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Shade Tree Commission lists properties and asks whether ordinance gives enforcement power
Summary
Members of the Susquehanna Township Shade Tree Commission reviewed six properties with statues and asked whether the Shade Tree Ordinance allows them to notify residents by mail or tax-bill notice and to proactively plant replacement trees; the minutes record the questions but no formal staff response or action.
David Roccasecca opened the Susquehanna Township Shade Tree Commission meeting on April 16, and the commission turned to old business about statues on private properties after routine agenda items.
Ray Davis provided a list of six addresses — 3500 Green St., 3514 Green St., 214 Montrose St., 3335 Green St., 3511 Green St., and 3408 Green St. — and the commission discussed next steps for properties where trees or required replantings have not occurred. Commission members asked how they could distribute a flyer to residents and whether a notice could be added to a resident’s tax bill as a means of prompting compliance.
Members also asked about the enforcement "teeth" in the Shade Tree Ordinance and whether the commission has authority to proactively plant trees in the public tree lawn of properties that did not replant. The minutes record these questions but do not include a recorded staff response, a legal citation, or a formal motion directing staff to pursue a specific enforcement action.
Because the minutes do not record a definitive answer, the commission’s enforcement options remain unresolved in the public record from this meeting. The commission listed the addresses for follow-up and preserved the topic for a future meeting or staff report.
