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Timestamp: 2017-12-13 13:16:38
Document Index: 722386455

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 76', '§ 76', '§ 76', '§ 76', '§ 76', '§ 76']

Borough of Washington, NJ SHADE TREE COMMISSION
§ 76-1 Establishment; composition; appointment; compensation.
§ 76-2 Terms of office.
§ 76-3 Powers.
§ 76-4 Cost of trees and improvements; charge and lien on property; exceptions.
§ 76-5 Notices and hearings on plantings and removal of trees.
§ 76-6 Authority to prescribe penalties.
Chapter 76: SHADE TREE COMMISSION
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Washington 3-13-1979 by Ord. No. 6-79. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Trees — See Ch. 83.
Establishment; composition; appointment; compensation.
Cost of trees and improvements; charge and lien on property; exceptions.
Notices and hearings on plantings and removal of trees.
Authority to prescribe penalties.
Chapter 76 : SHADE TREE COMMISSION
The regulation, planting, care and control of shade trees and shrubbery upon or in the streets, highways, public places, parks or parkways of this municipality shall be exercised by and be under the authority of a Commission consisting of five residents of this municipality, which Commission shall be known as the "Shade Tree Commission of Washington, New Jersey," the members of which shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall serve without compensation.
The terms of office of said Commission shall be in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:64-2.
The Shade Tree Commission of the Borough of Washington shall have the power to:
Exercise full and exclusive control over the regulations, planting and care of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery now located, or which may hereafter be planted, in any public highway, park or parkway, including the planting, trimming, spraying, care and protection thereof.
Regulate and control the use of the ground surrounding the same, as far as may be necessary for their proper growth, care and protection.
Care for and control such parks and parkways; encourage arboriculture; make, alter, amend and repeal, in the manner prescribed for the passage, alteration, amendment and repeal of ordinances by the governing body of the municipality, any and all ordinances necessary or proper for carrying out the provisions hereof.
Administer treatment to or remove any tree situate upon private property which is believed to harbor a disease or insects readily communicable to neighboring healthy trees in the care of the municipality and enter upon private property for that purpose, with the consent of the owner thereof, provided that the suspected condition is first confirmed by a certificate issued by or on behalf of the Department of Agriculture.
Except as hereinafter provided, the initial cost of all trees planted by the Commission, the cost of planting the same, the cost of the posts and boxes or guards used for the protection thereof and the cost of the removal of any tree or part thereof dangerous to public safety shall, if the Commission shall so determine in accordance with uniform rules and regulations promulgated for this purpose, be a charge upon the real estate in front of which such tree or trees shall be planted or removed as an improvement thereof. Such cost, if it is so determined that it is to be paid by the owner, shall, unless paid directly to the Commission, be certified by it to the Collector of Taxes of the municipality, shall thereupon become and be a lien upon said real estate, shall be included in the next tax bill rendered to the owner or owners thereof and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes against that property.
In every case where the property of an abutting owner will be chargeable with the cost of planting of any shade tree or trees, the Commission shall give notice of the meeting at which it is proposed to consider said planting by publishing the notice at least once, not less than 20 days before the meeting, in a newspaper circulating in the municipality, or by personal service of a copy of the notice upon the abutting owner at least 10 days before the meeting. The notice shall specify the street, streets or portions thereof on which such planting is proposed and require all persons who may object thereto to present their objections in writing at the office of the Commission at or before the meeting. Before final action shall be taken, all objections so filed shall be considered. The Commission shall give reasonable notice of its intention to remove, or cause the removal of, a tree or part of a tree dangerous to public safety, unless public safety requires immediate removal, in which case no notice shall be necessary.
The Commission may prescribe a fine for the violation of each of its ordinances in an amount not to exceed $200 for each violation, and the courts which now or hereafter shall have jurisdiction over actions for the violation of ordinances of the municipality shall have jurisdiction in actions for the violation of such ordinances as the Commission shall enact.