Bergen County does not impose a countywide tree replacement formula on private property. Replacement requirements are set by each municipality and by New Jersey's statewide stormwater rules (N.J.A.C. 7:8) for major development projects, which require tree planting based on disturbed canopy.
Tree replacement after removal in Bergen County is governed by two main frameworks. First, individual municipalities like Harrington Park (Ordinance 778-24), Glen Rock (Ordinance 1929), and Woodcliff Lake set replacement schedules typically requiring one or more new trees per inch of removed DBH, sometimes substituted with a payment into a tree replacement fund. Second, New Jersey's 2023 update to N.J.A.C. 7:8 requires major development projects across all Bergen County municipalities to replace removed trees on a square-foot canopy basis or contribute to a municipal tree fund. Within county parks, the Bergen County Division of Land Management plants replacement stock when hazard removals occur.
Failure to plant required replacements typically results in fines of $500 to $1,500 per tree owed, plus required compliance plantings.
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