Permits for planting, cutting and removal of
trees, or parts thereof, shall be required, and shall be issued by
the Borough Clerk after review and certification in writing of the
application by the Mayor and Council.
No person shall remove or plant a tree or any
other type of plant or shrubbery upon any of the streets and highways,
or rights-of-way, public places or parks in the Borough of Wanaque
unless he shall have first obtained approval in writing from the Mayor
and Council.
The Mayor and Council may cause the removal
of a tree, or part of a tree, dangerous to public safety, after reasonable
notice of its intention to remove said tree, or part thereof, is given
to the affected property owner or owners, or an abutting owner, unless
public safety requires immediate removal, in which case no notice
shall be necessary. Costs incurred by the borough for the removal
of the aforesaid tree, or parts thereof, if it is so determined that
the Mayor and Council is to be paid by the owner, shall be paid directly
to the Borough Treasurer. Upon failure of the owner to pay such costs
to the Borough Treasurer, the Borough Treasurer shall certify to the
Tax Collector, in writing, and thereupon become and be a lien upon
said real estate, and shall be included in the next tax bill rendered
to the owner or owners thereof, and be collected in the same manner
as other taxes against said property.
An annual permit may be granted to a public
utility for the purpose of cutting, planting and the removal of trees.
All applicants to the Mayor and Council other
than an officer, department, board or agency of the borough acting
in an official capacity, shall pay the following applicable fees:
A. New construction.
(2) Cutting, planting and removal permit, $3.
B. Minor subdivision and single dwelling.
(2) Cutting, planting and removal permit, $3 per lot.
(3) Inspections, $1 per tree per inspection.
(4) Cash bond, $25 per tree; minimum four trees per lot.
C. Major subdivision.
(1) Preliminary. Filing fee, $1 per lot; $25 maximum.
(2) Final.
(a)
Cutting, planting and removal permit, $3 per
lot.
(b)
Inspections, $1 per tree per inspection.
(c)
Cash bond, $25 per tree; minimum four trees
per lot.
D. Industrial, commercial and multiple dwelling.
(1) Filing fee. First 20,000 square feet of lot or fraction
thereof, $5. For each 10,000 square feet thereafter, $2; $25 maximum.
(2) Cutting, planting and removal permit, $3.
(3) Inspections, $1 per tree per inspection.
E. Utilities. Cutting, planting and removal permit, annual,
$100.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not to exceed $500, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both, for each violation.