[Amended 4-10-2012 by Ord. No. 3972]
The owner, tenant or occupant of lands lying within the Township,
where it shall be determined by the Department of Health to be necessary
and expedient for the preservation of public health, safety and general
welfare or to eliminate a fire hazard, shall remove from such lands
brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths,
filth, garbage, trash and debris within 10 days after notice to remove
the same, which shall be conspicuously posted on said property and
sent by regular mail to the last known address of the tenant, owner
or occupant.
Whenever the owner, tenant or occupant of any lands shall refuse or neglect to remove from said lands all brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris as required by §
88-1 and after notice given as provided therein, then the same may be removed under the direction of the Township Manager or his designee. The cost paid or incurred for investigating, administering and removing same shall be charged against such lands, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon the lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes then next to be assessed and levied upon the lands and shall be collected and enforced according to law. The Township may elect to foreclose on the properties of repeat violators and the proceeds used to maintain said property.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties as provided in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, at the discretion of the court. Every day that a violation continues after due notice has been served, in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, shall be deemed a separate offense.
No provision of this chapter shall be construed as restricting
or otherwise abrogating the enforcement and other powers of the Township's
Construction Code Official under the New Jersey Uniform Construction
Code, including without limitation N.J.S.A. 52:27D-123 et seq., and
N.J.A.C. 5:23-1.1 et seq. (collectively, the "Code"). The provisions
of this chapter shall be construed as consistent with the enforcement
and other powers of the Township's Construction Code Official
under the Code.