[HISTORY: Adopted by the Governing Body of
the Borough of Allendale 12-28-1967 as Ch. 71 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-25-1986]
Where it shall be necessary and expedient for
the preservation of the public safety, the owner of lands may be required
to cut any or all brush, hedges and other plant life growing within
10 feet of the edge of the paved portion of any roadway and within
25 feet of the nearest junction of the paved edges of two intersecting
streets to a height of not more than 30 inches above the crown of
the road at the nearest point.
[Amended 8-25-2011; 6-14-2012]
The Allendale Code Official is hereby empowered
to determine the necessity for the cutting of brush, hedges and other
plant life as hereinabove provided. He shall give the property owner
10 days' written notice to cut the same to the height required herein,
and, upon failure of the owner to comply with said notice, the brush,
hedges or other plant life shall be cut by municipal employees.
A.
Any person, upon receiving such notice and within
three days thereof, may, in writing, appeal to the Mayor and Council
from the determination by the Allendale Code Official that a necessity
exists requiring the clearing of the premises. Such an appeal shall
act as a stay until the Council acts upon the appeal and determines
the validity thereof.
[Amended 8-25-2011; 6-14-2012]
B.
The failure of an owner of land to receive the ten-day
notice provided for herein shall not be a defense against the application
of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 8-25-2011; 6-14-2012]
The Allendale Code Official shall certify the cost of any such work performed to the Governing Body, which shall, under the provisions of Chapter 152 of the Laws of 1949,[1] charge the same against the lands, to be added to and
become a part of the taxes assessed and levied upon such lands.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.27.
