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<br />July 10, 20091 Volume 3\ No. 13 <br /> <br />Zoning Bulletin <br /> <br />Matters Subject to Regulation-Builders <br />association says tree removal ordinance is an <br />invalid zoning regulation <br /> <br />Township maintains ordinance is an environmental <br />regulation, subject to a different standard of review for <br />validity <br /> <br />Citation: New Jersey Shore Builders Ass'n v. Township of Jackson, 199 <br />N.J. 38, 970 A.2d 992 (2009) <br /> <br />NEW JERSEY (OS/13/09)-1n 2003, the township adopted a tree re- <br />moval ordinance (the "Ordinance"). The Ordinance was drafted to <br />"regulate and control the indiscriminate and excessive cutting of trees in <br />the (t]ownship" so as to prevent: "soil erosion and dust"; "deteriorating <br />property values"; and further rendering of land as "unfit and unsuitable <br />for its most appropriate uses ...." The Ordinance prohibited the removal <br />of any tree with a trunk diameter of three inches at breast height without <br />first having obtained a tree removal permit from the township's forester. <br />Under the Ordinance, if a tree removal permit was granted by the for- <br />ester, a per lot and per tree removal fee would be assessed. Payment could <br /> <br /> <br />WEST@ <br /> <br />610 Opperman Drive. P.O. Box 64526. St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-BOO-229-2084. email: west.customerservice@thomsonreuters.com.west.thomson.com/quinlan <br />15SN 0514-7905 . @ 2009 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved. <br />Quinlan™ is a Thomson Reuters brand. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />@ i009 Thomson Reuters' <br /> <br />44 <br /> <br />....-......., <br />( <br />\ <br /> <br />(~) <br /> <br />) <br />.----- <br /> <br />:i <br />II <br />I, <br />II <br />Ii <br />II <br />\\ <br />II <br />! <br />I <br />