Where it shall be necessary and expedient for
the preservation of the public health, safety, general welfare or
to eliminate a fire hazard, an owner or tenant in possession of land
in the Township is hereby required to remove from such land brush,
weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth,
garbage, trash, debris, junk and disabled vehicles or parts thereof.
A "disabled vehicle" is one that is unregistered or incapable of operation
upon a public roadway.
The Superintendent of Public Works or the Code
Enforcement Officer shall notify the owner or tenant of lands, whereon
exists such brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash, debris, junk or disabled vehicles
to remove the same within 10 days after such notice, and in the event
that the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to do so
within the time provided, the same shall be removed by the Township
under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works.
In all cases where brush, weeds, dead and dying
trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash, debris,
junk or disabled vehicles are removed from any lands by virtue hereof,
the Superintendent of Public Works shall certify the cost of the removal
to the Township Committee which shall examine such certificate and,
if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged
against the lands, and the amount so charged shall forthwith become
a lien upon such lands and shall be added to and become and form a
part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands,
the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected
and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
In those cases where disabled vehicles are removed
by virtue hereof, such vehicles shall be removed at the direction
of the Superintendent of Public Works by an authorized towing operator
and stored at the operator's premises. The storage and disposal of
such vehicles shall be in accordance with Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes of the State of New Jersey.