![]() Upon request, to act as an advisory committee for City Council, the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals. To provide regular and special meetings at which the subject of trees, insofar as it relates to the City, may be discussed by members of the Commission, officers and personnel of the City and all others interested in the tree program.Į. ![]() To assist the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Binghamton, County of Broome, State of New York and citizens of the City in the dissemination of news and information regarding selection, planting and maintenance of trees within the corporate limits.ĭ. To assist the Parks and Recreation Department with the type and kind of trees to be planted upon such municipal property.Ĭ. To study the problems and determine the needs of the City of Binghamton, County of Broome, State of New York, in connection with its tree planting program.ī. The Shade Tree Commission shall have the following duties and responsibilities:Ī. Duties and responsibilities of Commission. The members of the Shade Tree Commission, including ex officio members, shall receive no compensation for their services pursuant to this chapter, but they may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties within the appropriations made available therefor. In the event that a vacancy shall occur during the term of any member, his or her successor shall be appointed by the City Council Parks and Recreation Committee or the Mayor of the City of Binghamton, as the case may be, for the unexpired portion of the term. The Director of Parks and Recreation or a designee of will serve as an ex-officio member.ĭ. The Director of Planning, Housing and Community Development or a designee of will serve as an ex-officio member. The term of office of the seven appointed persons shall begin on January 1, 2008.Ĭ. A high school student for a two-year term shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Shade Tree Commission and approved by the Mayor of the City of Binghamton.ī. The term of office of the seven persons shall be three years, except that the term of two of the members appointed to the original Commission shall be for only one year and the term of two members of the original Commission shall be for two years. Term of office of Commission members high school member vacancies.Ī. Said Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, who are residents or work in the City, three (3) who shall be appointed by the Binghamton City Council Parks and Recreation Committee and three (3) who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Binghamton, and one (1) who shall be the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation or his/her designee. There is hereby created a City Shade Tree Commission for the City of Binghamton, County of Broome, State of New York. PUBLIC TREES - Any woody plant, located on municipal property, having at least one well-defined trunk and at least 2 ½ inches in diameter measured at a height of six inches above the natural grade and having a clearly defined ground. STREET TREES - Trees, shrubs, bushes and all other woody vegetation on land lying between property lines on either side of all streets, avenues or ways within the City.
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