[Adopted 9-23-1946 by Ord. No. 46-6]
[Amended 11-8-1976 by Ord. No. 76-10]
The owner or tenant of any lands lying within the limits of
the Borough of Neptune City, where it shall be necessary and expedient
for the preservation of the public health or safety or elimination
of fire hazards to remove from the front line of any lots or the front
line and side line of any corner lots any shrubbery or hedges, walls
or fences which shall be more than three feet in height above street
level, shall, within 10 days after notice, remove the same.
If the owner or tenant shall refuse or neglect to remove the
same within the time provided above, the Borough of Neptune City,
under the direction of some officer of the municipality, may provide
for the removal of the same.
If the same shall be removed by or under the direction of an
officer of the municipality, such officer shall certify the cost thereof
to the Borough Council, who shall examine the certificate and, if
found correct, shall cause the cost, as shown thereon, to be charged
against said lands, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become
a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form part
of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, and shall
bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and
enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
[Adopted 11-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-11]
The purpose of this chapter 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
meanings indicated:
INVASIVE PLANTS
All native and nonnative vines, vegetation and flowering
vines that grow out of place, are competitive, persistent, and pernicious.
These plants may damage trees, vegetation, or structures. Examples
include, but are not limited to, bamboo (spreading or running type),
ragweed, multiflora rose, kudzu vine and poison ivy or oak.
All persons must control the growth of invasive plants. Failure
to control the spread of such vegetation beyond the boundaries of
a resident's property, including, but not limited to, growth
onto neighboring properties and public or nonpublic utilities, is
a violation of this article.
All places and premises in the Borough of Neptune City shall
be subject to inspection by the enforcement officer. Such inspections
shall be performed by such person, persons or agency duly authorized
and appointed by the Borough of Neptune City. An inspection shall
be made if that official has reason to believe that any section of
this article is being violated.
Any person, partnership, limited-liability company, corporation
or other entity who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to the maximum fines and penalties
established under N.J.S.A. 40:49-5 and 40:69A-29, and as same shall
be amended from time to time. Each and every day a violation of this
article shall exist shall constitute a separate violation.