[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:7-2; Ord. 6 S+FJ, 2-19-1986 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FV, 9-7-1988 § 1; Ord. 6 S+FE, 10-17-2007; Ord. 6PSF-E, 8-6-2014; Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016; amended 4-1-2026 by Ord. No. 6PSF-C, 04-01-2026]
a. 
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the corporate limits of the City is hereby required to remove or cause to be removed from such lands any brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, solid waste, refuse and debris or any materials deposited in violation of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark.
b. 
Any owner of vacant land on which material has been deposited in violation of this section twice in any one-year period shall be required to construct a fence to prevent the recurrence of such violations, or to be present or cause a responsible person to be present within 100 feet of the land between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. the following day.
c. 
The Directors of the Department of Public Works, Health and Community Wellness or Engineering, specifically Code Enforcement and/or Sanitation Inspections, shall notify the owner or tenant, in writing, of any violations of this section and require abatement within two days after receipt by such owner or tenant of written notice.
d. 
Failure to correct the recorded violations within two days after the notice or order has been served may result in a fine of $500 for the first offense and up to $800 thereafter for each violation each day the violation(s) exist beyond the prescribed period of time. If the Court determines that violation(s) exist, the Court shall not consider reducing the total amount of the penalties referred to herein until the Court has been satisfied that the violations are abated.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:7-3; Ord. 5-5-1982 § 1; amended 4-1-2026 by Ord. No. 6PSF-C, 04-01-2026]
a. 
Such notice may be served upon any such owner or tenant either personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. If service is by registered or certified mail, the two-day period within which such removal shall be accomplished shall be deemed to have commenced to run from the date of the delivery of such registered or certified mail as shown on the receipt obtained by the postal authority.
b. 
Every such notice shall, in addition to requiring the removal as aforesaid, warn the owner or tenant of the lands to which such notice refers that failure to accomplish such removal within the time stated therein will result in removal by or under the direction of the City; that the cost of such removal shall be charged to the owner or tenant of such lands and shall be payable to the City within 30 days after the date of submission of the charges (if abatement is deemed hazardous that immediate abatement will be done and the property owner will be charged a fee for cleanup and removal); and that unless such charges are paid within the thirty-day period, the costs aforesaid shall become a lien upon the lands and be collected as provided by N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.14.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:7-4]
Whenever the owner or tenant of lands within the City, receiving the notice provided for by this chapter to remove from such lands any of the substances hereinbefore mentioned, shall fail and neglect, within the time prescribed in the notice, to effect removal of the substances, such removal shall be accomplished by or under the direction of the City. An accurate record of the cost of such removal by the City shall be determined and certified and shall cause such cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands. 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, to bear interest at the same rate as taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as in the case of taxes.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 13A:7-5]
a. 
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter or who shall fail to comply with any notice given by the City as provided in this chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 15:2- 2. Any such penalty shall be in addition to the costs of removing the substances hereinbefore referred to from the lands described in the notice given by the City.
b. 
Whenever vacant property has been cleaned by the City on two or more occasions and the owner of the property makes no effort to prevent further accumulation of refuse, the City may abate further accumulation of refuse by erecting a fence around the property or by such other steps as are deemed necessary by the City.
c. 
The costs of abatement shall be certified to the tax collector and such costs shall thereupon become a lien upon the property to the same extent as liens for unpaid municipal property taxes. In addition thereto, the City may have an auction to recover such costs against the owner of such lands in any court having jurisdiction thereof.