Prior Resolutions of Approval submission

Board concludes that there is no old growth forest present at the Subject Property. 27. The removal of the trees at the Subject Property and their replacement by a greater or equal number of new trees is clearly appropriate. The majority of the older trees are only present in the northern section of the Subject Property. Many of the trees in that section are dead, dying, have fallen or are in various states of decline. The clearing of the older trees and their replacement with new trees that will grow over their lifetime is part of the natural cycle of trees dying and growing. This is not an example of where the Applicant simply is looking to clear-cut property and not replace the number of trees removed with new trees. Seton Hall proposes to replace the trees, which is part of the cycle that occurs in connection with trees throughout the United States and the world. 28. The tree survey done by the Applicant and the conditions that will be placed upon tree removal with oversight by a monitor, the Township Planner or the Township Forester will ensure that only those trees that should be removed will be removed, and thus comply with the intent and purpose of the Township’s tree ordinance. The Township Forester, Mr. Linson, testified that the Applicant’s plan has complied with the appropriate regulations and that the issuance of a tree removal permit is appropriate, and the Board so finds. 29. None of the wooded area east of Ridge Road, the steepest portion of the Subject Property, will be disturbed by the proposed construction. -31-