Borough of Baldwin, PA
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2022-09-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 150 Trees, Shrubs and Bushes
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Auditor, Independent
- Ch 8 Cable Television Rate Review
- Ch 11 Fire Companies
- Ch 12 Health Department, County
- Ch 17 Library Board of Directors
- Ch 21 Manager
- Ch 24 Municipal Authorities
- Ch 29 Pension Funds; Retirement
- Ch 33 Personnel Policies
- Ch 38 Planning Commissions
- Ch 41 Police Department
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 49 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 52 Social Security
- Ch 57 Vacancy Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 62 Alarm Systems
- Ch 65 Amusement Devices
- Ch 70 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 74 Building Construction and Housing Standards
- Ch 77 Buildings and Structures, Dangerous
- Ch 80 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 80A Bulk Storage Containers
- Ch 81 Burning, Open
- Ch 82 Cats
- Ch 82A Chickens
- Ch 83 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 84 Disorderly Houses
- Ch 85 Dogs
- Ch 87 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 88 Fees
- Ch 89 Fire Prevention
- Ch 92 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Ch 99 Grading, Excavations and Fill
- Ch 100 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 102 Hunting and Shooting
- Ch 103 Insurance
- Ch 105 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 109 Leasing of Property
- Ch 112 Manholes
- Ch 116 Massage Parlors
- Ch 119 Mining
- Ch 121 Natural Gas Extraction
- Ch 123 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 127 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 130 Pornography
- Ch 131 Property Maintenance
- Ch 131A Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 132 Recycling
- Ch 133 Rental Property
- Ch 134 Sewers
- Ch 136 Solid Waste
- Ch 138 Stormwater Management
- Ch 139 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 142 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 146 Taxation
- Ch 148 Timbering and Logging
- Ch 150 Trees, Shrubs and Bushes
- § 150-1 Interference with public sewer prohibited.
- § 150-2 Notice to remove; failure to comply.
- § 150-3 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 154 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 157 Vehicles, Impounding of
- Ch 159 Vehicles, Recreational Motorized
- Ch 160 Vehicles With Studded Tires
- Ch 168 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A174 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A175 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Baldwin 11-20-1967 by Ord. No. 357. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to plant, raise, grow or
maintain any tree, shrub or bush in the vicinity of any of the public
sewers of the Borough of Baldwin if the roots of said tree, shrub
or bush may enter, clog, damage or destroy said public sewer.
If it is determined by the Borough of Baldwin that the roots
of any tree, shrub or bush are entering, damaging or destroying any
public sewers in the Borough of Baldwin, the landowner upon which
said tree, shrub or bush is growing shall be notified, in writing,
to remove the same within a period of 30 days. If the said landowner,
after having been notified to remove the offending tree, shrub or
bush, shall fail or refuse to do the same within said thirty-day period,
the Borough of Baldwin is authorized to remove the same and to file
a municipal claim against the said landowner for the costs involved
in said removal.
[Amended 12-19-1985 by Ord. No. 566]
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction before the District Justice, be subject to
paying a fine not exceeding $300 plus costs of prosecution or to imprisonment
for up to 30 days for each violation of this chapter.
