[Adopted 12-26-1975 by Ord. No. 700 as § 2-15 of
the 1975 Revised General Ordinances (Ch. 72 of the 1986 Code)]
[Amended 1-2-1985 by Ord.
No. 84-22; 2-17-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-5]
A Shade Tree Commission is hereby established which shall consists
of seven members.
[Amended 2-17-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-5]
A.
The members of the Shade Tree Commission shall be appointed by the
Mayor and shall be residents of the Borough. They shall serve without
compensation, except as provided in N.J.S.A. 40:64-3.
B.
The Borough Council may appoint one of its members to serve as a
liaison to the Commission for a term of one year from January 1 to
December 31. Said liaison shall have the right to attend and participate
in all meetings of the Commission and its subcommittees, including
any closed executive sessions, but shall not have a vote unless he
or she is also a member of the Commission.
[Amended 1-2-1985 by Ord.
No. 84-22; 2-17-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-5]
All appointments of members of the Commission shall be for a
term of five years, and vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired
term only.
[Amended 8-9-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-20]
The Shade Tree Commission shall organize annually by the election
of one of its members as Chairperson and the appointment of a Secretary,
who need not be a member of the Commission. The compensation of the
Secretary shall be fixed by the governing body; the salary of all
other employees shall be fixed by the Commission.
[Amended 2-17-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-5]
A.
The Shade Tree Commission shall have power to exercise full, sole
and exclusive control over the regulation, planting and care of shade
and ornamental trees and shrubbery planted in or upon any public highway,
park or parkway of the Borough, including the planting, trimming,
spraying, care and protection of the same for the public good; the
right to regulate and control the use of the grounds surrounding the
same so far as may be necessary for their proper growth, care and
protection; the right to remove or require the removal of any tree,
or any part thereof, dangerous to the public safety, following notice
to the property owners as required by statute, at the expense of the
owner of such tree; the right to care for and control such parks and
parkways; the encouragement of arboriculture, and such other powers
vested in shade tree commissions by state law.
B.
The operations of the Commission are subject to the annual appropriation
of and/or the issuance of public debt by the Borough Council.
All moneys collected as fines or penalties for violation of
a rule or regulation of the Shade Tree Commission, or as a charge
against real property under the provisions of the statute in such
case made and provided, shall be forthwith paid over to the collector
of the Borough, shall be placed to the credit of the Commission, and
shall be subject to be withdrawn by the Commission for the conduct
of its work.
