In addition to the powers and duties set forth in Chapter
12 of the Irondequoit Code, the Town of Irondequoit Conservation Board, together with the Commissioner of Public Works, shall have the power to:
A. Develop and recommend a Town forestry program to the Town Board.
B. Develop and recommend an annual written Town forestry plan to the Town Board, as described in §
214-4 of this chapter.
C. Develop and recommend arboricultural specifications and standards
of practice to be adopted by the Town Board.
D. Provide advice and consultation regarding trees to any Town board
or department.
E. Receive, review, and make recommendations to the Commissioner of Public Works on applications from property owners pursuant to §
214-7 for tree plantings, pruning and removals on a public right-of-way.
The Town forestry plan, after adoption by the Town Board, shall
constitute the official Town forestry plan for the Town and, unless
otherwise designated therein, shall be administered by the Town Conservation
Board. The Town forestry plan shall define the annual goals and objectives
of the Town forestry program and shall include a current statement
of arboricultural specifications and standards of practice and a current
master tree list and street tree inventory. Nothing contained in the
Town forestry program, Town forestry plan, or the arboricultural specifications
and standards of practice shall abridge the authority of the Commissioner
of Public Works as provided for under New York State law.
No person shall cut, carve, injure, paint, harm, remove, damage
or otherwise deface any Town tree; attach or fasten any advertisement,
notice, wire, nail, poster or other sign; allow any brine, oil, gasoline,
or other substance deleterious to tree life to lie, leak, pour, flow
or drip on or into the soil around the base of a tree which could
injure such tree.
No person, except the Town or its agents acting on the Town's behalf or as authorized pursuant to §
214-9, shall plant, remove, replant, and/or replace a tree or shrub in a public place without first submitting an application to the Town Commissioner of Public Works and obtaining his or her approval therefor. The applicant shall pay for all costs associated with said tree planting, tree removals, or tree replacements. All work authorized pursuant to this section shall comply with the arboricultural specifications and standards of practice adopted by the Town Board.
The Town Commissioner of Public Works/Superintendent of Highways
may, with the consent of the Town Board, issue to any public service
corporation having facilities within the Town a permit covering all
operations of such corporation with the Town, authorizing such public
service corporation to trim or remove trees if necessary. Such operation
shall be done in accordance with the arboricultural specifications
and standards of practice adopted by the Town Board and such other
or further conditions as the Town Commissioner of Public Works/Superintendent
of Highways or Town Board may require.