[Adopted by Ord. No. 2-1953 (Sec. 3-3 of the 1985 Revised General Ordinances)]
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the limits of the Township shall keep all brush, hedges and other plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways cut to a height of not more than 2 1/2 feet where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public safety, within 10 days after notice to cut the same.
The Township Committee shall determine by resolution to whom notice shall be sent for the preservation of the public safety, pursuant to this article.
Notice shall be given to the owner or tenant by sending it to his last known post office address by registered mail.
In cases where the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to cut brush, hedges or other plant life, in the manner and within the time provided above, the same shall be cut by or under the direction of the Department of Public Works Supervisor of the Township of Lebanon, and the officer shall certify the cost thereof to the Township Committee which shall examine the certificate and if found correct shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the lands, or in the event that such cost is excessive to cause the reasonable cost thereof 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, the same to bear interest at the same rate as other taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
Any owner or tenant who shall violate this article by failure to cut brush, hedges and other plant life within 10 days after notice to cut the same, as provided in this article, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as established by Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
This article is enacted pursuant to Chapter 152 of the Laws of 1949.[1]
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.26 et seq.