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Pompton Lakes explores ban on running bamboo, eases tree‑ordinance costs in workshop
Summary
At a workshop session council reviewed a draft ordinance to ban running bamboo (with grandfathering but abatement for encroachment) and saw redline edits to the tree ordinance that lower permit fees and simplify application requirements; council asked staff to circulate revised text to stakeholders.
Borough staff brought two workshop items to the May meeting: a draft ordinance to prohibit planting running bamboo and a redlined revision of the recently proposed tree ordinance intended to reduce burdens on residents.
Administrator and borough attorney described the bamboo proposal as a response to repeated complaints about invasive running bamboo spreading from state-owned vacant lots into neighboring properties. The draft would prohibit new…
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