§ 419-2. Authority and jurisdiction.

A. 

Authority. The Borough Council is empowered to adopt, by ordinance, rules, regulations, and standards regarding the custody and control of shade trees in the Borough pursuant to Article XXVII of the Borough Code, Act of February 1, 1966 (1965, P.L. 1656, No. 581), as amended. The Borough Code Officer is empowered to enforce this chapter and to prosecute any violators of this chapter.

B. 

Jurisdiction. The Borough Council shall have the exclusive custody and control of the shade trees along and within the rights-of-way of the highways, streets, alleys, sidewalks, and other public ways of the Borough of Walnutport, and may plant, remove, trim, maintain, and protect said shade trees, and may require the planting, removal, trimming, and/or maintenance of said shade trees. This jurisdiction shall also apply with respect to the trimming of any shade tree, the branches of which extend over and above any such public rights-of-way, as above enumerated, or to any shade tree, the continued existence of which shall be deemed a hazard to the public welfare.