PB Resolution Adoption TC Ordinance 2616-20:Ch. XXV Amendments&Supplements re: Tree Removal #20-05

IMPROVED LOT Shall mean a single parcel of land with a residential or commercial structure, that is occupied pursuant to and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. LAND USE BOARD Shall mean the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of West Orange. MAJOR TREE Shall mean a tree species with a mature height of at least 50 feet, which shall be at least a 2.5 inch caliper at the time of planting. MINOR TREE Shall mean an evergreen tree, ornamental tree or other small tree at least six feet in height at the time of planting. NONVIABLE TREE Shall mean a tree that the officer or a Qualified Tree Expert certifies is dead, dying, diseased or too damaged to survive. OFFICER Shall mean the person primarily responsible for enforcing this chapter and who is qualified to do so by having the status of a New Jersey Approved Forester, New Jersey Certified-Licensed Tree Expert, or an International Society of Arboriculture Approved Arborist, employed by, or appointed by, the Township of West Orange to implement this chapter and to carry out other related responsibilities as the Township may provide, including, but not limited to, developing and recommending to the Council a Township Woodlands Retention and Protection Plan and a Township Tree Inventory and Planting Schedule. PERSON Shall mean the owner of a parcel of real estate or any other individual, group, company, firm, corporation, partnership, association, society or other legal entity, QUALIFIED TREE EXPERT Shall mean a New Jersey Licensed Landscape Architect, New Jersey Approved Forester, New Jersey Certified-Licensed Tree Expert, or Intemational Society of Arboriculture Approved Arborist. REPLACEMENT TREE Shall mean a tree of a species approved by the officer and of nursery grade, properly balled and burlapped, meeting the minimum measurements of a major or minor tree, respectively. ECIES Shall mean the common name of a tree. 4838-7571-1939, v.