[Adopted 12-13-1967 by Ord. No. O-8-67 as
Ch. 71 of the 1967 Code;2-27-2017 by Ord. No. O:10-2017]
The owner or owners, tenant or tenants of lands abutting or
bordering upon any of the public avenues or highways of the Township
of Monroe shall remove or cause to be removed from the sidewalks and
to the width of one foot out of the gutters in front of or bordering
on their said lands all snow and ice within 10 hours of daylight after
the same shall be formed or fall thereon and any sand, dirt or other
material or collection of materials forming an obstruction or constituting
an impediment thereon within 10 hours of daylight after the same shall
have formed, collected or been created thereon.
A.
The owner or owners or tenants of land abutting or bordering upon
any of the public avenues or highways of the Township of Monroe are
hereby required to remove all grass, weeds, brush or other plant or
vegetable growth, as well as rubbish, brush or debris, which may in
any way impair the visibility of persons using public highways to
the danger of other users thereof; or which may emit foul or unhealthy
odors or which may serve as a place for the breeding of flies, mosquitoes
or other insects of a destructive nature or serve as a haven or refuge
for mice, rats, snakes or other animals and reptiles of a destructive
nature and generally odious to man; or which may constitute a fire
hazard; or which may constitute an impediment on or overhanging the
sidewalks along any of said streets, avenues or highways; or which
may be generally disagreeable or obnoxious to the residents in the
immediate vicinity of any land on which said grass, weeds, brush or
other plant or vegetable growth, rubbish or debris may exist, within
three days if there is an eminent public safety hazard or 10 days
after receipt of notice of removal of such grass, weeds, brush or
other plant or vegetable growth, rubbish or debris shall have been
given by the Code Enforcement Officer and/or Board of Health Officer,
either by mail, personally, or through the medium of the police force
of the Township of Monroe.
B.
The owner or owners or tenants of land abutting or bordering upon
any of the public avenues or highways of the Township of Monroe shall
be prohibited from planting any type of tree within any of the Township's
rights-of-way along or upon their property which abuts or borders
all of the public avenues or highways throughout the Township of Monroe.
C.
All existing trees within the Township's rights-of-way along any
public avenue or highway throughout the Township of Monroe are hereby
required to be properly trimmed and shall not overhang into the roadway
to interfere with motor vehicle or pedestrian traffic. The owner or
owners or tenants of said lands shall comply with this requirement
within 30 days of the effective date of this section.
D.
The owner or owners or tenants of land abutting or bordering upon any of the public avenues or highways of the Township of Monroe shall be prohibited from maintaining any fence, structure or post in that portion of the public right-of-way between the municipal sidewalk and the curb or road edge or, in the event that there is no sidewalk, within four feet from the curb or road edge. This subsection shall not prohibit the maintenance of a mailbox and bus shelters within said right-of-way. Portable basketball poles and nets and hockey nets are not permitted in the street at any time. Portable basketball poles and nets and permanent basketball poles and nets are not permitted curbside and must be removed; no exceptions. All units must remain on the property/driveway at all times. The Township prohibits obstructions of any kind within the public street right-of-way. For safety and liability reasons, the Township requires that portable basketball poles and nets and hockey nets be removed from the Township rights-of-way within 24 hours of notification of the adjacent property owner. If the hazard remains after that time, the Township will remove it without further notice. The provisions of this Subsection D are to be enforced by the Director of Public Safety, the Police Department, and any other individual designated by the Director of Public Safety. Any violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of $100 for the first offense; $250 for the second offense; and a fine not to exceed $1,000 for all subsequent offenses.
In case such owner or owners, tenant or tenants of any land abutting or bordering upon any public street, avenue or highway in said township shall neglect or refuse to remove such snow, ice, sand, dirt, material or materials forming an obstruction or constituting an impediment within 10 hours of daylight as provided in § 249-1, then the same shall be removed by or under the direction of the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of Monroe.
In case such owner or owners, tenant or tenants of any land abutting or bordering upon any street, avenue or highway in said township shall neglect or refuse to remove such grass, weeds, brush or other plant or vegetable growth, rubbish or debris from such lands within three days after notice has been given to remove the same as provided in § 249-2, then the same shall be removed by or under the direction of the Code Enforcement Officer of the Township of Monroe.
In all cases where any snow, ice, sand, dirt or other materials
or collection of materials, grass, weeds, brush or other plant or
debris are removed from any land, sidewalk or gutter, under the provisions
of this article, by or under the direction of the Mayor of the Township
of Monroe, the Code Enforcement Officer shall certify to the costs
thereof to the Township Council, which shall examine the certificate
and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be
charged against the lands upon which such condition shall have existed
and shall have been repaired, and the amount so charged shall forthwith
become a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and form a part
of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such land and shall
bear interest at the same rate as all other taxes and shall be collected
and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as other
taxes.
Any person who shall fail to comply with or who violates or
offends against any provisions or any section of this article shall,
on conviction of such violation or offense, pay a penalty of not more
than $1,000 or shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 90 days,
or both, for each and every offense.
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:65-14, it shall be the
duty of all abutting land owners to maintain or repair at their own
expense all existing curbs and sidewalks.
B.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall issue a notice, in writing, to
be served upon the owners or occupant of said lands, requiring the
necessary specified work to said curb or sidewalk to be done by said
owner or occupant within a period of not less than 30 days from the
date of service of such notice; whenever any lands are unoccupied
and the owner cannot be found within the municipality, the same may
be mailed, postage prepaid, to his or her post office address, if
the same can be ascertained; in the case such owner is a nonresident
of the municipality or his or her post office address cannot be ascertained,
then the notice may be inserted for four weeks, once a week in the
official Township newspaper.
C.
In case the owner or occupant of such lands shall not comply with the requirements of the notice as set forth in Subsection B above, it shall be lawful for the Director of the Department of Public Works to cause the required work to be done and paid for out of the municipal funds available for that purpose. The cost of such work shall be certified by the charge of the collection of the assessments in such municipality and upon the filing of said certificate, the amount of the cost of such work shall be and become a lien upon said abutting lands in front of which such work was done to the same extent that assessments for local improvements are liens in the Township of Monroe.
