[Adopted 6-8-1970 by Ord. No. 340 (Ch. 25, Part 1, of the 1992 Code of Ordinances)]
A. 
The following words, as used in this article, shall have the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto:
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association or corporation.
STREET
The roadway or portion intended for use by vehicles, including the parking thereof, on any street or public alley in the Borough.
B. 
In this article, 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 the duty of the owners of all real estate located in the Borough of Mount Joy to trim and to keep trimmed all trees and shrubbery located upon such real estate or upon or along the abutting street or sidewalk, so that:
A. 
There shall at all times be a clear space of at least 14 feet between the lowest portion of such trees and the surface of the street below.
B. 
There shall at all times be a clear space of at least eight feet between the lowest portion of such trees and the paved surface of the sidewalk below.
C. 
No portion of any such tree or shrubbery shall extend horizontally onto any street at any point less than 14 feet above the surface thereof or onto any sidewalk at any point less than eight feet above the surface thereof.
[Amended 9-14-1992 by Ord. No. 497]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 and costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.