§ 112-5. Lien for costs of removal.  


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  • In any case where the Borough has cut and removed brush, hedges and other plant life, the Superintendent of the Department of Public Works shall thereafter certify to the Borough Council the cost thereof, and if the amount so certified is by resolution of the Borough Council determined to be correct and reasonable, the Borough Clerk shall forthwith deliver a certified copy of said resolution to the Tax Collector. The amount so charged shall forthwith become a lien upon such lands from which the brush, hedges and other plant life were cut and removed, and shall be added to and 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 other taxes, and shall be collected and enforced by the Tax Collector in the same manner as taxes, as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.26 and 40:48-2.27.