Jersey City, NJ Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

C sets the citywide parkway tree standard: any project going through site plan review, whether new construction or a rehabilitation, must provide one street tree, either a newly planted tree or an existing one already on the frontage, for every 25 feet of street frontage the project has. The trees have to be selected from the 'most current Recommended Street Tree List' published in the Jersey City Forestry Standards, and both the planting site and the species need approval from the Division of Parks and Forestry before installation; planting methods, materials, and tree-pit specifications also follow those same Forestry Standards.

b requires a monetary contribution to the city instead, set at 'the replacement cost per tree, as determined annually by the Division of Parks and Forestry,' in place of the missing planting. 5. The same landscaping article separately requires 60% of a residential front yard between the building line and the street to be planted (30% where a front driveway or garage cuts through that area), so parkway trees are one piece of a broader on-site greening requirement rather than a standalone rule.