Township of Whitpain, PA
chevron_right
2023-11-21
info
chevron_right
Part II: General Legislation
chevron_right
Chapter 126 Streets, Driveways, Sidewalks, Curbs and Aprons
chevron_right
Article II Vegetation, Walls or Fences in Street Rights-of-Way
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 7 Board of Supervisors
- Ch 12 Emergency Management Organization
- Ch 13 Public Fire Protection and Related Services
- Ch 16 Fee Schedule Authorization
- Ch 20 Intermunicipal Cooperation
- Ch 23 Local Government Investment Trust
- Ch 27 Manager, Township
- Ch 30 Mutual Aid Plan
- Ch 35 Park and Open Space Board
- Ch 36 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 37 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 38 Planning Commission
- Ch 41 Police Private Detail Service
- Ch 44 Public Contracts
- Ch 45 Reproductive Health
- Ch 46 Retirement Benefits and Pensions
- Ch 50 Sanitary Board
- Ch 53 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 63 Alternative and Massage Therapy Establishments
- Ch 66 Amusements, Indoor and Outdoor
- Ch 71 Building Construction
- Ch 74 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 78 Curfew
- Ch 83 Disturbing the Peace
- Ch 89 Fire Prevention
- Ch 90 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 93 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 96 Grading, Excavations and Fills
- Ch 101 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 103 Littering
- Ch 104 Mobile Food Vendors
- Ch 105 Waste Collection and Recycling
- Ch 108 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 110 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 113 Piggeries
- Ch 116 Plumbers, Registration of
- Ch 122 Sewers and Sewage
- Ch 124 Snow Emergencies
- Ch 125 Stormwater Management
- Ch 126 Streets, Driveways, Sidewalks, Curbs and Aprons
- Ch 126 Art II Vegetation, Walls or Fences in Street Rights-of-Way
- § 126-7 Definitions.
- § 126-8 Prohibited plantings or obstructions.
- § 126-9 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 129 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 136 Taxation
- Ch 142 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 145 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 149 Watercourses
- Ch 151 Water Systems
- Ch 152 Water Wells
- Ch 155 Weeds and Vegetation
- Ch 160 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A165 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A166 Chapters Subject to Fee Schedule
- Ch A167 Well Construction and Pump Installation
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 9-12-1966 by Ord. No. 63]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Land opened for use as a street, road, alley or crosswalk,
including that space reserved for pedestrian travel, sewers and public
utilities.
No person shall plant or maintain any hedge,
tree or shrub, nor shall any person erect or maintain any wall, fence
or other structure, within the street right-of-way in this Township.
[Amended 12-3-1973 by Ord. No. 92; 5-19-1986 by Ord. No.
165; 1-2-1989 by Ord. No. 184]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be guilty of a summary offense and, when convicted
before a District Justice, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $600 and costs of prosecution or, in default of payment
thereof, shall undergo imprisonment in the county jail for a period
not exceeding 30 days.
