Piscataway City Zoning Code
§ 21-30.15
Tree Preservation.
[Ord. No. 2015-09]
a.
In order to facilitate redevelopment within the Warehouse/Light Industrial Redevelopment Overlay Zone, and considering the condition of the trees and the location of many of the trees in areas affected by environmental contamination, a redevelopment executed in compliance with the Township Redevelopment Plan shall be exempt from Chapter 30 of the municipal ordinances on the following conditions:
1.
Any proposed tree removal is shown on a Preliminary or Final Site Plan approved by the Planning Board.
2.
The redevelopment retains a minimum tree count estimated by an approved averaging survey in excess of 15,000 trees.
3.
Redeveloper shall pay a fee to the Township tree maintenance and replacement fund calculated as follows: $4,000 per acre of forested land cleared for the redevelopment project.
4.
Redeveloper shall plant deciduous trees which are part of its landscape plan with a caliper of three inches to 3 1/2 inches and evergreen shrubs with a height at time of planting of 10 feet to 12 feet.