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Supporting Documentation · Jan 16, 2025

12 12 24 PSEG West Orange BOA ZB 24 06 PSEG 35 Mt Pleasant Ave Full Size

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Page 32 1 trees are only going to be, you know, 10, 12-foot 2 tall. 3 And so you don't have the intense shade 4 and cooling effect that a large tree will have. 5 And, you know, a 30-year -- 30-inch 6 diameter tree could be a hundred, 150, 175 years old. 7 So you're losing screening and wind break even by -- 8 the goal of replacing trees is great, but the actual 9 fulfillment and restoration takes years for these 10 replacement trees to grow to the size of the tree 11 that was removed. 12 Q. And the replacement schedule, does it 13 alter based upon the size of the tree at all or is it 14 static schedule? 15 A. Yes. 16 In fact, I have it right in front of me 17 right now. If you're removing trees from 18 2-and-a-half to 6-inches in diameter -- 19 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Excuse me, sir. 20 From what are you reading? From what 21 are you reading? 22 THE WITNESS: I am reading from the 23 West Orange Tree Replacement Table, Table A. 24 CHAIRMAN NEUER: From the ordinance? 25 In the ordinance?

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