Borough of Bellmawr, NJ
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2022-04-22
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 427 Trees
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 19 Checks, Execution of
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 31 Environmental Commission
- Ch 36 Fire Department
- Ch 42 Health, Board of
- Ch 51 Housing Authority
- Ch 60 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 73 Officers and Employees
- Ch 84 Police Department
- Ch 87 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 89 Purchasing; Claims and Payroll
- Ch 97 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 115 Advertisements and Circulars
- Ch 124 Alarm Systems
- Ch 129 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 133 Amusement Devices
- Ch 137 Animals
- Ch 140 Batting Cages, Indoor
- Ch 146 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 151 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 166 Commercial Vehicles and Equipment
- Ch 170 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 179 Curfew
- Ch 185 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 190 Drug and Drunk Driving Free Zones
- Ch 196 Emergency Services
- Ch 201 Environmental Impact Statements
- Ch 210 Fees
- Ch 216 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 222 Fire Prevention
- Ch 228 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 234 Games of Chance
- Ch 240 Hotel Use and Occupancy Tax
- Ch 255 Junk Dealers
- Ch 260 Land Use and Development
- Ch 266 Licensing Procedures
- Ch 270 Littering
- Ch 276 Massage Establishments
- Ch 295 Noise
- Ch 301 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 303 Public Contract Reform
- Ch 306 Obscene Publications
- Ch 317 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 323 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 328 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 333 Pool and Billiard Establishments
- Ch 337 Precious Metals and Gems; Secondhand Goods
- Ch 341 Property Maintenance
- Ch 344 Property, Rental
- Ch 347 Property, Vacant
- Ch 352 Records
- Ch 357 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 359 Public Assemblies
- Ch 363 Sewers
- Ch 368 Signs
- Ch 370 Smoking and Vaping on Public Property
- Ch 377 Soil Removal
- Ch 382 Solid Waste
- Ch 387 Stables and Riding Academies
- Ch 393 Stormwater Control
- Ch 400 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 405 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 407 Medicinal Cannabis Transfer Tax
- Ch 408 Municipal Cannabis Tax
- Ch 411 Taxicabs
- Ch 422 Trailers
- Ch 427 Trees
- § 427-1 Planting of trees restricted.
- § 427-2 Clearance above sidewalk.
- § 427-3 Visual obstructions.
- § 427-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 433 Vehicles and Equipment, Abandoned
- Ch 440 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 450 Water
- Part III: Health Legislation
- Ch 483 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 488 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 496 Septic Systems
- Ch 500 Swimming Pools, Public
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Bellmawr 3-16-1972 by Ord. No. 4-72 as Ch. 100 of the 1972
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-26-1996 by Ord. No. 8:17-96]
It shall be unlawful for any property owner, tenant or resident
to plant or cause to be planted a tree within 10 feet from the curb
or edge of any roadway.
Every such tree shall have a minimum clearance of at least eight
feet above the sidewalk level.
No hedges, trees or bushes having a height of more than three
feet are permissible within 15 feet of any street property line, except
shade trees that do not obstruct traffic vision.[1]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of
community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof,
in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each and every
day that such violation shall continue shall be a further and separate
offense under the terms of this chapter, subject to the penalties
herein prescribed.
