[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Washington
5-15-1972 (Sec. 15-2 of the Revised General Ordinances). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
No person shall do or cause to be done any of the following acts affecting
the trees, plants, shrubbery or other ornamental flora planted or growing
naturally within the highways or public places under the jurisdiction of the
township, except with a written permit first obtained from the Shade Tree
Committee:
A.
Cut, trim, break, disturb the roots of or spray with
chemicals any living tree or shrub or injure, misuse or remove any structure
or device placed to support or protect any tree or shrub.
B.
Plant or remove any living tree or shrub or climb with
spikes any living tree or shrub.
C.
Fasten any rope, wire, electric attachments, sign or
other device to a tree or shrub or to any guard about such tree or shrub.
D.
Close or obstruct any open space provided about the base
of a tree or shrub to permit the access of air, water or fertilizer to the
roots of such tree or shrub.
E.
Pile any building material or make any mortar or cement
within six feet of a tree or shrub.
F.
Change the grade of the soil within the limits of the
lateral spread or the branches of any such tree.
Every person having control over any wire for the transmission of an
electric current along a public highway shall at all times guard the trees
through which, or near which, such wire passes against any injury from the
wire or cable or from the electric current carried by it. The device or means
used shall in every case be subject to approval by the Shade Tree Committee.
No person shall place any guy wire, brace or other device on any such
tree in such a manner as to injure it.
No person shall hitch or fasten an animal to any tree or shrub upon
a public highway or to any guard or support provided for the same nor permit
an animal to bite or otherwise injure any tree or shrub.
No person shall permit any brine, gas or injurious chemical or liquid
to come in contact with the stump or roots of any tree or shrub upon a public
highway.
No person shall prevent, delay or interfere with any lawful work undertaken
by the Shade Tree Committee or its authorized agent.
If any person continues to violate any of the provisions of this chapter
after being duly notified of such violation or neglects or refuses to comply
with any lawful order of the Township Engineer or other lawful authority,
the failure to comply with a second or each of any subsequent notifications
or orders shall be construed as an additional violation of this chapter, and
each such additional offense shall subject the offending party, upon conviction,
to the same penalty as provided for the first offense.
