Township of Burlington, NJ Article I Street Obstructions

[Adopted 12-19-1905; amended 3-26-1985; 12-23-1986; 12-26-1989; 5-9-2000 (Sec. 11:1 of the 1975 General Ordinances)]

§ 520-1 Enforcement official.

The Public Works Department of the Township of Burlington is hereby designated as the enforcement official of the Township of Burlington.

§ 520-2 (Reserved) [1]

[1] Editor's Note: Former § 520-2, Accumulation prohibited, was repealed 8-11-2009 by Ord. No. 09-OR-016.

§ 520-3 Responsibility allocated.

It is made the duty of the owner, tenant or occupier of abutting or adjacent lands to the highways to remove all weeds, grasses, shrubs and other material obstructing the highways, streets and alleys of said Township.

§ 520-4 Date of removal established.

All weeds, grasses, shrubs and other obstructions shall be removed on or before the first days of May or September in each year.

§ 520-5 Purpose of removal date.

The purpose of granting the time of removing shrubs, grass and weeds, etc. in § 520-4 is that bushes, shrubs, trees, or undergrowth can be removed during the fall, winter and spring before the first day of May and grass or weeds later in the season and before the first of September.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Original Sec. 11:1-6, Truck access for fee provided, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-26-2005 by Ord. No. 05-OR-011 and 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-OR-025. See now Ch. 512, Art. I, § 512-5F, Truck access for noncollectible items.