[Ord. 198, 4/15/1958, § 1]
Permitting tall weeds, tall grasses or other obnoxious or objectionable
vegetation to remain uncut on land in West Norriton Township is hereby
declared to constitute a public nuisance.
[Ord. 198, 4/15/1958, § 2; as amended by Ord. 524,
12/31/1991; and by Ord. 2013-674, 9/10/2013]
Every owner or occupant of land in West Norriton Township shall
not have any weeds or grass taller than eight inches. Every owner
who shall fail, neglect or refuse to periodically cut tall weeds,
tall grasses or other obnoxious or objectionable vegetation growing
on said land shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $600 to
West Norriton Township, the same to be collected by a summary proceeding
before a District Justice in said Township or recovered the same as
debts of like amount are now, by law, recoverable, and, in default
of payment of said fine and cost, shall be liable to imprisonment
of not more than 30 days in the Montgomery County Prison; and whenever
such owner or occupant shall have been notified by the authorities
of West Norriton Township or by service of summons or prosecution,
or in any other way, that such owner or occupant has committed such
violation, each day that such owner or occupant shall continue in
such violation shall constitute a separate offense punishable by a
like fine or penalty.
[Ord. 198, 4/15/1958, § 3]
If the owner or occupant of said land fails, neglects or refuses
to abate said public nuisance, the Commissioners of West Norriton
Township, their agents or employees, may enter upon said land and
abate the same. The expense of such abatement shall be paid by said
owner or occupant and shall be a lien upon the land for which a lien
may be filed by said Commissioners, in the name of the Township, in
the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County within six months from
the date of completion of the work of abatement, subject to the same
proceedings for entry and revival of judgment and execution as are
provided by law for other municipal liens. Said Commissioners may
also maintain an action against such owner or occupant, in the name
of the Township, to recover the amount of such expense in the same
way as debts of like amount are, by law, recoverable; and the same,
when recovered either by enforcement or lien or by personal action,
shall be paid to the Township Treasurer to be held and used for Township
purposes.
