[Adopted 9-19-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-14]
The owner of any lands within the Borough shall, upon receiving
notice from the Borough Code Enforcement Officer, cause all overgrown
grass and shrubbery to be cut, brush, weeds, dead and dying trees,
stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris,
where the same impede the health, safety, or welfare of the public,
be removed from said lands within 10 days after service of the notice
to remove same as provided herein.
A.
In case the owner shall not have, within 10 days of the date of this
service of such notice, mowed overgrown grass, trimmed shrubbery,
removed from such lands all brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, roots,
obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris as mentioned in
said notice, the Supervisor of the Department of Public Works may
cause or arrange for the required work to be done; however, he is
not bound to do so. If the Supervisor has cause or arranges for such
work to be done, it shall be performed at a cost to the owner of such
lands.
B.
In case the work is done by the Borough or at the Borough's
expense by an outside contractor, the cost of same shall be paid out
of monies appropriated in the annual tax levy for the repair and maintenance
of streets and roads in the same manner as other work done by the
Department of Public Works. The cost of such work when completed shall
be certified to the governing body by the Supervisor of the Department
of Public Works, and the governing body 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 part
of the tax 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 by the same manner as taxes.
