[Added 5-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-020]
There shall be a Shade Tree Commission of the Township of Hamilton.
The Shade Tree Commission shall consist of five residents of
the Township appointed by the Mayor. The terms of office of the Commission
members shall commence upon the day of their appointment, and shall
be for the respective periods of one, two, three, four and five years.
The Commission hereby created shall be an advisory commission,
with the power and authority to advise the administration in the regulation,
planting, care and control of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery
upon and in the streets, highways, public places, parks and parkways
within the jurisdiction of the Township, except state highways unless
the State Department of Transportation shall assent thereto, and county
highways, parks and parkways unless the Mercer County Shade Tree Commission
shall assent thereto, and shall exercise all powers and rights and
be subject to all duties provided in N.J.S.A. 40:64-1 et seq., as
amended and supplemented.
The Commission shall keep records of its meetings and activities
and make a semiannual report to the Mayor and Council.
The Commission may appoint such clerks and other employees as
it may from time to time require and as may be within the limits of
funds appropriated to it by the Council.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Ch. 2, Division 22, Health Advisory
Commission (added 5-7-2008 by Ord. No. 08-027); and former Ch. 2,
Division 23, Advisory Commission on Technology (added 5-7-2008 by
Ord. No. 08-025), which immediately followed this section, were repealed
3-19-2013 by Ord. No. 13-012.
