Borough of Brookhaven, PA
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2019-06-03
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Part 6: General Offenses Code
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Chapter 686 Trees, Weeds and Grass
- Part 2: Administration Code
- Title Two - General Provisions
- Ch 202 Codified Ordinances
- Ch 204 Official Standards
- Ch 206 Wards and Boundaries
- Ch 208 General Fee Schedule
- Ch 210 Schedule of Attorney Fees
- Title Four - Legislation
- Ch 220 Council
- Ch 222 Ordinances and Resolutions
- Title Six - Administration
- Ch 230 Mayor
- Ch 232 Solicitor
- Ch 234 Auditors
- Ch 236 Tax Collector
- Ch 238 Treasurer
- Ch 240 Secretary
- Ch 242 Police Department
- Ch 244 Fire Department
- Ch 246 Building Inspector
- Ch 248 Engineer
- Ch 250 Zoning Officer
- Ch 252 Purchasing
- Title Eight - Boards and Commissions
- Ch 260 Civil Service Commission
- Ch 262 Zoning Hearing Board
- Ch 264 Planning Commission
- Ch 266 Recreation Board
- Ch 268 Board of Health
- Title Ten - Employees and Pension Plans
- Ch 280 Employees Generally
- Ch 282 Police Pension Plan
- Title Twelve - Judicial
- Ch 290 District Justice of the Peace
- Part 4: Traffic Code
- Title Two - Administration, Enforcement And Penalties
- Ch 420 Definitions
- Ch 422 Traffic Control
- Ch 424 Accident Reports
- Ch 426 Penalties
- Title Four - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- Ch 440 One-Way Streets
- Ch 442 Stop Streets
- Ch 444 Traffic Control Devices
- Ch 446 Parades
- Ch 448 Skateboards
- Title Six - Operation
- Ch 460 Operation Generally
- Ch 462 Speed
- Title Eight - Vehicles
- Ch 480 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- Ch 482 Junk, Wrecked and Abandoned Vehicles
- Title Ten - Parking
- Ch 490 Parking Generally
- Part 6: General Offenses Code
- Ch 606 Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 610 Advertising and Billposting
- Ch 612 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 614 Animals
- Ch 652 Noise Control
- Ch 656 Obscenity and Sex Related Offenses
- Ch 660 Offenses Relating to Persons
- Ch 664 Offenses Relating to Property
- Ch 668 Peace Disturbances
- Ch 670 Consumer Fireworks
- Ch 680 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- Ch 683 Special Events
- Ch 686 Trees, Weeds and Grass
- § 686.01 Removal or cutting of undergrowth required.
- § 686.02 Inspection.
- § 686.03 Notice to abate.
- § 686.04 Noncompliance; remedy of Borough.
- § 686.05 Collection of costs.
- § 686.99 Penalty.
- Ch 694 Weapons
- Part 8: Business Regulation And Tax Code
- Title Two - Business Regulation
- Ch 818 Amusement Devices
- Ch 820 Barber and Beauty Shops
- Ch 821 Community Antenna Cable Television Systems
- Ch 822 Food Code
- Ch 823 Tattoo Parlors, Body Piercing, Beading and Body Jewelry Establishments
- Ch 824 Laundromats
- Ch 828 Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 830 Precious Metals Dealers
- Ch 832 Shopping Carts
- Ch 834 Temporary Sidewalk/Street Sales
- Ch 836 Transient Merchants
- Ch 840 Video Cassette Sales and Rental Stores
- Ch 843 House and Apartment Registration
- Title Four - Taxation
- Ch 880 Amusement Tax
- Ch 884 Mercantile Tax
- Ch 888 Real Estate Tax
- Ch 892 Realty Transfer Tax
- Ch 896 Business Privilege Tax
- Ch 898 Earned Income Tax
- Ch 899 Taxpayers Bill of Rights
- Part 10: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
- Title Two - Street And Sidewalk Areas
- Ch 1020 Improvements Generally
- Ch 1022 Street Paving
- Ch 1024 Sidewalk and Curb Construction and Repair
- Ch 1026 Excavations
- Title Four - Utilities
- Ch 1040 Water
- Ch 1042 Sewers
- Ch 1043 Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Regulations
- Ch 1044 Electricity
- Ch 1046 Gas
- Ch 1048 Wires, Cables and Poles
- Ch 1050 Right-Of-Way Access
- Title Six - Other Public Services
- Ch 1060 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- Ch 1061 Recycling
- Ch 1062 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 1064 Emergency Operations Plan
- Ch 1066 Audible Alarms and Automatic Protection Devices
- Part 12: Planning and Zoning Code
- Title Two - Land Planning
- Ch 1220 Planning Commission
- Ch 1222 Development Plans
- Ch 1224 Development Specifications
- Ch 1226 Private Streets
- Ch 1228 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 1230 Stormwater Management
- Ch 1232 Professional Consultants
- Title Four - Zoning
- Part 14: Building and Housing Code
- Title Two - Building Regulations
- Ch 1403 International Residential Code
- Ch 1404 Building Code
- Ch 1405 International Existing Building Code
- Ch 1406 Boca National Building Code
- Ch 1407 Uniform Construction Code
- Ch 1408 Building Permits and Fees
- Ch 1409 Change in Occupancy of Commercial Units
- Ch 1410 Contractors
- Ch 1412 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 1416 Fences
- Ch 1420 Flood Plain Hazards
- Ch 1424 Garbage Disposal Units
- Ch 1428 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 1432 Grading, Drainage and Erosion Control
- Ch 1434 Inspection of Nonresidential Property
- Ch 1436 Insulation
- Ch 1437 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 1438 Parking Lots
- Ch 1439 Rapid Emergency Entry Systems
- Ch 1440 Signs (Repealed)
- Ch 1442 Smoke Detection Devices
- Ch 1444 Swimming Pools
- Ch 1448 Unoccupied Buildings
- Ch 1452 Unsafe Buildings
- Ch 1456 Utility Houses or Sheds
- Ch 1458 Carbon Monoxide Detection
- Title Four - Electrical Regulations
- Ch 1470 Electrical Code
- Ch 1474 Electrical Permits and Fees
- Title Six - Plumbing and Heating Regulations
- Ch 1480 Plumbing and House Drainage Code (Repealed)
- Ch 1484 Plumbing and Heating Permits and Fees
- Ch 1485 Home Heating Oil Tanks
- Ch 1486 Gas Heat and Gas Appliances (Repealed)
- Ch 1488 Oil Burner Code (Repealed)
- Ch 1489 Water Conservation Standards for Plumbing Fixtures
- Ch 1490 Wood/Coal Burning Stoves
- Title Eight - Housing Regulations
- Ch 1494 International Property Maintenance Code
- Part 16: Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1604 American Insurance Association Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1610 Boca National Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1620 Fire Insurance
- Appendix
- Apx A Table of Special Ordinances
- Apx B Statutory Reference Tables
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
CROSS REFERENCES
Health and cleanliness regulations — See Ch. 680.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Authority for planting, acceptance and the like of shade trees — See
Borough Code, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1202(37).
Health and cleanliness regulations — See Borough
Code, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1202(5).
Prohibition and removal of nuisances by Borough — See
Borough Code, 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1202(4) and (5).
Shade trees — See Borough Code, 8 Pa.C.S.A.
§§ 2720 et seq.
Tax for care of shade trees — See Borough Code,
8 Pa.C.S.A. § 1302(3).
[Ord. 140, passed 10-12-1959; Ord. 420, passed 6-1-1981; Ord. 718, passed 11-7-2007]
No owner, tenant or occupier of land within the Borough shall
maintain or permit weeds, grass, vines, trees, shrubbery and/or other
similar undergrowth to stand or remain on such land as follows.
(A)
Where the same constitute a hazard and/or obstruction to vehicular
and/or pedestrian traffic, the same shall be removed or cut back by
the particular owner, tenant or occupant so as to remove the hazard
or obstruction; the responsibility for the selection of such conditions
and the identification of the areas so offending shall rest with the
Police Department.
(B)
Where the same constitute a detriment or hazard to the health or
welfare of the public by reason of breeding of insects, rodents or
vermin and/or emanate pollen or other substances which increase any
pollen count or otherwise adversely affect respiratory illnesses,
the same shall be removed or so cut back as to eliminate such hazards
and detriments to the public health and welfare. The responsibility
for the selection of such conditions and identification of the areas
so offending shall rest with the Board of Health.
(C)
Under no circumstances shall any owner, tenant or occupier of land
in an area zoned other than RS maintain or permit weeds or grass to
grow to a height in excess of six inches.
(D)
Under no circumstances shall any owner, tenant or occupier of land
plant or allow to be planted any bamboo on such land. Any bamboo plantings
existing prior to the date of this Division (D) shall be maintained
in a manner so as to prevent the encroachment of such bamboo across
property lines or into any public right-of-way and shall be trimmed
to a height of no more than four feet.
[Ord. 140, passed 10-12-1959]
It shall be the responsibility of the Police Department and
the Board of Health, as provided in § 686.01, to regularly
inspect appropriate areas of the Borough to discover the conditions
contemplated by this chapter.
[Ord. 140, passed 10-12-1959]
Whenever an offensive condition, as described in § 686.01,
is discovered, selected and identified by the responsible agency,
that agency shall notify the owner, tenant or occupant of the land
in writing, by certified mail, to abate and correct the same within
72 hours of receipt of such notice. No person shall fail to comply
with such notice within such period of time.
[Ord. 330, passed 3-4-1974]
If the owner, tenant or occupant served with the notice specified
in § 686.03 does not abate and correct the condition specified
in the notice within 72 hours, the Borough may proceed to abate and
correct such condition, keeping an account of the expense of the abatement,
and such expense shall be charged to and paid by such owner, tenant
or occupant. Such remedy shall be in addition to the penalty provided
in § 686.99.
[Ord. 330, passed 3-4-1974]
Charges for removal of undergrowth, as provided in § 686.04,
shall be a lien upon the premises. Whenever a bill for such charges
remains unpaid for 60 days after it has been rendered, the Solicitor
may file with the Prothonotary of Delaware County a municipal lien
for the removal of a nuisance pursuant to Commonwealth law. Notice
of such lien shall be mailed to such owner, tenant or occupant of
the premises if his or her address is known.
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Editor's Note: See § 202.99 for general code
penalty if no specific penalty is provided.
