[Added 5-24-2023 by Ord. No. 861-2023]
a. 
There is hereby established in the Borough a "Tree Dedication Program" to become effective on July 1, 2023. Said program shall be in accordance with recommendations submitted by the Borough Environmental Commission, an advisory board of the Borough.
b. 
The Business Administrator and the Director of Public Works, in consultation with the Borough Environmental Commission, are hereby authorized and directed to prepare the formal Tree Dedication Program specifying the terms, conditions, and requirements thereof. In so doing, the Business Administrator and Director of Public Works are authorized to seek the services of such other Borough consultants as may be required. The plan, when finalized, shall be submitted to Borough Council for final approval which approval shall be expressed in the form of a formal resolution. Such resolution when adopted shall remain in effect from year to year thereafter until such time as it may be amended or rescinded.
[Added 5-24-2023 by Ord. No. 861-2023]
a. 
The program shall establish a dedication fee. A portion of such fee, as determined by the plan and as modified by time to time by Borough Council, shall be designated as a fund for the services of an arborist for the trees in the program. The remaining part of the dedication fee shall be utilized for the replacement of diseased, dying or dead trees that are in the program and for the purchase of additional trees to be placed throughout the Borough and which shall be available for future dedication.
b. 
The Borough will establish a Dedication by Rider, either as part of the Environmental Trust Fund or otherwise as the Chief Financial Officer shall determine, for all revenue received from the program and for the payment of all expenses associated with the program as specified therein.
c. 
The purpose of the Dedication by Rider is to establish a mechanism which shall be separate and apart from the Current Fund of the annual municipal budget and which shall exist on a continuing basis from year to year.
d. 
A condition of the program is that it be totally funded from the dedication fees received and provided further that such program shall not require any municipal appropriation of tax revenues to fund or sustain the program.
[Added 5-24-2023 by Ord. No. 861-2023]
a. 
The Business Administrator in consultation with the Director of Public Works and such other Borough consultants as the Business Administrator or Director of Public Works deem necessary, and after consultation with the Borough Environmental Commission, is hereby authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of this chapter.
b. 
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:69A-183 any such rule or regulation shall become effective when filed with the Borough Clerk and approved by resolution of Borough Council which resolution shall establish the effective date thereof.