[Adopted 10-24-1947 by Ord. No. 291]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands
abutting upon any public street or highway in the Township of Saddle
Brook shall remove all grass, weeds, brush or other impediments from
that part of the public street or highway lying between the property
line of their respective lands and the curb or gutter of such public
streets or highways within three days after notice to remove the same.
[Amended 3-26-1987 by Ord. No. 945]
Any owner or owners, tenant or tenants who shall
refuse or neglect to remove all grass, weeds, brush or other impediments
from the area lying between the property line and the curb or gutter
of the public streets or highways abutting upon their respective lands
within the time hereinabove specified shall be subject to a fine of
$200 or imprisonment for 10 days, or both. The Judge before whom a
conviction is had shall fix the amount of such fine or imprisonment
not in excess of the maximum herein provided.
[Amended 3-26-1987 by Ord. No. 945]
In case the owner or owners, tenant or tenants shall refuse or neglect to remove all such grass, weeds, brush or other impediments within the time specified in § 67-1 after notice to remove the same, the same shall be removed under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works or such other officer as the Mayor may designate.
[Amended 3-26-1987 by Ord. No. 945]
In all cases where said grass, weeds, brush
or other impediments are removed by or under the direction of the
Superintendent of Public Works or such other officer as the Mayor
may designate, such officer shall certify the costs thereof to the
Mayor, who shall examine the certificate and, if found to be correct,
shall cause such costs as shown thereon to be charged against the
lands abutting upon such public street or highway. The amount so charged
shall thereupon 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, the same 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 other taxes.
[Added 7-12-1984 by Ord. No. 893]
It shall be unlawful for any owner, tenant,
contractor, subcontractor or any other person, firm, association,
partnership or corporation to sweep, blow, push or in any other manner
cause grass clippings and/or leaves, tree branches or plant or shrubbery
branches or debris to be placed into the streets and/or to be placed
into the storm drains and/or sewer drains located within the public
streets of the Township of Saddle Brook. All such leaves, grass clippings,
tree branches or plant or shrubbery branches or debris shall be removed
by the owner or tenant by placing the aforementioned leaves, grass
clippings, tree branches or plant or shrubbery branches or debris
in disposable plastic bags or in trash containers or in any other
type of bag or box to be placed at the curb for disposal.
[Added 7-12-1984 by Ord. No. 893]
All such leaves, grass clippings, tree branches
or plant or shrubbery branches or debris cut or trimmed by a contractor,
subcontractor or any other person, firm, association, partnership
or corporation other than the owner or the tenant of the premises
shall be removed from the premises and shall not be placed in the
streets and/or the storm drains and/or the sewer drains located within
the public streets of the Township of Saddle Brook, and said contractor,
subcontractor or any other person, firm, association, partnership
or corporation which has cut the grass or trimmed the trees or raked
the leaves or trimmed any tree branches, plant or shrubbery branches
shall be solely responsible for removing said debris from the premises
and shall be responsible for carrying said items away from the premises
and disposing of said debris at a place or through an agency by which
a contract has been entered into for the disposal of said debris.
No bags or trash containers or any other containers of any type no
matter how described shall be left at the curb for pickup or disposal.
[Added 7-12-1984 by Ord. No. 893]
Any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, contractor, subcontractor, owner or tenant who violates the provisions of §§ 67-4.1 and 67-4.2 shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed $100 for each offense and/or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 30 days for each offense, or both, as may be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense for which a separate violation shall occur and for which separate penalties may be imposed.
