Toms River, NJ Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

Where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of public health, safety or general welfare, or to eliminate a fire hazard, the Township council may require the owner or tenant of land to remove or destroy brush, weeds, including ragweed, dead and dying trees, roots, obnoxious growths, high grass, filth, garbage, trash and debris within seven days after notice to remove or destroy the same. In cases where the owner or tenant shall have refused or neglected to remove or destroy same in the manner and within the time provided above, the Township council may provide for the removal or destruction of the same by or under the direction of a municipal officer. Where the same is removed or destroyed by or under the direction of such municipal officer, such officer shall certify the cost thereof to the Township council, who shall examine the certificate and, if found correct, shall cause the cost as shown thereon to be charged against the said land, the amount so charged shall forthwith become and form part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lands, the same to bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officers and in the same manner as taxes.

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