Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 67907. Removal of diseased or dangerous trees

(a) The shade tree commission or, if no commission exists, the board of supervisors may by ordinance 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 property.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.