Whenever a tree, or portions thereof, pose an
immediate threat to public safety and/or to public or private property
by being in danger of falling (as, for example, being damaged by flood,
wind, or accident), the Town Code Enforcement Constable may take immediate
action to remedy the threat, up to and including removal of tree.
The Code Enforcement Constable shall notify the owner of record and/or
occupancy of the lot as soon as reasonably convenient of such action.
All costs of such corrective action, shall be assessed to the owner
of record of the lot as provided under § 8.2.4 of the Town
Charter, and recovered in an action for debt and entered as a lien
for the amount so expended in a lien book maintained by the appropriate
court of the State of Delaware as provided under § 11.2
of the Town Charter.
[Amended 2-17-2006 by Ord. No. 407]
Any person failing to remedy a situation within 30 days after receiving a notice pursuant to §
507-3, or within 30 days of an adverse decision by the Board of Adjustment, shall, upon conviction, pay such fines as set out in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I, Penalties. Each day a violation continues to exist shall be a separate and distinct violation.