[HISTORY: Adopted by Mayor and Council of
Borough of Atlantic Highlands as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-11-1951 by Ord. No. 365]
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the
Borough of Atlantic Highlands shall keep all brush, hedges and other
plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway, cut to a height
of not more than 2 1/2 feet, where it shall be necessary and expedient
for the preservation of the public safety, within 10 days after notice
to cut the same.
In the event the owner or tenant shall refuse
or neglect to cut the same within 10 days after notice to said owner
or tenant, said brush, hedges and other plant life may be cut under
the direction of the Street Department of the Borough of Atlantic
Highlands.
The cost of cutting the said brush, hedges and
other plant life by the Street Department of the Borough of Atlantic
Highlands shall be certified by said Department to the Mayor and Council
and after examination said cost shall be charged against said lands
and shall become a lien upon such lands and be added to and become
and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such
lands and shall bear interest at the rate of other taxes, and collected
and enforced in the same manner.
[Adopted 7-27-1965 by Ord. No. 499]
All owners of untenanted land and all tenants
or occupiers of land lying within the limits of the Borough of Atlantic
Highlands shall remove from such lands brush, weeds, dead and dying
trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and
debris, within 20 days after notice to remove the same.
In the event that the owner of untenanted land
shall have refused or neglected to remove the brush, weeds, dead and
dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash
and debris within 20 days after notice aforesaid, under the direction
of the Mayor and Council, then and in that event, the Mayor and Council
may provide for the removal from such lands any brush, weeds, dead
and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage,
trash and debris, and the cost thereof shall 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 a part of the taxes next
to be assessed and levied upon such lands and the same to bear interest
at the same rate as taxes, and to be collected and enforced by the
same officers and in the same manner as taxes.
Any person who shall violate the terms of this article, or who shall refuse or neglect to remove from such lands brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and debris within the time herein provided shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty.
