§ 91.041 PROVISIONS ENFORCED BY MAYOR.

   (A)   The Borough Council recognizes the continual problems the borough has had with individuals who continually allow grass and weeds to grow on their properties and who fail to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks.

   (B)   Borough Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to enforce the provisions of this subchapter relating to noxious vegetation.

   (C)   The Mayor shall have the responsibility to issue any enforcement notices and shall be responsible for the prosecution of violations of the above provisions both before the District Justice’s Office and before the Court of Common Pleas with the assistance of the Borough Solicitor, as needed.

   (D)   Council directs that a copy of this subchapter shall be forwarded Magisterial District No. 21-3-03 for the District Justice’s records.

(Prior Code, Ch. 10, § 308) (Res. 5-2010, passed 7-5-2010)

Editor’s note:

   The prefatory material of Res. 5-2010, passed 7-5-2010, provided in pertinent part as follows. The reference to “Chapter 10, Health and Safety, Part 3, §§ 301 et seq.” is located in this code of ordinances as Chapter 91, §§ 91.035 through 91.041.

 

“WHEREAS, the Borough of Cressona has enacted the “Code of Ordinances, Borough of Cressona” on July 6, 1998, which has been amended and supplemented by the Borough; and

“WHEREAS, the aforesaid Code of Ordinances, Borough of Cressona contains provisions which relate to Noxious Vegetation which are set forth in Chapter 10, Health and Safety, Part 3, §§ 301 et seq.; and

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“WHEREAS, the Borough has had a continual problem with individuals violating the above provisions of its Code of Ordinances; and

“WHEREAS, the Borough Council believes that enforcement of the abovementioned provisions of the Borough Code can be effectively and economically carried out by the Borough’s Mayor instead of the Borough’s Permit Officers or other Borough Officials; and

“WHEREAS, the Borough Council of the Borough of Cressona hereby enacts the following Resolution:”