A.
A Shade Tree Committee for the Township of Marlboro
is hereby established.
B.
Membership; term of office; vacancies. The Shade Tree
Committee shall consist of nine members who shall be residents of
the Township and who shall be appointed by the Mayor. The term of
each member of the Shade Tree Committee shall be determined by the
Mayor, and members shall serve for their respective terms and until
their successors are appointed and qualified. The members of the Shade
Tree Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor in January. Vacancies
in the membership of the Shade Tree Committee, occurring for whatever
cause, shall be promptly filled by the Mayor.
C.
Compensation. The members of the Shade Tree Committee
shall serve without compensation.
D.
Officers; meetings; bylaws. The Mayor shall choose
from among its members a Chairman and such other officers as may be
deemed necessary. The Shade Tree Committee shall hold monthly meetings
at a date mutually agreed upon by the Committee. The Shade Tree Committee
may adopt bylaws and make amendments to such bylaws from time to time,
as it may deem necessary.
E.
Duties. The duties of the Shade Tree Committee shall
be as follows:
(1)
To recommend and act as an advisory board regarding
the regulation, planting and care of shade and ornamental trees and
shrubbery now located or which may hereafter be planted in any public
highway, public park or public lands owned or under the jurisdiction
of the Township of Marlboro, including the planting, trimming, spraying,
care and protection thereof.
(2)
To recommend and act as an advisory board regarding
the removal of any tree or part thereof dangerous to public safety.
(3)
To encourage the planting of shade and ornamental
trees and shrubbery throughout the Township of Marlboro on public
and on private property and to assist the various public boards, bodies
and agencies of the Township in their efforts with regard to the encouragement
of planting shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery.
(4)
To prepare, develop and distribute information with
respect to the growing of and care for shade and ornamental trees
and shrubbery.
(5)
To recommend and act as an advisory board regarding
the treatment or the removal of any trees situated upon private property
which are believed to harbor a disease or insects readily communicable
to neighboring healthy trees in the care of the Township; and to enter
upon private property for that purpose; provided, however, that the
consent of the property owner is first obtained in writing, and provided
further that the suspected condition is first confirmed by certificate
issued by or on behalf of the appropriate state or federal agencies.
(6)
To make biannual reports to the Mayor setting forth
therein and detailing the activities and operations of the Shade Tree
Committee during the preceding six months.
F.
Appropriation of funds. There shall be appropriated
in each annual budget of the Township such sum or sums as may be determined
by the Township Council to be necessary for the proper operation and
functioning of the Shade Tree Committee.
A.
A Conservation Officer for the Township of Marlboro
is hereby established.
B.
Terms of employment. The Conservation Officer shall
be appointed by the Mayor. The Conservation Officer shall be a salaried
employee of the Township, to be compensated in accordance with the
Code of the Township of Marlboro, and shall be a part of the Department
of Community Development, Division of Engineering.
C.
Qualifications. The Conservation Officer shall have
the proper qualifications to undertake the administration and enforcement
of this chapter and shall be either a certified tree expert or a professional
forester as recognized by the state based on experience, training
and licensure.
D.
Duties; responsibilities. The duties and responsibilities
of the Conservation Officer shall be as follows:
(1)
Inspection of sites for which applications are filed
under this chapter;
(2)
The administration and enforcement of sites for which
applications are filed under this chapter;
(3)
The administration and enforcement of tree removal
and protection requirements under this chapter, and
(4)
The administration and enforcement, generally, of
all the provisions of this chapter.
E.
The Conservation Officer shall report to the Shade
Tree Committee on a regular basis and shall act as a liaison between
the Shade Tree Committee and the Mayor and governing body of the Township
in connection with the provisions, administration and enforcement
of this chapter.
F.
The Conservation Officer shall be a member of the
Department of Community Development, Division of Engineering and shall
work with the appropriate Land Use Approval Board of the Township
of Marlboro as defined hereinbelow, in order to effectuate the provisions
of this chapter. Copies of engineering reports, Land Use Approval
Board resolutions and other items of record in connection with new
development, tree removal and landscaping issues in the Township shall
be forwarded to the Conservation Officer for his or her review and
action, if appropriate.
G.
The Conservation Officer may, from time to time, appoint
a designee to assist him or her with the duties of Conservation Officer,
such designee to be an employee of the Township Division of Engineering
and qualified, in the opinion of the Conservation Officer, to assist
in conservation matters.
