§ 25-103. Jurisdiction.

1. 

The Borough of Phoenixville shall have control and regulatory authority of all regulated trees.

2. 

The Borough Council hereby vests the Borough Manager with exclusive and absolute custody and control of and power to plant, set out, remove, replace, maintain, protect and care for regulated trees of the Borough of Phoenixville, and no such regulated trees may be planted or removed except by order of the Borough Manager. The Borough Council hereby directs the Tree Advisory Commission to provide the Borough Manager, at his/her request, with written recommendations regarding the Borough Manager's proposed actions.

3. 

With the exception of the maintenance care required by § 25-106, Subsection 1A(1), no person shall cut, trim, mutilate, injure or destroy any regulated tree without first having obtained a tree work permit. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the trimming or cutting by the Borough of regulated trees or parts thereof when such trimming or cutting is necessary to prevent interference with any Borough-owned utility, or to remove any dangerous condition, or for any other Borough purpose.

Ord. No. 2018-2288, 8/14/2018