For county-road trees, Essex County Public Works issues tree planting and removal permits to residents. For private and municipal trees, each town's NJDEP-mandated tree removal and replacement ordinance and shade tree commission govern permits.
Essex County's own tree permitting is narrow but real: the County Department of Public Works issues planting and removal permits to residents for trees in county road rights of way and performs over 300 removals a year, so a county street tree cannot be removed without going through the county. For nearly all other trees, permits are municipal. Every New Jersey municipality was required under NJDEP's MS4 stormwater permit to adopt a tree removal and replacement ordinance by May 1, 2024; these commonly require a permit to remove a tree over a threshold size, mandate replacement plantings or a fee in lieu, and exempt clearly hazardous trees. Municipal shade tree commissions created under N.J.S.A. 40:64 separately control removal of public
Removing a county street tree without a county permit exposes the owner to enforcement and tree-value restitution. Removing a regulated private tree without a municipal permit violates the local tree removal and replacement ordinance and can require replacement plantings, a
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