In December 2007, the Wyckoff Township Committee voted against a proposed tree ordinance 3-2. What were the main provisions of that ordinance?
Homeowners would have been asked to apply for a permit to remove certain trees in a five-foot buffer area along the borders of their properties, or if the tree were greater than 24 inches in diameter. There were numerous exceptions, however. No permit would have been required nor were there restrictions on removing dead trees, diseased trees, or trees in any emergency situation anywhere on a property. In that five-foot buffer area only trees greater than 8″ in diameter would have been protected. The homeowner could cut down anything less than 8.” Also in the five-foot buffer area, hedgerows only more than eight feet high would have been protected. Anything under eight feet high could have been removed. This ordinance only would have protected trees that were 24″ in diameter or larger; the homeowner could remove, without a permit, any tree smaller that 24″ anywhere on the property, except that five-foot area around the parameter.
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