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Scotch Plains City Zoning Code

§ 23-2.2

Preservation of Natural Features.

a. 
No structure shall be built within 50 feet of a stream bed which carries water on an average of six months of the year, or on land which is subject to periodic overflow of a stream.
b. 
No person, firm or corporation shall strip, excavate, or otherwise remove topsoil for sale or other use other than on the premises from which taken, except in connection with the construction or alteration of a building or such premises and excavating or grading incidental thereto, or except as may be permitted by the Township Earth Removal Ordinance.
c. 
Existing natural features such as trees, brooks, drainage channels, and views shall be retained. Whenever such features interfere with the proposed use of the property, the Township Engineer may authorize their removal or relocation, provided that there will be, in his opinion, no substantial adverse effect upon other property values in the area, and an alternate is not feasible.