[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:
A. The limbs and/or branches thereof shall not obscure or obstruct the
light from any streetlight.
B. 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.
D. 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]
A. 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.
C. 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.