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Ventnor City, NJ
Atlantic County
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New Laws (27) Index Notes (5)
[Adopted 2-16-1970 by Ord. No. 2-1970]
The owners or tenants of lands lying within the limits of Ventnor City are required to keep all brush, hedges and 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 2 1/2 feet where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the public safety.
After 10 days' notice by the Chief of Police to the owner or tenant to cut the same and failure to do so, the Chief of Police shall provide for the cutting of the same by or under his direction.
If said owner or tenant shall refuse or neglect to cut the aforementioned brush, hedges or other plant life in the manner and within the time provided in § 197-29 above, then said Chief of Police may file a complaint in the Municipal Court of the City of Ventnor City for the violation of this article.
[Amended 2-2-1989 by Ord. No. 8903]
Anyone found guilty of violating this article shall be subject a fine not exceeding $25. In addition to or as a substitute for the previously mentioned fine, the imposition of community service shall be authorized as an additional penalty, which community service shall not exceed 90 days.
Where brush, hedges and other plant life are cut from any lands within the City of Ventnor City under § 197-29 hereof, by or under the direction of the Chief of Police of the City of Ventnor City, such officer shall certify the cost thereof to the Board of Commissioners, which shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against said lands or, in the event that such cost is excessive, shall cause the reasonable cost thereof to be charged against such lands. The amount so charged shall forthwith 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 such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rates as other taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.