Rumson Agenda: Unfinished Business
Public hearings on three ordinances at tonight's meeting; some Sandy business
There's a full agenda on tap for tonight's Rumson Borough Council meeting and public hearings for what is known as the long-debated tree ordinance and post-Sandy building and floor height ordinances top "unfinished business." The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at Rumson Borough Hall. The amended "Tree Protection Ordinance" is first up for public purview and comment. Tree clearing has been a subject of controversy in the borough for some time. The issue of what trees should or should not be removed, for environmental and conservation purposes, was heightened by Navesink Avenue residents Rick Jones and Cindy Zipf's tussle with the borough over a developer's clear-cutting of trees that they claimed should have never been chopped. The couple …
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