It shall be unlawful for an owner or tenant of a dwelling or lands lying within the limits of the township to allow, suffer or permit on such lands any accumulation of brush, weeds, including ragweed, fallen dead or dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris in a manner detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare or in such manner as to constitute a fire hazard, and in such case the owner and tenant shall remove or destroy the same. Premises with landscaping and lawns, hedges and bushes shall be kept trimmed and from becoming overgrown and unsightly where exposed to public view and where the same constitutes a blighting factor depreciating adjoining property. Lawns with grass higher than 10 inches shall be presumed in violation of this section.
('74 Code, § 43-1) (Ord. passed 8-1-51; Am. Ord. 773-96, passed 10-14-96) Penalty, see § 91.99