[Editor's Note: The power to provide regulations for the protection
and care of trees is part of the general Police power contained in
N.J.S.A. 40:48-1, 2.]
[1979 Code § 9-1]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection,
regulation and control of all shade trees planted or growing upon
the public highways or in the public parks of the City of Linden.
[1979 Code § 9-2]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any public street or highway accepted and maintained
by the City, and any public park in the City.
Shall mean the Shade Tree Commission of the City and its
duly authorized representatives.
Editor's Note: The Shade Tree Commission was replaced with the Shade Tree Advisory Board by Ord. No. 66-75. See Section 2-58.
Shall mean trees, woods, plants and shrubs.
[1979 Code § 9-3.1]
No person shall do to any tree in any public place within the
City any of the following acts without having first obtained a permit
from the Shade Tree Commission.
Editor's Note: The Shade Tree Commission was replaced with the Shade Tree Advisory Board by Ord. No. 66-75. See Section 2-58.
[1979 Code § 9-3.2]
No person shall do any of the following acts to any tree in
a public place in the City:
a.
Fasten any rope, wire, sign or other device to a tree or to any guard
above such tree.
b.
Allow a wire or other conductor charged with electricity to come
into contact with any tree in such manner as may injure, abrade, destroy
or kill such tree or plant.
c.
Cause or permit gas or other substances deleterious to tree life
to come in contact with the soil surrounding the roots of any tree
in any public place in a manner that will injure, kill or destroy
the tree.
d.
Cause or permit brine, salt, oil, liquid dye or any other substance
deleterious to tree life to lie, leak, pour, flow, drip, or in any
other manner enter the soil around the base of a tree in any public
place.
e.
Prevent, delay or interfere with the Shade Tree Commission or its
authorized agents in the performance of their duties.
Editor's Note: The Shade Tree Commission was replaced with the Shade Tree Advisory Board by Ord. No. 66-75. See Section 2-58.
f.
Build a fire or station a tar kettle, road roller or other device
in any public place in a manner that will result in heat, vapors or
fumes therefrom injuring any tree.
g.
Use or operate shovels, machines, equipment, tools or any other implement
in such a manner as to damage, injure or destroy a tree.
[1979 Code § 9-3.3]
In the erection or repair of a building or structure, the owner
shall place such guards around all nearby trees on the public highways
as shall effectually prevent injury to them.
[1979 Code § 9-3.4]
No person shall permit any animal owned by him or under his
control to damage or destroy any tree or plant on a public thoroughfare,
nor shall any person fasten any animal to any such tree or plant.
