Tree Protection in Smithtown, NY (2026)
2 verified tree protection rules for Smithtown, New York, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Protected Tree Species
Smithtown forces residential subdivisions to cluster, rather than spread across the whole parcel, whenever the land holds habitat for rare, threatened, endangered or protected plants and animals. Once flagged, that ground is off-limits to clearing, grading or construction under the Town's environmentally sensitive lands rule.
Smithtown Protected-Species Habitat Rule
Some RestrictionsSmithtown Code § 248-31B(2)(a)[10]
A proposed residential subdivision shall be clustered if it will impact on any of the following natural resources or phenomena: ... [10] Habitat for rare, unique, threatened, endangered or protected species of plants and animals, such as bogs, pine barrens and ecotones.
Parkway Planting
Every new subdivision in Smithtown must plant street trees along both sides of each street, spaced 40 to 60 feet apart and set three and a half feet back from the pavement edge. The trees must be approved nursery stock with a two-to-three-inch trunk diameter, though the Planning Board can approve landscaped groupings instead of the even spacing.
Smithtown Subdivision Street Tree Standards
Some RestrictionsSmithtown Code § 248-37H
H. Street trees. (1) Street trees shall be provided in all subdivisions. (2) Trees shall be of nursery stock of an approved species grown under the same climatic conditions as at the location of the development. They shall be of symmetrical growth, free of insect pests and disease, suitable for street use and durable under the maintenance contemplated. (3) The average trunk diameter measured at...
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