Eagle Mountain, UT Landscaping Rules: Tree Removal & Heritage Trees (2026)

100(A) makes it unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization to remove a tree or shrub on a public street or city-owned property, including park strips, without first obtaining written authorization from the urban forester; the authorization must state specifically the work to be done and expires 30 days after issuance. Subsection (B) requires any removed tree, stump or shrub to be cut below ground level so the stump does not project above the surface, unless the urban forester grants permission to leave a projecting stump.

Subsections (C) and (D) give the city power to condemn and order removal of any tree, stump, shrub or plant on a public street or city property that the urban forester or designee deems dead, diseased, undesirable or unsafe, or that was planted without the urban forester's written approval in the first place. 090 makes it unlawful to build a sidewalk within 18 inches of a city tree in a way that injures its roots, crown or trunk, to pile materials near a city tree that causes injury, to pour or spray injurious matter on or around one, to injure a city tree with a vehicle or animal, to post signs or fasten wires to one, or to prune a city tree for commercial exposure without the urban forester's approval in consultation with the community development department. 080, which put the burden on the private owner to abate a tree that poses a risk of harm.