[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Perkasie 12-16-1985 as Ch. 175 of the 1985 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. PERSON
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
B.
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to plant or maintain, upon any property owned by him, any willow tree or poplar tree so located that the roots thereof are likely to interfere with or obstruct any sewer line or water line under the control of the Borough of Perkasie or the Perkasie Regional Authority.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Perkasie Borough Authority was renamed the Perkasie Regional Authority 6-20-2011 by Ord. No. 950.
It shall be the duty of the owners of real estate in the Borough of Perkasie to trim and keep trimmed all trees located upon such property and along or near to any street in the Borough, so that:
A.
The limbs and/or branches thereof shall in no way interfere with electric wires and other wires lawfully suspended along such street. There shall be a clearance of at least 10 feet from all electrical wires and utility poles to all branches, limbs, or trunks and any other portion of the tree which may be overhanging any electric wires or utility poles.
[Amended 3-6-2017 by Ord. No. 1003]
B.
The limbs and/or branches thereof shall not obscure or obstruct the light from any streetlight.
C.
No part of such tree or the limbs and/or branches and foliage thereof shall obstruct the view of the said street and/or traffic thereon by persons operating vehicles upon such street or any intersecting street.
D.
There shall be a clearance of at least 14 feet from the surface of the street and at least eight feet from the surface of the sidewalk to the lowest branch or limb of such tree or any other overhanging part thereof.
E.
No portion of the trunk of any tree shall encroach horizontally over the roadway of the street or over the paved portion of the sidewalk.
F.
Any tree upon a property which is dead or substantially diseased shall be removed by the owner of the property on or in front of which the same is located in instances where damage to neighboring property and/or Borough property is imminent.
[Added 3-6-2017 by Ord. No. 1003]
A.
Any person owning property in the Borough of Perkasie, upon which any tree shall be growing or maintained contrary to any provision of this chapter, shall, within 30 days' notice from the Borough Manager or his or her designee, be required to remove such tree or to trim the same, as the case may be, so as to be in conformity with the requirements of this chapter, and every day after the end of such thirty-day period on which such notice shall not be obeyed shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
[Amended 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 835]
B.
In the case of the failure, neglect or refusal of any property owner to trim or remove any tree or part thereof, growing in violation of any provision of this chapter, within such thirty-day period, the Borough may remove or trim the same, either by Borough personnel or by contract with another person, and shall then collect the cost of such removal or trimming, with an additional amount of 10% from such property owner in default.
C.
The Borough of Perkasie or its contractors may, without notice to the property owner, trim any shade tree or part thereof which interferes with the electrical transmission wires and related infrastructure of the Borough of Perkasie and/or the proper lighting of public highways by streetlights, traffic control signs and/or devices. It shall be within the sole discretion of the Borough of Perkasie and/or its contractors as to whether any shade tree requires trimming for the purposes stated herein. The trimming shall substantially conform to the diagram included below:
[Added 3-6-2017 by Ord. No. 1003]
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[Amended 9-18-2000 by Ord. No. 835]
