[Adopted 9-9-1974 by Ord.
No. 562 (Ch. 144, Art. IV, of the 1998 Township
Code)]
The owners of property abutting rights-of-way belonging to the
Township of Wilkins may place in the unused portion thereof plantings,
shrubs, trees, fences, walls and mailboxes, all at the owner's expense
and risk of loss.
When removal of any object or vegetation is found necessary
by the Township in the maintenance, repair, construction or reconstruction
of any Township right-of-way or other improvement or for reasons of
public health and safety, the owner of property abutting any Township
right-of-way shall remove from the right-of-way any object or vegetation
therefrom within 10 days' written notice so to do.
Should the owner of such property fail to remove any object
or vegetation as required aforesaid, the Township of Wilkins may enter
upon such right-of-way and remove such object or vegetation and collect
the cost of such removal by a municipal claim to be filed in the manner
provided by law.
