Tree removal permit rules in Glassboro, NJ — sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances — list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Removing a tree in Gloucester County increasingly requires a municipal permit. Since NJDEP's stormwater MS4 mandate, towns like Washington Township and Deptford adopted tree-removal-and-replacement ordinances, and street trees are separately controlled by the shade tree commission under N.J.S.A. 40:64-5.
Gloucester County has no county tree ordinance, but two layers of rule govern removal. First, N.J.S.A. 40:64-5 gives a municipal shade tree commission full and exclusive control over trees in any public highway, park, or parkway, so no street tree may be removed without commission consent. Second, NJDEP's 2020 stormwater rules and the MS4 permit forced every New Jersey municipality to adopt a tree-removal-and-replacement ordinance, most following the NJDEP model that requires a permit before removing a tree above a set trunk diameter and mandates replacement. In the southeastern towns of Monroe and Franklin, land inside the Pinelands Area carries added vegetation-clearing limits under the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan.
Removing a regulated tree without the required municipal permit, or cutting a public shade tree without commission consent under N.J.S.A. 40:64-5, brings stop-work orders, replacement-planting demands, and fines set by the town ordinance.
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