[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights 4-23-2019 by Ord. No. 2433. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is adopted to control the planting, cultivating or growing of bamboo and to require barriers to prevent the spread of existing bamboo into other areas in this Borough.
Subject to certain exemptions set forth in this chapter, no persons, or other property owners or tenants, shall plant, cultivate, or cause to grow any bamboo on any lot or parcel of ground in the Borough of Hasbrouck Heights, subject to the following exceptions:
A. 
The root system of such bamboo plants is entirely contained within an aboveground-level planter, barrel, or other vessel of such design, material, and location as to entirely prevent the spread of growth of the bamboo plants' root system beyond the container beyond which it is planted; or
B. 
The root system is contained within a properly constructed and maintained barrier system.
C. 
Whether planted or growing in a container, as described herein, all bamboo plants shall be located, trimmed and maintained so that no part of the plant shall be closer than 10 feet from any property line.
This chapter shall not apply to anyone who, prior to the effective date of this chapter, has planted or cultivated any bamboo on any property unless the Property Code Enforcement Officer determines that any portion of such bamboo has been allowed to grow upon, extend roots across, or extend branches, stalks or leaves over any public way or any private property not owned by or in the possession of that person.
Whenever the Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Officer of this Borough determines that bamboo has been planted in violation of this chapter or that there is an encroachment from pre-existing bamboo plants or roots onto another property of another, the Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Officer shall issue a notice substantially as follows:
A. 
The notice shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, properly addressed and with sufficient postage, and also by first-class mail. Notice by certified mail shall be deemed complete on the date of personal delivery, or the date the certified mail is marked refused or unclaimed or otherwise undeliverable by the United States Post Office, when the first class mail was not returned.
B. 
The notice shall specify the nature of the violation.
C. 
The notice shall state that the violation must be corrected within 30 days from the date of the received or returned mailing.
D. 
The notice shall state specifically what must be done by the responsible party to correct the violation.
A. 
Any person determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to have violated this chapter shall be subject to pay a fine as provided in Chapter 204, entitled "Penalties." Notwithstanding any provision of the said Chapter 204 to the contrary, a separate violation shall occur for each thirty-day period during which the violation exists after the date for removal as set forth in the notice which was sent to violator. Each thirty-day period of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate offense for which an additional fine can be levied.
B. 
If the violation is not remedied within the time set forth in the aforesaid notice, the Borough is hereby authorized to remove or have removed any encroaching bamboo and to take all reasonable steps to eradicate the regrowth of the bamboo on the public rights-of-way, including sidewalks, and to restore such land to its normal condition, prior to such removal and eradication.
C. 
Any and all of the cost of the corrective action incurred by the Borough shall be recoverable from the responsible party and shall be a lien on the subject property and levied by the Borough Tax Collector.