[Ord. 31, 9/3/1981, § I]
1.
No person, firm, partnership or corporation, owning or having a present
interest in or occupying any real estate in the Township shall, except
as hereinafter provided, permit any grass or weeds or vegetation not
eatable or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose, to grow
or remain on such premises, including any portion of the premises
occupied by a street or alley, so as to exceed a height of six inches
or to throw off any unpleasant or obnoxious odor or to conceal any
debris or to create or to produce pollen. All such vegetation is hereby
declared to be a nuisance and detrimental to the health, safety, cleanliness
and comfort of the inhabitants of the Township.
2.
Provided, however, that no such weeds, grass or similar vegetation
as heretofore defined, shall come within the terms of this Part except
within a radius of 150 feet from a structure inhabited by humans;
and, provided further, that weeds or grass intermingled with growing
cultivated crops, or on premises adjacent to agricultural land, or
land in agricultural use, shall not come within the provisions of
this Part.
[Ord. 31, 9/3/1981, § II]
The owner of any such premises, whether occupied by the owner or not, shall be responsible to remove, trim or cut all such vegetation growing or remaining upon such premises in violation of the provisions of § 10-101 of this Part. Both the owner and the occupant, in the case of premises occupied by other than the owner, shall be jointly responsible for the compliance with this Part.
[Ord. 31, 9/3/1981, § III]
In addition to the penalties as hereinafter imposed in this
Part, the Township Supervisors, or any officer or employee of the
Township designated thereby for the purpose, is hereby authorized
to give notice, by personal service or by United States certified
mail to the owner or the occupant, or either of them, of a violation
of the terms and conditions of this Part, directing and requiring
such occupant or owner or both of them to remove, trim, spray, or
cut such grass, weeds or vegetation, so as to conform to the requirements
of this Part, within five days after issuance of such notice.
[Ord. 31, 9/3/1981, § IV; as amended by Ord. 125B, 9/16/2014]
1.
If any such owner and/or occupant shall neglect to comply with such
notice within the period of time stated herein, the Township authorities
shall have the following remedies:
A.
They may remove, spray, trim or cut such grass, weeds or vegetation
so as to comply with the provisions of this Part; and the reasonable
cost thereof, together with an additional penalty of 10% of reasonable
costs may be collected by the Township from such owner or occupant
as a penalty under the provisions of this Part, or in any other manner
provided by law. This right as herein vested in the Township shall
be in addition to penalties prescribed by the provisions of this Part
for the conviction of the owner or occupant as aforesaid to comply
with the terms of this Part.
B.
They may initiate summary proceedings against any person firm or
corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Part,
upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial
district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary
offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall
be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000
plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a
term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation
of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be
found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
