall be installed in the sidewalk areas.
(5) 
Subsurface drains shall be located as close to the street side of the curblines as possible.
(6) 
In all cases where it is necessary for one utility to cross another utility or utilities, the crossing shall be made at right angles.
B. 
The Township Engineer shall have the authority and power to enforce these rules and regulations. Before any subsurface construction in the streets or roads is commenced, plans therefor shall be submitted to the Township Engineer who shall have power to grant necessary variances from the above regulations where the existence of bridges, tunnels, streams or other obstructions or conditions make it necessary or proper to deviate from the above regulations. The Township Engineer shall also have power to permit changes in the above regulations in those instances where the present location of subsurface structures and utilities will prevent a strict compliance with the terms of this article.
C. 
Nothing in this article shall be construed to relieve any person or corporation disturbing the surface of the streets or the roads of the Township for subsurface construction, from the obligation to replace and repair the surface of such street or road to the condition in which it was found, nor from the payment of any fee for a road opening permit which is now or may hereafter be required by the Township.
D. 
The Township Engineer shall have power to stop construction and revoke the permit given to any person or corporation violating the terms of this article.
See also N.J.R.S.I.S. for additional specifications.
A. 
No street, road or highway shall be accepted by the Township and taken over as a municipal road and maintained as such unless it complies with the specifications designated Amended Street Specifications for the Township of Lawrence in the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey, dated April 17, 1968, copies of which specifications are on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk.
B. 
Sidewalks, curbs and gutters. Concrete sidewalks, curbs and gutters shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications as outlined in the Amended Street Specifications for the Township of Lawrence in the County of Mercer and State of New Jersey which are on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk.
C. 
Refusal to accept variances from specifications. The Township Council may refuse to approve or accept any road, street, highway, concrete sidewalk, curbs and gutters notwithstanding compliance with all of the respective specifications named hereinabove when in its judgment it is not advisable for good reason to grant such acceptance. It may permit variations of the specifications named hereinabove when for good reason and without injury to the public interest, it deems a variance thereof to be advisable.