This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Municipal Shade Tree Ordinance of the Borough of Marcus Hook,
County of Delaware."
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning
given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in
the present tense include the future, words in the plural include
the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. The word
"shall" is mandatory and not merely directory.
PARK
Includes all public parks.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY OWNER
The person owning such property as shown by the County Assessor's
Plat of Delaware County.
PUBLIC PLACES
Includes all other grounds, in addition parks, owned by the
Borough of Marcus Hook.
PUBLIC TREES
Includes all shade and ornamental trees now or hereafter
growing on any street or any public areas where otherwise indicated.
STREET or HIGHWAY
The entire width of every public way or right-of-way when
any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of
right, for purposes of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
TREE LAWN
That part of a street or highway, not covered by sidewalk
or other paving, lying between the property line and that portion
of the street or highway usually used for vehicular traffic.