In addition to the penalties as hereinafter imposed in this Part, the Board of Supervisors of the Township or any officer or employee of the Township designated thereby for the purpose is hereby authorized to give notice by personal service or by United States mail to the owner or the occupant, or either of them, of a violation of the terms of this Part, directing and requiring such occupant or owner or both of them to remove, trim, spray or cut such vegetation so as to conform to the requirements of this Part within 7 days after issuance of such notice. If any such owner or occupant shall neglect to comply with such notice within the period of time stated therein, the Township authorities, without liability for trespass, may remove, spray, trim or cut such vegetation and any other vegetation intermingled therewith, so as to comply with the provisions of this Part, and the reasonable cost thereof, together with any additional penalty authorized by law, may be collected by the Township from such owner or occupant as a penalty under the provisions of this Part, or in any other manner provided by law. This right as herein vested in the Township shall be in addition to penalties prescribed by the provisions of this Part except that vegetation specified in § 10-201 intermingled with growing cultivated crops shall not come within the provisions of this Part until such time as said crop is harvested or should have been harvested.
(Ord. 49-5-93, 5/10/1993, § 3; as amended by Ord. 12/10/2001)