[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Sharon
Hill as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-10-1953 by Ord. No. 770 (Ch. 114, Art. I, of the
1972 Code)]
No trees of the kind known as Lombardy or North Carolina poplars,
willows and sycamores shall be planted upon any street or highway
within the Borough of Sharon Hill, nor shall any such tree hereafter
be planted, maintained or permitted to grow within 50 feet of any
public sewer, culvert or drain now constructed or hereafter to be
constructed within the Borough, and no tree of any type may be permitted
or maintained that interferes with the use of any public way or interferes
with any public sewer, drain or culvert now or hereafter constructed.
The Mayor or the Highway Committee of the Borough of Sharon
Hill is hereby authorized to order taken up and removed by proper
Borough forces any type of tree now growing or hereafter planted upon
any street or highway when such trees interfere with public sewers,
drains or culverts.
[Amended 12-28-1972 by Ord. No. 1019; 7-14-1988 by Ord. No. 1180]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this article before any Magisterial District Judge shall
be sentenced to pay a maximum fine as provided from time to time by
state statute, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days, or both.
In the event that the Mayor or the Highway Committee shall have
any tree prohibited by this article removed by Borough forces, the
cost of removal thereof may be recovered by the Borough against the
owner of the property upon which said tree was planted, maintained
or permitted to grow as other debts are now by law collectible, or
a lien may be filed against the premises.
[Adopted 12-28-1972 by Ord. No. 1019]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Sharon Hill hereby finds
that road obstructions such as shrubbery, hedges, trees, vegetation,
rock walls and fences create highway hazards by interfering with vision
and proper sight distance at corners and intersections. It is the
aim of the Borough Council to reduce such road hazards caused by the
above and similar objects which are responsible for causing property
damage, personal injury and fatalities due to vehicular accidents.
No shrubbery, hedge or other natural growth, or fence (except
a transparent fence, such as chicken wire, in which the solid area
is not more than 5% of the total area of the fence), or wall over
three feet higher than the apex at the center line of the street shall
be located within the triangular area shown shaded in Sketch A at
the intersection of two roads. Nor shall the limbs or foliage on any
tree obstruct vision or be permitted to grow nearer to the ground
than eight feet where such limbs or foliage overhang or are over or
upon land within the triangular area as shown in Sketch A.
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This article shall be administered and enforced by the Borough
Superintendent, with the assistance of the Police Department, as follows:
A.
Upon the determination of the Borough Superintendent or his delegate
that a violation exists, the Borough Superintendent shall send a written
notice specifying the violation and requiring compliance within 10
days thereafter. Such notice shall be served upon a person of suitable
age and discretion in charge of the subject premises, if such a person
is available to be served, or mailed to the owner of record of such
premises or land at the owner's address as shown on the current
Borough tax assessment rolls.
B.
In the event that the violation cited in any notice is not corrected
within 10 days from the date of service or mailing of the notice,
the Borough Superintendent shall request the Police Department to
issue a summons requiring the owner of the premises or land where
the violation is located to appear before a Magisterial District Judge.
C.
In addition, the Borough Superintendent shall cause the violation
to be abated by the Borough. The costs of such abatement shall be
collectible from the owner of the premises or land where the violation
was located. If such costs are not paid by the owner of the premises
or land, they may be assessed as a lien against said premises or land.
[Amended 7-14-1988 by Ord. No. 1180]
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this article before any Magisterial District Judge shall
be sentenced to pay a maximum fine as provided from time to time by
state statute, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days, or both.
