[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood
as Sec. 3-7 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be the duty of any owner or tenant or other person in possession
of any land in the borough to keep his land free of brush, weeds, dead and
dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash and other
debris which may constitute a fire hazard or which is otherwise detrimental
to the public health or safety.
It shall be the duty of any owner, tenant or other person in possession
of any land in the borough bordering upon any public street to remove all
grass, weeds, brush and other debris from that part of the street bordering
upon his property.
Whenever the Mayor and Council shall determine, as a result of investigation by any municipal official of a complaint of any borough resident, that the owner, tenant or person in possession of any land in the borough has failed to comply with §§ 94-1 and 94-2, they shall direct the Borough Clerk to notify in writing the owner, tenant or person in possession of the land in question to remove the brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growths, filth, garbage, trash or other debris within 10 days after receipt of notice. Notice may be served either personally or by mailing a copy of it by registered mail, return receipt requested, to the person affected by it at his last known address. The Mayor and Council shall also direct the Superintendent of Public Works or some other appropriate municipal official to reinspect the property in question after the ten-day period has expired and to report in writing to the Mayor and Council that the conditions complained of have been abated or removed.
In the event that the owner, tenant or person in possession of the land
in question has refused to abate or remedy the condition complained of within
10 days after receipt of notice, the Mayor and Council may order the condition
complained of to be abated or removed by an appropriate municipal official
or agency. The official or agency directed to remove or abate the condition
complained of shall keep a record of all costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the removal or abatement and shall certify it to the Mayor and Council,
who shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, cause the cost of
removal or abatement to be charged against the land benefited. The amount
so charged shall become a lien upon the land benefited and shall be added
to and become a part of the taxes next assessed upon that land and shall be
collected and enforced in the same manner as taxes. The remedy provided by
this section shall be in addition to any penalty which may be imposed for
a violation of this chapter.
