Chandler, AZ Landscaping Rules: Tree Removal & Heritage Trees (2026)

Sec. 35-1906(6)(h), Chandler's landscape maintenance standard, applies to the same range of new developments covered by the rest of the article's landscaping rules and puts the maintenance duty squarely on the landowner or lessor. The section lists four specific obligations: sites must be kept clean and attractive at all times, with weeds and trash not allowed to accumulate; living plant material must get enough water and fertilizer to stay healthy and, as much as possible, be allowed to reach its natural size and shape; pruning must maintain plant health and enhance form and structure, and cropping of trees is prohibited unless necessary to protect traffic safety or overhead power lines, with all pruning required to follow the adopted standards of the Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (Appendix B to the section); and any dead or obviously unhealthy plant material must be replaced with material equal to what the approved landscape plan originally specified.

The maintenance duty sits alongside a separate plant materials guarantee in Sec. 35-1906(6)(i): the owner must warrant plant material for at least 60 days from final City approval, with anything approved after October 1 of a given year carrying an extended guarantee running to May 20 of the following year, and replaced plants restarting a fresh 60-day guarantee.