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2361-12 AN ORDINANCE CREATING NEW TOWNSHIP CODE SECTION CHAPTER 14, SECTION 8.2A AND REVISING THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE TO ALLOW FOR SNOW, ICE AND GRASS REMOVAL ON PRIVATELY- OWNED PROPERTIES BY TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange (“Township”), in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, that there should be created a Chapter 14, Section 8.2A of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township, which shall provide as follows: 14-8.2A Failure to Comply With Ice, Snow, or Grass Removal; Enforcement 1. If the owner or operator of lands abutting upon the public highways, streets and avenues of the Township shall neglect or refuse to remove all snow, ice, grass, or other impediments, as required by §14-8.1(a)(3), §14-8.1(b), §14-8.2(a)(2) or §14-8.2(b)(1), then the Department of Public Works or a suitable third-party vendor approved by the Director of the Department of Public Works may, after three (3) days’ notice posted on the property, remove or cause to be removed, or trim or cause to be trimmed, the snow, ice, grass, or other impediments which are in violation of the Township Code. 2. Upon the completion of any removal or trimming as contemplated by subsection (a) of this section, and upon the Township’s issuance or receipt of an invoice for services rendered, the Department of Public Works or any other Township Department may obtain a lien against the applicable real property for the cost of services and all costs related thereto, including all attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred related thereto. Such lien shall be authorized pursuant to a resolution considered and approved by the Township Council. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the remainder of Chapter 14, Section 8, remains unchanged. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that if any section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged by the courts to be invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision so adjudicated, and the remainder of the

f this Ordinance shall be adjudged by the courts to be invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision so adjudicated, and the remainder of the Ordinance shall be deemed valid and effective. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that any ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with the