[Adopted 12-14-1972 by Ord. No. 207 (Ch. 21, Part 3, of the 1983 Code of Ordinances)]
No trees, shrubbery or other growth shall hereafter be planted, and no steps, cellar doors, railings, areaways, posts, pipes, guards, lights, porches, awnings, stands, signs, tanks, pumps, merchandise or other objects shall be constructed or placed within or permitted to encroach over or into the street limits of any street in the Borough of Catawissa, unless the permission of the Borough Council for the planting of trees, shrubbery, or other growth, or the construction or placing of steps, cellar doors, railings, areaways, posts, pipes, guards, lights, porches, awnings, stands, signs, tanks, pumps, merchandise or other objects, within or encroaching over or into such street lines shall first have been received, in writing, nor shall any trees now standing within such street lines be cut down or removed except at the direction of or with the written permission of the Borough Council.
[Added 12-14-1972 by Ord. No. 223]
All owners of property abutting on the streets of the Borough shall, upon receipt of 30 days' notice, in writing, from the Secretary thereof, repair, trim, cut down and/or remove any or all trees, shrubbery, or other growth, steps, cellar doors, railings, areaways, posts, pipes, guards, lights, porches, awnings, stands, signs, tanks, pumps, merchandise or other objects growing or located within the street lines or encroaching over the street lines; upon failure so to do, the Borough authorities may remove such nuisances, but shall not be required to do so. If the Borough does remove such nuisances after the owner fails to comply after proper notification, the costs thereof shall be collected from the property owner or owners by legal action, or by the entry of a municipal lien.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 308, Trees, regulating the trimming of trees near utility lines.
[Amended 6-9-1983 by Ord. No. 268]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.