[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Pleasantville
6-7-1982 by Ord. No. 11-1982 as Ch. 77 of the 1982 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes brush, weeds, dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash or other debris.
This chapter is enacted for the preservation of the public health, safety
and general welfare and the elimination of fire hazards within the limits
of the city.
[Amended 2-6-1989 by Ord.
No. 3-1989]
Whenever it shall be deemed necessary and expedient by the Code Enforcement
Department, for the preservation of the public health, safety, general welfare
or for the elimination of a fire hazard within the limits of the city, to
remove brush, weeds and debris from lands situate in said city, the Code Enforcement
Department shall, by its resolution, designate said lands by lot and block
numbers as shown upon the Tax Assessment Map of the city.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the Tax Assessment Map of the City of Pleasantville
is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[Amended 2-6-1989 by Ord.
No. 3-1989]
A.
Whenever the Code Enforcement Department shall find upon
any such lot, yard, land or premises any brush, weeds or debris to such an
extent as, in its opinion, is inimical to the public health, safety or general
welfare of the city or to such an extent as to constitute a fire hazard, it
shall give written notice to the owner or tenant of said premises to remove
therefrom such brush, weeds or debris in the manner herein set forth within
10 days after service of said notice.
B.
Service of such notice shall be made upon the owner or
tenant, either personally or by registered or certified mail.
[Amended 2-6-1989 by Ord.
No. 3-1989]
[Amended 2-6-1989 by Ord.
No. 3-1989]
A.
Whenever, after notice has been given as provided in § 102-4 hereof, the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove such brush, weeds or debris in the manner and within the ten-day period prescribed in § 102-4, the Code Enforcement Department shall forward a certified copy of the notice so served upon the owner or tenant to the Department of Public Works of the city, which shall thereupon remove or cause to be removed from such lands said brush, weeds and debris.
B.
The Code Enforcement Department shall forthwith certify
to the Council the cost of removal thereof. The Council shall examine the
certificate and, if it finds the certificate to be correct, shall, by resolution,
cause the amount of the cost as shown upon the certificate to be charged against
said lands.
C.
The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon
such lands and shall be added to and become and form part of the taxes next
to be assessed, levied and collected upon such lands. The amount of such charge
or lien shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected
and enforced by the Collector of Taxes of the city in the same manner as general
taxes.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day
such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.
