2025 02 Tree Removal Report

This report summarizes the field assessment of existing trees on the MPB Realty, LLC site on June 18, 2021. The site is located on Block 153, Lot 38, 470 Eagle Rock Avenue (CR 611) in the Township of West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. There is an existing restaurant building on site facing Eagle Rock Avenue. Parking is located on all sides of the existing building. The proposed site improvements include retrofitting the existing building for the occupancy of a Popeyes and IHOP restaurant, along with a new parking lot with drive-through facility and associated site improvements. As a result of these improvements, a defined area of vegetation will be removed. A tree survey was conducted by Dynamic Engineering Consultants, PC to locate trees with a DBH of 4’’ or greater, identify their species, and their general condition. The existing trees to be removed within the limit of disturbance will be replaced. The demolition area contains mostly maple, locust, and arborvitae species. The trees in this area vary in DBH and condition. Forty-three (43) existing trees are within the limit of disturbance area. To address the tree removal requirements of the ordinance, viable trees within the area of disturbance shall be replaced. There are forty-three (43) existing trees proposed to be removed within the limit of disturbance including five (5) trees between 4” and 6” diameter and twelve (12) trees greater than 6” diameter. Twenty-six (26) of the trees in this area have been defined as poor or unviable for replacement, consisting of six (6) trees at 4” to 6” diameter and twenty (20) trees at greater than 6” diameter. A nonviable tree is defined as a tree that the officer or a qualified tree expert certifies is dead, dying, diseased or too damaged to survive (28-3 Definitions) and does not require replacement. For greater detail on tree species to be replaced, see the chart provided on the Demolition & Tree Removal Plan (Sheet 4 of 23 in the Site Plan Set). Excluding the Twenty-six (26) nonviable trees within the area of disturbance, seventeen (17) viable trees are proposed to be removed and shall be replaced. A total of fifty-three (53) new trees are proposed. Of the fifty-three (53) replacement trees have been proposed. The proposed shade trees are Acer Rubrum ‘Autumn Flame’ (Red Maple), Liquidambar Styraciflua ‘Rotundiloba’ (Seedless Sweetgum), and Quercus X Warei

fty-three (53) replacement trees have been proposed. The proposed shade trees are Acer Rubrum ‘Autumn Flame’ (Red Maple), Liquidambar Styraciflua ‘Rotundiloba’ (Seedless Sweetgum), and Quercus X Warei ‘Long’ (Regal Prince Oak). The proposed ornamental and evergreen trees are Juniperus Virginiana ‘Corcorcor’ (Emerald Sentinel Red Cedar), Pinus Strobus ‘Fastigiata’ (White Pine), and Cericis Canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ (Forest Pansy Redbud). For quantities and placement of each species, see the Landscape Plan (Sheet 9 of 24 in the Site Plan Set). To be approved for a tree removal permit connected with a development application, at least 30% of the trees on each lot shall be preserved (28-4 Approval of a Permit and Tree Replacement Requirement). To reach the necessary 30%, a minimum of ten (10) trees shall be preserved (30% of the 33 total existing viable trees equals 10 trees to be preserved). Seven (7) trees are proposed to be preserved on site and fifty-three (53) trees are proposed to replace the forty-three (43) trees to be removed.