[Adopted by 8-2-1915, Ch. 20, Art. 2, of the former
Revised Ordinances]
A. The owner, tenant or occupant of lands abutting or
bordering upon the public streets of the Township shall remove or
cause to be removed from the abutting paved sidewalks of such streets
grass, weeds, dirt, refuse and other impediments, and from the sidewalk
right-of-way area of such streets weeds, refuse, debris and other
impediments therefrom, within three days after receipt by such owner,
tenant or occupant of written notice to remove the same.
B. Such notice may be served upon the owner, tenant or
occupant either personally or by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested. If the notice is served by registered or certified
mail, the three-day period within which such removal shall be accomplished
shall be deemed to have commenced to run from the date of the return
receipt obtained from the postal authorities for the delivery of such
registered or certified notice.
C. Every such notice shall, in addition to requiring
the removal as aforesaid, warn the owner, tenant or occupant of the
lands to which it refers that failure to accomplish such removal will
result in the removal by or under the direction of the Township Engineer.
The notice shall also state that in the event of the removal by or
under the direction of the Township Engineer, the cost of such removal
shall forthwith become a lien upon the said lands and shall be added
to and become a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon
the same, to bear interest at the same rate and to be collected as
in the case of such taxes.
A. In cases where the owner, tenant or occupant shall have neglected or refused to remove such grass, weeds, dirt, refuse or other impediments within three days after notice to remove the same as provided in §
100-1, the Township Engineer shall remove or cause to be removed under his direction the said grass, weeds, dirt, refuse or other impediments.
B. The Township Engineer shall certify to the Council
the cost of said removal. The Council shall examine such certificate
of cost and, if it finds said certificate to be correct, shall cause
such cost to be charged against the lands abutting or bordering as
aforesaid. In the event that such cost is excessive, the Council shall
cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against said lands.
The amount so charged shall thereupon become a lien and tax upon said
lands and be added to and be a part of the taxes next to be assessed
and levied thereon, and enforced and collected with interest at the
same rate as other taxes by the same officers and in the same manner
as other taxes.
[Amended 12-17-1962; 7-30-1984 by Ord. No. 84-222]
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation occurs or continues.
B. The imposition and collection of any penalty imposed by the provisions of Subsection
A of this section shall not constitute any bar to the right of the Township to collect the cost of removal as provided in §
100-2.