No person shall erect or maintain upon said person's property a fence, trees, shrubs, bushes, objects, structures or material which interferes unreasonably with the view of travelers upon an abutting way or public way, and any order from the Town Manager or designee for the partial or total removal of the items mentioned in this section shall be complied with forthwith.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of East Longmeadow as Ch. 8, § 8.030, of the 1982 General Bylaws; amended in its entirety 4-12-2022. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No owner or foreclosing mortgagee (hereinafter "owner") shall allow grass, trees, bushes, shrubs or any other vegetation to constitute a nuisance, as determined by the agent of the Board of Health, to the health, safety or appearance of the neighborhood where the property is located.
B.
If an agent of the Board of Health notifies the owner of the existence of a nuisance and said owner fails to correct the situation within 10 days of the date of said notice, the owner is subject to fines as specified in MGL c. 111, § 122. Each day of noncompliance after the 10th day constitutes a separate violation. Unpaid fines shall be assessed against the property and should be a municipal charges lien under Chapter 330, Article I, of these bylaws and enforced as set forth therein. The Town may also correct the nuisance through its employees or an independent contractor.
C.
The cost of correction plus an administrative fee of $200 shall be assessed against the property.