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Town of Westfield, NJ chevron_right 2024-04-09 info chevron_right Part II: The Code chevron_right Chapter 29 Trees, Shrubs, Weeds and Other Plant Growth

Adopting Ordinance
Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
Part I: The Charter
Ch C Westfield Charter (1967)
Part II: The Code
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 2 Administration
Ch 3 Advertising and Signs
Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverages
Ch 5 Amusements
Ch 6 Animals and Fowl
Ch 7 Bicycles
Ch 8 Buildings
Ch 9 Business and Occupations Generally
Ch 10 Mobile Storage Structures
Ch 10A Conservation Center and Curbside Bulky Waste Collection
Ch 11 Fire Protection
Ch 12 (Reserved)
Ch 12A Housing Code
Ch 12B Certificate of Occupancy
Ch 13 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 14 Offenses — Miscellaneous
Ch 15 Emergency Alarm Systems
Ch 15A Tort Claims for Personal Injury or Property Damage Against the Town of Westfield
Ch 16 Parks and Recreation
Ch 17 Small Wireless Facilities, Poles and Wires
Ch 18 Police
Ch 19 Storing or Parking Inoperable Motor Vehicles
Ch 19A Establishment, Regulation and Licensing for Police Requested and Non-Preference Vehicle Towing and Storage Services
Ch 20 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Ch 21 Smoke Control
Ch 22 Soil Removal and Replacement
Ch 23 Special Sales
Ch 24 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 24A Newsracks
Ch 25 Subdivisions
Ch 26 Swimming Pools
Ch 27 Taxicabs and Limousines
Ch 28 Trailers
Ch 29 Trees, Shrubs, Weeds and Other Plant Growth
Ch 29 Art I In General
§ 29-1 Cutting down, destruction, etc., of trees on streets.
§ 29-2 Trimming branches of trees hanging over sidewalks or streets.
Ch 29 Art II Removal, Trimming, etc., of Hedges, Shrubs, Weeds and Other Obnoxious Growths, Generally
§ 29-3 Notice to owner or tenant to remove or trim weeds, grass, shrubs, etc., to be given by Chief of Police or health officer.
§ 29-4 Preparation of notice; contents of same.
§ 29-5 Service of notice.
§ 29-6 Complaints to be made and signed by Chief of Police or health officer.
Ch 29 Art III Trimming, etc., of Hedges and Other Plants Growing Adjacent to the Roadway or at Intersections and Elimination of Other Obstructions to Vision of Persons Using Roadways
§ 29-7 Prohibited conduct — Plant growth.
§ 29-8 Prohibited conduct — Other objects or things.
§ 29-9 Definition of traffic hazard caused by obstruction to vision.
§ 29-10 Exception for trees.
§ 29-11 Enforcement of article.
§ 29-12 Notice by traffic safety officer or other police officer to trim hedges, etc., or remove obstruction to be given to owner or tenant.
§ 29-13 Time to do such work.
§ 29-14 Failure to remediate; violations and penalties.
Ch 29A Tree Preservation
Ch 30 Used Car Lots
Ch 31 Water
Ch 32 Public Lands, Buildings and Property
Ch 33 Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste, Garbage and Refuse
Ch 34 Drug-Free School Zones
Ch 35 Exterior Property Maintenance Code
Ch 36 Filming Ordinance
Ch 37 Communications Advisory Board
Ch 38 Stormwater Management
Ch 39 Registration and Maintenance of Vacant and/or Abandoned Properties
Ch 40 Rooming and Boarding Houses
Part III: Land Use Regulations
Ch LUL Land Use Regulations
PART IV: Board of Health Regulations
Ch BOH1 General Provisions, Board of Health
Ch BOH2 Animals
Ch BOH3 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
Ch BOH4 Garbage and Refuse
Ch BOH5 Sanitary Regulations
Ch BOH6 Sewage Disposal; Scavengers
Ch BOH7 Exterior Lead Paint Removal
Ch BOH8 Sale and Manufacture of Electronic Smoking Devices
Ch BOH9 Noise Control Ordinance
Ch BOH10 Disease Prevention
Ch BOH11 Flu Vaccination Fees
Ch BOH12 (Reserved)
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

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Chapter 29 Trees, Shrubs, Weeds and Other Plant Growth [1]

Note: As to posting of bills, etc., on trees, see § 3-1 of this Code. As to prohibition against signs on trees, see § 3-7. As to damaging trees, etc., see § 16-2. As to attaching guy wires, etc., to trees, see § 17-2.

Article I In General

§ 29-1 Cutting down, destruction, etc., of trees on streets.

§ 29-2 Trimming branches of trees hanging over sidewalks or streets.

Article II Removal, Trimming, etc., of Hedges, Shrubs, Weeds and Other Obnoxious Growths, Generally

§ 29-3 Notice to owner or tenant to remove or trim weeds, grass, shrubs, etc., to be given by Chief of Police or health officer.

§ 29-4 Preparation of notice; contents of same.

§ 29-5 Service of notice.

§ 29-6 Complaints to be made and signed by Chief of Police or health officer.

Article III Trimming, etc., of Hedges and Other Plants Growing Adjacent to the Roadway or at Intersections and Elimination of Other Obstructions to Vision of Persons Using Roadways

§ 29-7 Prohibited conduct — Plant growth.

§ 29-8 Prohibited conduct — Other objects or things.

§ 29-9 Definition of traffic hazard caused by obstruction to vision.

§ 29-10 Exception for trees.

§ 29-11 Enforcement of article.

§ 29-12 Notice by traffic safety officer or other police officer to trim hedges, etc., or remove obstruction to be given to owner or tenant.

§ 29-13 Time to do such work.

§ 29-14 Failure to remediate; violations and penalties.

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