{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-48-2.26","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 40:48-2.26","heading":"Brush and hedges near roadways and intersections, cutting of","body":"The governing body of every municipality shall have power to make, enforce,  amend and repeal ordinances requiring the owner or tenant of lands lying within  the limits of such municipality to keep all brush, hedges and other plant life,  growing within ten feet of any roadway and within twenty-five feet of the  intersection of two roadways, cut to a height of not more than two and a half  feet where it shall be necessary and expedient for the preservation of the  public safety, within ten days after notice to cut the same, and to provide for  the cutting of the same by or under the direction of some officer of the  municipality, to be designated in said ordinance, in cases where the owner or  tenant shall have refused or neglected to cut the same in the manner and within  the time provided above and to provide for the imposition of penalties for the  violation of any such ordinance.\nL.1949, c. 152, p. 535, s. 1, eff. May 19, 1949.","path":["TITLE 40 MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"03fefbf6278a9a5173574f9891c312603bfea3a52e9519e57441325963cdc812","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-48-2.17","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-40-48-2.27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}