Landscaping Rules in Chula Vista, CA (2026)

City of Chula Vista Urban Forestry Program; Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 12.32 (Tree Ordinance)

The Urban Forestry Program provides the following services: Emergency response to tree issues that pose a potential threat to the public or property. Removal of City trees that are dead in the public right-of-way. Contractual safety tree trimming to prevent future potential tree failures or right-of-way issues, as budget permits. Planting of trees on City Property. No tree, palm, shrub, or othe...

City of Chula Vista Urban Forestry Program — Tree Removal Permit Application & Criteria

Tree Removal Permit Application. A Tree Removal Permit is required if your tree is: Within any city parkway, between the sidewalk and the street; The designated street tree species within a Tree Plaining and Maintenance Easement; Located in any other right-of-way. Criteria for granting tree removal permits: The City of Chula Vista promotes preservation of mature healthy trees whenever possible....

Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 5004

5004. “Noxious weed” means any species of plant that is, or is liable to be, troublesome, aggressive, intrusive, detrimental, or destructive to agriculture, silviculture, or important native species, and difficult to control or eradicate, which the director, by regulation, designates to be a noxious weed. In determining whether or not a species shall be designated a noxious weed for the purpose...

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 23, § 490 et seq. (Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance)

About 40% of the water Californians use at home is used outdoors. Large water savings can be gained by efficient landscape design, installation, management, and maintenance. This is accomplished by choosing climate adapted plants, improving soil conditions, using, and maintaining high efficiency irrigation equipment and managing the irrigation schedule to fit the plants water needs as they are ...

Cal. Water Code § 10574 (AB 1750, Rainwater Capture Act of 2012)

This bill would enact the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012, which would provide that use of rainwater collected from rooftops does not require a water right permit from the state board. (2) Existing law, the Contractors’ State License Law, creates the Contractors’ State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors. Existing la...

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 23, § 490 et seq. (Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance)

About 40% of the water Californians use at home is used outdoors. Large water savings can be gained by efficient landscape design, installation, management, and maintenance. This is accomplished by choosing climate adapted plants, improving soil conditions, using, and maintaining high efficiency irrigation equipment and managing the irrigation schedule to fit the plants water needs as they are ...

Cal. Civ. Code § 4735

4735. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provision of the governing documents or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies shall be void and unenforceable if it does any of the following: (1) Prohibits, or includes conditions that have the effect of prohibiting, the use of low water-using plants as a group or as a replacement of existing turf. (2) Prohibits, or includes conditions t...