No person shall cut or remove any tree upon
any land within the Town unless such removal accomplishes a useful
purpose and is done in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
For the purposes of this Article, the following
terms and words are herein defined as follows:
APPROVED PLAN
A plan of tree removal and/or planting approved by the Planning
Board, the Town Engineer or other Town agency, as provided for in
this chapter.
PREFERRED TREE LIST
A list of trees recommended by tree specialists as best adapted
to the climate, soil and topography of the Town of Dover and adopted
by resolution of the Town of Dover Shade Tree Commission. This list
shall be kept on file for the use and guidance of persons presenting
plans for tree planting and is attached hereto as Schedule A.
TREE
Any woody perennial plant having a diameter greater than
four inches, measured at a point four and one-half (41/2) feet above
the ground.
WOODED AREA
Any area larger than 5,000 square feet supporting sufficient
trees to cause 75% of the ground to be directly under canopies of
trees.
Under this Article, the following trees may
be removed without the filing of and the obtaining of an approved
plan:
A. Any tree located on a tract of land having a minimum
lot size of 60,000 square feet or more in size on which a single-family
dwelling has been erected and for which a valid occupancy permit has
been issued, provided that the tree removal is authorized in writing
by the owner of such property.
B. Any tree as part of a nursery, garden, orchard or
Christmas tree farm, provided that the subject area is being actively
used commercially and is not a component part of a subdivision or
development for building purposes.
C. Trees managed by the Town of Dover Shade Tree Commission.
D. Any live tree cut for firewood or lumber for personal
use by the owner or his tenant occupying the premises.
E. Any dead or diseased tree or any tree that endangers
life or property.
F. Trees cut according to a plan developed by State or
Federal Forestry Departments, designed for weeding, thinning, planting
or other tree culture or betterment of wooded areas, provided that
a letter so stating is filed with the Town Engineer and is signed
by the forestry specialist developing the plan.
G. Trees removed in the development of ponds or lakes
when supervised by the Soil Conservation Service and/or the Federal
or State Forestry Service, provided that a letter so stating is filed
with the Town Engineer, signed by the appropriate supervising agency.
H. Trees removed for farmland or horticultural development,
provided that a letter is filed with the Town Engineer stating that
the land involved is suited for the aforementioned use and is signed
by the Morris County Agriculture Agent.
Every plan submitted for tree removal approval
shall be in the form of a map and exhibits showing:
A. The tax map lot and block number.
C. The location of trees or wooded areas.
D. The number of trees or percentage of wooded area.
F. General slope/topography taken from the Dover Slope
Map.
G. The location of streams and wetlands.
H. A map of locations and surrounding properties showing
wooded areas.
I. A list of trees to be planted, which shall be of a
species shown on the Preferred Tree List.
J. A tree removal plan and tree planting plan in relation
to principal and accessory buildings, roads and driveways, parking
lots, garden areas, etc., showing also the relation to survey stakes.
K. The location of buildings.
L. The location of roads, driveways, parking lots, recreation
areas and garden areas.
The following is a Preferred Tree List for the
Town of Dover as prepared by the Dover Shade Tree Commission:
I.
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Shade trees and shrubs
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Crimson Cloud hawthorn (Crataegus)
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Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
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Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
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Crimson King maple (Acer platanoides)
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October Glory red maple (Acer rubrum)
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Wiers cutleaf maple (Acer saccharinum laciniatum
wieri)
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Balkan ash (Fraxinus holotricha)
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Flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus)
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Marshall seedless green ash (Fraxinus lanceolata)
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Bradford callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
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Canadian hemlock (Tsunga canadensis)
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Red cedar (Juniperus chinensis pfitzer, sabina)
(Juniperus japonica)
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Yew (Taxus media andersonis)
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Little-leaf linden (Tilia cordata)
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Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, male forms)
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Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
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Thornless honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos
inermis)
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American yellowood (Cladrasits lutea)
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Flowering trees and shrubs
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Flowering crabapple (Malus floribunda)
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Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
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Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
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Saucer magnolia (Magnolia soulangaena)
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Weeping higan cherry (Prunus subhirtella)
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Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata),
variety Sekiyama (Kwanzan)
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Forsythia (Forsythia)
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Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica)
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Bridal wreath (Spiraea vanhouttei)
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American redbud (Cercis canadensis)
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Weigela (Weigela florida)
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Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
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Althaea (Hibiscus syriacus)
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