Edison, NJ Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)
Key Facts
- Removal deadline
- 10 days after written notice
- Notice method
- personal service or certified mail
- Certified-mail clock
- starts at return receipt, not mailing
- Unpaid charge deadline
- 30 days before lien attaches
- Repeat violations
- no new notice required (2014 amendment)
- Enforcing agency
- Edison Division of Health
Summary
Edison Township requires property owners and tenants to remove weeds, brush, dead trees, stumps and debris within ten days of written notice from the Division of Health under Code § 15-2.2. Ignoring the notice lets the Township clear the lot itself and place the cost as a lien on the property.
The owner or tenant of lands lying within the corporate limits of the Township is required to remove or cause to be removed from such lands any brush, weeds, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash and debris within ten (10) days after receipt by such owner or tenant of written notice from the Division of Health.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4904708; v19 updated 2026-03-25; through 03-25-2026).
Full Breakdown
2. 3, if notice goes out by certified mail, the ten-day period runs from the date the postal service's return receipt is obtained, not the mailing date. A. 14. A 2014 amendment (Ord. No. 1879-2014) lets the Division of Health skip the notice step for repeat violations at the same address, so long as it confirms the same owner or occupant still holds the property. 4 requires the Health Officer to keep an accurate cost record and certify it to the Governing Body, which examines the certificate before the charge becomes a lien on the land, added to the property's taxes and collected the same way, with interest at the tax rate.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate fine schedule listed under § 15-2; the enforcement mechanism is the cost-recovery lien itself, plus municipal collection of unpaid removal charges as part of the property's taxes under § 15-2.4. Repeat violators can be cleared again without a fresh notice once the Division of Health confirms the property is still held by the same owner or tenant, per the 2014 amendment to § 15-2.3.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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