In accordance with the authority granted under the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.26, the owner of any property, and the tenant
of the property if the property is not occupied by the owner, shall
maintain the property so that no wall or fence and no brush, hedge,
or other plant life growing within 10 feet of any roadway and within
25 feet of any intersection of two roadways shall be cut to a height
of more than 2 1/2 feet where it shall be necessary and expedient,
as determined by the Director of Public Safety, for the preservation
of the public safety. The owner or tenant shall cut the brush, hedge
or plant life within 10 days after notice to cut the same, and, if
the owner or tenant shall refuse, fail or neglect to cut the same
within the 10 days, then the Director of Public Safety shall arrange
to have the brush, hedge or plant life cut by or under the direction
of the Township, with the costs to be assessed back to the owner or
tenant of the property. The costs of cutting shall be in addition
to any penalty which may be imposed for the violation of this provision.
Unless another penalty is expressly provided by New Jersey statute or this chapter, every person convicted of a violation of a provision of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty in accordance with the general penalty provisions of Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Willingboro.
