STREET TREES — Trees, shrubs, bushes, and all other woody vegetation
located in the public right-of-way along all streets, avenues, and
medians within the Township of East Brunswick.
PARK TREES — Trees, shrubs, bushes, and all woody vegetation
located in parks, reservations, open space areas, and public purpose
areas owned by the Township of East Brunswick.
The Division of Parks is responsible for the planting, maintenance,
and management of Street trees and Park trees located within the Township
of East Brunswick as defined in Chapter 3-59 of the Township Code.
It shall be the policy of the Township to maintain and preserve
all existing Street trees and Park trees within the Township. Only
upon an Act of God or the consensus of the Division of Parks personnel
may a Street tree or Park tree be removed.
Trees that are heaving sidewalks and curbs will have the roots in
question "ground down" by the Parks Division at the property owners
request. The responsibility and cost to repair the sidewalks, if necessary,
will be at the property owners expense.
Additional precautions may be implemented to insure that sidewalk
and curb problems will not reoccur. Examples would be realignment
of the walk itself and the installation of root retardant fabric.
The area provided for growth is such that the potential after all
reasonable and practical preservation techniques have been considered,
is insufficient and presents a hazard to the health and welfare of
the community.
If trees cannot be placed in the right-of-way for any of the above
they may be planted on the residents side of the sidewalk under the
following conditions:
The spacing between street trees will be in accordance with
the three species size classes listed in appendix A of this policy.
No trees may be planted closer together than the following; small
trees 30'; medium trees 40', and large trees 50'; except
in special plantings designed or approved by a landscape Architect.
All new plantings will be paid for and installed by the developer
and held under bond for a period of two (2) years after the date of
installation, (Performance Bond release) guaranteeing survival.
Species of all new plantings and replacement plants will be selected
upon the approved plant list provided by the Planning Department (Refer
to Appendix).