Borough of Maywood, NJ
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2023-12-11
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 173 Brush, Hedges and Other Plant Life Near Roadways
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Borough Government
- Ch 5 Bonds and Notes
- Ch 7 Campaign Contributions
- Ch 9 Claims and Payroll
- Ch 12 Consumer Affairs, Bureau of
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Emergency Service Volunteers
- Ch 23 Emergency Management Organization, Local
- Ch 24 Environmental/Legislative Action Committee
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 28 First Aid and Emergency Squad
- Ch 32 Health, Board of
- Ch 36 Historical Advisory Committee
- Ch 40 Interlocal Services
- Ch 42 Library Board
- Ch 46 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Organization of Government
- Ch 52 Personnel Policies
- Ch 56 Police Department
- Ch 61 Swim Pool Committee
- Ch 65 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 69 Recreation Advisory Board
- Ch 72 Recycling Advisory Committee
- Ch 79 Safety Committee
- Ch 83 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 87 Senior Citizens Advisory Committee
- Ch 89 Senior Citizens Rent Subsidies
- Ch 94 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 96 Defense and Indemnification
- General Legislation
- Ch 106 Alarm Systems
- Ch 110 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 114 Amusements
- Ch 121 Bicycles, Roller Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 127 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 132 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 136 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 140 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 140A Cannabis
- Ch 141 Certificate of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 143 Circuses, Carnivals and Fairs
- Ch 145 Clean Communities Program
- Ch 148 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 153 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 154 Landscapers
- Ch 161 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 162 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 163 Drug-Free and Drunk-Driving-Free Zones
- Ch 165 Electrical Standards
- Ch 169 Fees
- Ch 173 Brush, Hedges and Other Plant Life Near Roadways
- § 173-1 Purpose and authority.
- § 173-2 Definitions.
- § 173-3 Height limitation.
- § 173-4 Cutting by borough; costs to become lien.
- § 173-5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 175 Filming
- Ch 179 Fire Prevention
- Ch 184 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 189 Fuel Oil
- Ch 193 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 194 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 196 Handicapped Parking Spaces
- Ch 197 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 198 Heating of Dwellings
- Ch 201 Special Improvement District
- Ch 204 Junkyards, Junk Shops and Junk Dealers
- Ch 209 Land Use
- Ch 210 (Reserved)
- Ch 211 Affordable Housing
- Ch 212 Library Rules
- Ch 215 Littering
- Ch 217 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 218 Loitering and Curfew
- Ch 226 Noise
- Ch 233 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 234 Smoking on Public Property
- Ch 237 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 241 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 247 Property Maintenance
- Ch 249 Public Documents
- Ch 251 Railroad Crossings
- Ch 256 Recycling
- Ch 261 Rent Control
- Ch 263 Retail Business
- Ch 265 Sales, Special
- Ch 269 Sewers and Illicit Connections
- Ch 273 Shopping Carts
- Ch 275 Short-Term Vacation and Event Space Rentals
- Ch 281 Soil Removal and Deposit
- Ch 282 Solar Panels
- Ch 284 Stormwater Control
- Ch 286 Streetlamps
- Ch 287 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 291 Swimming Pools
- Ch 293 Tattooing and Body Piercing Parlors
- Ch 295 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 300 Tenancy Protection
- Ch 305 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 307 Trees
- Ch 309 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 311 (Reserved)
- Ch 312 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 320 Weapons
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 327 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 330 Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 333 Animals
- Ch 339 Boarding- and Rooming Houses
- Ch 341 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 347 Buildings and Dwellings, Unfit
- Ch 353 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 359 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 361 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 365 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 369 Housing and Sanitation Standards
- Ch 373 Ice
- Ch 377 Laundries and Dry Cleaning
- Ch 381 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 386 Nuisances
- Ch 391 Pollution
- Ch 397 Sewers
- Ch 401 Smoke and Obnoxious Trades
- Ch 405 Solid Waste
- Ch 410 Swimming Pools
- Ch 412 Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 415 Water
- Ch 420 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A426 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A428 Communication Facilities, Consent for
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Maywood 12-19-2000
by Ord. No. 21-00.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 132.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 247.
Weed control — See Ch. 420.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Ch. 173,
Fences, Walls and Hedges, adopted 7-13-1982 by Ord. No. 830, as amended.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the authorization granted in N.J.S.A.
40:48-2.26 and 40:48-2.27 to regulate the height of all brush, hedges, and
other plant life in close proximity to roadways, in order to protect the public
health, safety, and welfare. See N.J.S.A. 40:48-1 and 40:48-2.
The terms listed in this section shall be defined in this chapter as
follows:
All brush, hedges, and/or other similar plant life, and shall exclude
trees.
A.
The owner or tenant of lands in the borough shall keep,
or cause to be kept, all brush, hedges, and/or other plant life growing within
10 feet of any roadway and within 25 feet of the intersection of two roadways,
cut to a height of not more than 3 1/2 feet.
B.
If any owner and/or tenant of lands in the borough shall fail to cut the brush, hedges, and/or other plant life in accordance with the provisions of § 173-3A, within 10 days after receipt of a written notice from the Borough requiring same, then the owner and/or tenant, upon a conviction, shall be liable for the penalties provided in this chapter.
A.
If the owner and/or tenant of property fails to cut any brush, hedges and/or other plant life after receipt of the notice referred to in § 173-3B, and if in the opinion of the Construction Code Official it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of public safety that the borough cut the said brush, hedges, and/or other plant life in accordance with this chapter, then the Construction Code Official shall cause the brush, hedges, and/or other plant life to be cut in compliance with this chapter.
B.
If the Construction Code Official causes any brush, hedges,
and/or other plant life to be cut by the borough, then he or she shall certify
the cost to the Mayor and Council. This cost, if approved by the Mayor and
Council, shall be charged against the affected lands, shall 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 the lands, and bear interest at the same
rate as other taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the borough in
the same manner as taxes.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.
