[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Bethel 9-12-2006 by Ord. No. 171. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every owner of real property in the Township shall be required
to keep limbs and branches of all trees upon such real property or
along the roads, streets, sidewalks, curbs or alleys abutting such
property trimmed so that no part thereof shall have a clearance of
less than eight feet above any public sidewalk or 14 feet above the
surface of any public roadway, street, or alley.
The Board of Supervisors may require owners of property to cut
and remove trees located on the property if the condition of the trees,
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 within 30 days after the date of notice by certified mail,
return receipt requested, to remove the trees, the property owner
has not complied with that order, the Board of Supervisors may enter
the premises and remove the trees.
The cost of cutting and removal of trees by the Township shall
be charged to the property owner. 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.
Any owner of property who violates this chapter shall be subject
to a penalty of up to $600 per violation.
