Township of Abington, PA
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2023-06-08
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 143 Streets and Sidewalks
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Article II Obstructions Over Sidewalks
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Bond of Treasurer
- Ch 7 Code Appeals, Board of
- Ch 8 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 10 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 12 Fire Department
- Ch 14 Fire Police Force
- Ch 19 Meetings
- Ch 24 Officers and Employees
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 Planning Commission
- Ch 34 Police Department
- Ch 36 Records
- Ch 38 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 41 School Crossing Guards; Parking Enforcement Officers
- Ch 42 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 44 Social Security
- Ch 49 Vacant Property Review Board
- Ch 50 Wards
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 56 Alarm Systems
- Ch 57 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 58 Animals
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 63 Contractor Registration
- Ch 64 Contractor Anti-Discrimination
- Ch 65 Burning
- Ch 67 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 70 Drainage
- Ch 72 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 73 Dumpsters and Portable Storage Units
- Ch 74 Emergencies, Public
- Ch 75 Industrial Accidents
- Ch 79 Fees
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 Firearms and Other Weapons
- Ch 85 Fire Prevention
- Ch 88 Food Handling Establishments
- Ch 92 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 95 Graffiti
- Ch 98 Housing Standards
- Ch 99 Human Relations
- Ch 103 Condominiums
- Ch 104 Loitering
- Ch 105 Massage Establishments
- Ch 105A Newspapers and Newsracks
- Ch 106 Noise
- Ch 108 Nuisances
- Ch 111 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 115 Parks, Playgrounds and School District Grounds
- Ch 118 Peddling, Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 121 Plumbing
- Ch 122 Water Conservation
- Ch 123 Property Sales, Construction or Alteration
- Ch 124 Property, Township
- Ch 125 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 126 Real Estate Registry: Vacant Properties
- Ch 127 Recycling
- Ch 128 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 132 Sewers and Sewage
- Ch 133 (Reserved)
- Ch 135 Smoking in Public Places
- Ch 137 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 140 Sound Equipment
- Ch 142 Stormwater Management
- Ch 143 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 143 Art II Obstructions Over Sidewalks
- § 143-16 Trimming of trees and other vegetation.
- § 143-17 Notice; service of notice.
- § 143-18 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 146 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 149 Swimming Pools
- Ch 152 Taxation
- Ch 154 Telecommunications
- Ch 155 Traffic Control
- Ch 156 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 157 Vehicles, Parking of
- Ch 158 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 158A Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 159 Water
- Ch 160 Towing
- Ch 162 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A167 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A168 Electric Franchise
- Ch A169 (Reserved)
- Ch A170 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-9-1936 by Ord. No. 379; amended
in its entirety 4-11-1991 by Ord. No. 1690]
The owner or occupants of property abutting
on the streets or sidewalks in Abington Township shall cut, alter,
remove or trim any trees, hedges, shrubbery, underbrush, hedges, shrubbery,
underbrush or any other obstructions growing along such streets or
sidewalks immediately in front of or adjacent to the owner's or occupant's
property so as to provide at all times a clear passage of eight feet
above the sidewalks and 14 feet above the streets. It is hereby decreed
that failure to maintain such a clear passage shall constitute public
nuisances, and the obstructions shall be removed as herein provided.
A.
Notice. Should the owner or occupant fail to remove
such obstructions, the Township Officer shall issue a written notice
upon the owner or occupant, setting forth the following:
B.
Service of notice. The notice provided for in this
section may be served on the property owner by leaving the same at
the owner's place of residence and upon the occupant of the property
by first class mail addressed to the occupant at the property. If
the owner has no residence in the township, then the notice may be
served by registered mail addressed to the last known residence of
such owner and by posting a copy of the same on the property.
If the property owner or occupant fails to comply
with the requirements of such notice within 30 days from the date
of its service, the Township Commissioners shall cause the necessary
work to be done to remove the obstruction at the expense of the owner
or occupant and the entire cost, including interest, shall be a lien
upon the premises and shall be filed and collected by the Township
of Abington in the same manner as municipal claims are filed and collected.
