[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Pennsbury 12-17-2007 by Ord.
No. 12-17-07-03. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is adopted in order to better ensure the safety
of the residents of Pennsbury Township and to prevent the dangers
caused by diseased or dangerous trees to the health, safety and welfare
of the public or the right of the public to the unobstructed use of
public roads or property.
This chapter applies to owners of property on which are located
trees, the condition of which, through disease or otherwise, unreasonably
affects or interferes with the health, safety or welfare of the public
or the right of the public to the unobstructed use of public roads
or property.
If the condition of the trees, through disease or otherwise,
does unreasonably affect or interfere with the health, safety or welfare
of the public or the right of the public to the unobstructed use of
public roads or property, then the Board of Supervisors may give notice
to the owner of the property on which the tree is located to cut and
remove the tree. If within 30 days after the date of the notice by
certified mail, return receipt requested, to remove the tree, the
property owner has not complied with that order, the Board of Supervisors,
or their agent, may enter the premises and remove the trees.
The cost of cutting and removal of the tree, or trees, by the Board of Supervisors, or their agent, shall be charged to the property owner. The charge to the property owner for each notice received in accordance with § 149-3 of this chapter shall not exceed $1,500. The charge shall be a lien against the real estate of the property owner and shall be collected in the same manner as other municipal liens.
