[Ord. 96, 8/10/1936, § 1]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation owning
or occupying any property in the Borough to permit any tree on its
property, or in front of its property, to interfere with the shedding
of light by any street lamps of the Borough of Mohnton.
[Ord. 96, 8/10/1936, § 2]
When the Light Committee of the Council of the Borough of Mohnton
shall decide that any such tree does so interfere, it shall cause
the Secretary of Council to notify the person, firm or corporation
occupying the property on which said tree is, or in front of which
said tree is, to remove the branches so interfering or, if necessary,
to remove the tree.
[Ord. 96, 8/10/1936, § 3]
If said person, firm or corporation so notified shall not, within
10 days after receipt of said notice, comply with the terms thereof,
the Light Committee of the Borough of Mohnton shall have authority
to remove said branches or said tree, and the cost of said removal,
plus 25% of said cost, shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation
so notified within 10 days after receipt of said bill, and if same
is not paid within said time, the Borough Council shall instruct the
Borough Solicitor to take such proceedings as may be necessary to
collect said bill from said person, firm or corporation.
[Ord. 96, 8/10/1936, § 4]
Any person, firm or corporation receiving said notice may appeal,
in writing, to the Borough Council by handing the said appeal to the
Secretary of Council of the Borough, and said appeal shall be heard
at the next regular session of Council, and, if said Council determines
that the said tree interferes with the light shed by the street lamps
of the Borough of Mohnton, it shall dismiss said appeal, and the said
person, firm or corporation shall comply within 10 days with the said
order of the Light Committee, as aforesaid. If said Borough Council
determines that said tree does not interfere as aforesaid, it shall
sustain said appeal and the notice given by the Borough Secretary
shall be null and void.
