Union City Code for Preservation of Trees

In adopting this chapter, Preservation of Trees, the City of Bayonne finds that the indiscriminate, uncontrolled removal and cutting of trees causes increased drainage control costs, increased soil erosion and sedimentation, decreased soil fertility, degradation of water resources, decreased ground water recharge, increased build-up of atmospheric carbon and increased dust which impacts the character of the City and decreases property values, all of which can adversely affect the health, safety and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City. It is the intention of the City of Bayonne to control the cutting, removal and destruction of trees within the City, thereby preserving the maximum number of trees for the purposes stated herein.