Borough of Franklin Lakes, NJ
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2022-11-22
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 71 Officers and Employees
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Article IX Tree Specialist
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 19 Council
- Ch 23 Court, Municipal
- Ch 29 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 35 Environmental Commission
- Ch 42 Fire Department
- Ch 50 Health, Board of
- Ch 64 Mutual Aid
- Ch 71 Officers and Employees
- Ch 71 Art IX Tree Specialist
- § 71-34 Creation of position.
- § 71-35 Appointment.
- § 71-36 Duties.
- § 71-37 Compliance.
- Ch 76 Official Map
- Ch 84 Personnel Policies
- Ch 89 Police Department
- Ch 95 Public Works Department
- Ch 101 Purchasing and Payroll
- Ch 107 Recreation and Parks Department
- Ch 112 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 118 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 124 Volunteer Incentives
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 135 Affordable Housing
- Ch 137 Aircraft, Small Unmanned
- Ch 140 Alarm Systems
- Ch 144 Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
- Ch 151 Amusement Devices
- Ch 157 Animals
- Ch 162 Bamboo
- Ch 172 Blasting
- Ch 186 Business Hours
- Ch 193 Cemeteries
- Ch 199 (Reserved)
- Ch 208 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 225 Curfew, Limited
- Ch 228 Drug-Free School Zone
- Ch 230 Dumpsters and Other Refuse Containers
- Ch 247 Fees
- Ch 248 Fertilizer
- Ch 250 Filming
- Ch 254 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 259 Fire Prevention
- Ch 264 Fire Zones
- Ch 272 (Reserved)
- Ch 276 Games of Chance
- Ch 279 Garage Sales
- Ch 283 Handbills and Circulars
- Ch 287 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 300 Land Use and Development
- Ch 306 Library
- Ch 308 Limousines
- Ch 311 Littering
- Ch 318 Loitering
- Ch 323 Motorized Sport Bikes and Related Vehicles
- Ch 329 Noise
- Ch 335 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 347 Parking
- Ch 356 Parks and Public Lands
- Ch 362 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 370 Property, Rehabilitation of Abandoned
- Ch 373 Property Maintenance
- Ch 377 Public Utilities
- Ch 390 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 393 Small Cell Wireless Facilities
- Ch 395 Smoking
- Ch 404 Soil Removal
- Ch 408 Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 411 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 415 Special Assistance List
- Ch 420 Stormwater Control
- Ch 425 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 437 (Reserved)
- Ch 446 Towing
- Ch 453 Trees
- Ch 461 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 470 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 478 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 489 Water
- Ch 492 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 495 Zoning Permits
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 500 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 505 Animals
- Ch 511 (Reserved)
- Ch 523 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 529 Housing
- Ch 536 Laundries and Dry Cleaners
- Ch 542 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 547 Sanitation in Public Places
- Ch 554 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 563 Water Systems
- Ch 570 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch A580 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-19-2013 by Ord. No. 1562]
There is hereby created the position of Tree Specialist for
the Borough of Franklin Lakes.
The Tree Specialist shall be appointed annually by the Mayor
with the advice and consent of the Council.
The Tree Specialist shall be responsible for the conservation of trees and soil within the Borough and shall administer the provisions of Chapter 453 and Article XV of Chapter 300 of the Borough Code. The Tree Specialist shall also provide assistance, support and advice to the Borough’s Shade Tree Commission and shall attend meetings of the Commission. The Tree Specialist shall be responsible for the inspection of sites for which application(s) are filed under these chapters. The Tree Specialist will be responsible for the administration and protection requirements of these chapters and enforcement of ordinances as directed by the Shade Tree Commission.
When enforcing applicable Borough ordinances, the Tree Specialist
shall give the property owner a reasonable opportunity to comply with
the requirements of the Tree Specialist in accordance with this section.
The time period for compliance shall depend on the severity and urgency
of the issue. If the property owner shall fail or refuse to comply
with the requirements of the Tree Specialist after being given a reasonable
opportunity to comply, then the Tree Specialist may forthwith proceed
to take such actions as may be appropriate, including, but not limited
to, administering treatment or removal of any tree. The cost thereof
shall be certified to the Tax Collector and shall thereupon become
a lien upon the property in the same manner as taxes against the property.
The Tree Specialist has the authority to issue summonses and stop-work
orders and authorize the release of tree bonds.
