Maintenance
of Trees
Along
Public
Roads
Legal
Notice:
While
every
attempt
has been
made to
be as
accurate
as
possible,
the
material
found on
these
pages
represents
an
unofficial
copy of
the
Dingman
Township
Tree
Trimming
Ordinance.
When in
conflict,
the
original
signed
official
documents
kept in
the
Township
Building
shall
prevail.
Persons
relying
on this
version
shall do
so at
their
own
risk.
Copies
of this ordinance
may also be obtained
through the Dingman
Township Office.
Ordinance
#
17-2002
AN
ORDINANCE
OF
DINGMAN
TOWNSHIP
REGULATING
THE
PLANTING,
REMOVING
AND
MAINTAINING
OF
CERTAIN
TREES
ESTABLISHING
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
REMOVAL
AND
TRIMMING
AND
PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES
FOR
VIOLATION.
The
Supervisors
of
Dingman
Township,
at a
regularly
or
specially
advertised
meeting,
do
hereby
ordain
and
enact
the
following:
1.
Limbs.
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 8
feet
above
any
public
sidewalk
or 14
feet
above
the
surface
of any
public
roadway,
street
or
alley.
2.
Removal.
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
3.
Notice.
If
within
thirty
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
commission
or the
Board of
Supervisors
may
enter
the
premises
and
remove
the
trees.
4.
Cost.
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.
5.
Penalties.
Any
owner of
property
who
violates
this
Ordinance
shall be
subject
to a
penalty
of up to
$ 600.00
per
violation.
6.
Severability.
The
provisions
of this
Ordinance
shall be
severable
and, if
any of
the
provisions
hereof
shall be
held
invalid
or
unenforceable,
the
remaining
provisions
of this
Ordinance
shall
remain
in
effect.
7.
Repealer.
All
ordinances
or parts
of
ordinances
conflicting
with any
of the
provisions
of this
Ordinance
are
hereby
repealed
in so
far as
same
affects
this
Ordinance.
8.
Effective
date.
This
Ordinance
shall
become
effective
immediately.
Ordained
and
enacted
this 20th
day of
August,
2002
