[Ord. No. 318, 11/12/2018]
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. No. 318, 11/12/2018]
It shall be unlawful for any person to plant or maintain, upon any property owned by them, any willow tree or poplar tree so located that the roots thereof are likely to interfere with or obstruct any sewer line or water line under the control of the Borough of Dublin.
[Ord. No. 318, 11/12/2018]
It shall be the duty of the owners of real estate in the Borough of Dublin to trim and keep trimmed all trees and vegetation located upon such property along or near to any street in the Borough, so that:
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The limbs and/or branches thereof shall not obscure or obstruct the light from any streetlight.
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No part of such tree, vegetation, or the limbs and/or branches and foliage thereof shall obstruct the view of the said street and/or traffic thereon by persons operating vehicles upon such street or any intersecting street.
C. 
There shall be clearance of at least 14 feet from the surface of the street and at least eight feet from the surface of the sidewalk to the lowest branch or limb of such tree, vegetation, or any other overhanging part thereof.
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No portion of the trunk of any tree or vegetation shall encroach horizontally over the roadway of the street or over the paved portion of the sidewalk.
[Ord. No. 318, 11/12/2018]
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Any person owning property in the Borough of Dublin, upon which any tree or vegetation shall be growing or maintained contrary to the provision of this chapter shall, within 30 days' notice from the Borough Manager or his or her designee, be required to remove such vegetation or tree or trim the same, as the case may be, so as to be in conformity with the requirements of this chapter, and every day after the end of such thirty-day period on which such notice shall not be obeyed shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
B. 
In the case of the failure, neglect or refusal of any property owner to trim or remove any tree or vegetation or part thereof, growing in violation of any provision of this chapter, within such thirty-day period, the Borough may remove or trim the same, either by Borough personnel or by contract with another person, and shall then collect the cost of such removal or trimming.
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The Borough of Dublin or its contractors may, without notice to the property owner, trim any tree or vegetation or part thereof which interferes with the electrical transmission wires and related infrastructure of the Borough of Dublin and/or the proper lighting of public highways by streetlights, traffic control signs and/or devices. It shall be within the sole discretion of the Borough of Dublin and/or its contractors as to whether any tree or vegetation requires trimming for the purposes stated herein.
D. 
Should the Borough expend any costs in the enforcement of this Part 4, same shall be charged against the property owner. Should any property owner fail to pay said costs within 30 days after notice of same, the Borough shall place a municipal lien for said expenses, as well as any additional costs incurred by failure of paying said costs, including attorneys' fees and related filing fees and costs.