Section 58027 - Payment by owners; assessment(a) The cost of planting, transplanting or removing any shade trees in the streets or highways of the township, of the necessary and suitable guards, curbing or grading for protection of the shade trees and of the replacing of any pavement or sidewalk necessarily disturbed in the execution of the work shall be paid by the owner of the real estate abutting the location of the work.(b) In the event that the township undertakes the work described in this section, costs shall be assessed in accordance with Article XXV-A and if the benefit conferred method of assessment is used, the benefit conferred shall be no greater than actual costs.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XXX, § 3027. Amended 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 57; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 143, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].