[Added 2-10-2015 by Ord. No. 15-1298, § 3]
The following special regulations pertain to the planting and maintenance of bamboo.
A. Any bamboo that has been planted or otherwise permitted to grow on any lot within the Township prior to the effective date of this Section may remain on such property subject to compliance with this Section.
(1) Bamboo shall not be planted, maintained, or otherwise permitted to exist within 40 feet of the edge of the pavement or traveled portion of a public road in the Township, within 40 feet of the property line of any Township/public property, or within 25 feet of the property line of an adjoining or neighboring property.
(2) Each bamboo owner shall be required to take such measures as are reasonably expected to prevent such bamboo from invading the setbacks set forth in subsection (1) above. Such measures shall include, but are not limited to, installation of sheathing comprised of metal or other material impenetrable by bamboo at a sufficient depth within the property line or lines where the running bamboo is planted or is growing to prevent such growth or encroachment prohibited herein.
B. Removal.
(1) In the event that bamboo growing on a bamboo owner’s property invades or grows on adjoining or neighboring property that is owned or held on behalf of the Township, the Township will notify the bamboo owner in writing that the bamboo has invaded the Township property and that the bamboo owner is responsible for the removal of such running bamboo from the Township property. This notice shall be sent via certified mail, return receipt requested and by regular mail to the latest address of the bamboo owner on file with the Township and a copy of the notice shall also be posted at the bamboo owner’s property.
(2) In the event that the bamboo owner does not remove or contract for the removal of the bamboo from the Township property, or does not make an arrangement agreeable to the Township for removal of such bamboo within 60 days from the date the Township first provided notice pursuant to the above, the Township, at its discretion, may remove or arrange for the removal of such bamboo from the Township property. The bamboo owner shall be liable and responsible to the Township for the cost incurred for removal of the bamboo from the Township property. Such costs may be assessed against the property of the bamboo owner.
C. Replanting prohibited. Any bamboo either planted or caused to be planted or existing on a property prior to the effective date of this Section may not be replanted or replaced once such running bamboo is or has become, for any reason, dead, destroyed, uprooted, or otherwise removed.