Greensboro, NC Landscaping Rules: Tree Removal & Heritage Trees (2026)

1(d) applies specifically to city-owned property, not to private development. The section directs the city to encourage the replanting of canopy trees on city property, and states that when a tree is removed from city property an appropriate tree shall be planted in general proximity to the tree removed, if reasonably possible, with all replacement trees required to be a minimum of two inches in caliper at time of planting. 1(a): at least thirty days before removing a tree from city-owned property, the city must notify owners of property within one hundred feet, describing the extent of the proposed removal, the location (with a map), and the appeal process, unless the removal is an emergency under subsection (c), in which case notice is waived and the determination is made by designated staff in consultation with the parks and recreation department.

City-owned property for this purpose includes street rights-of-way and medians but excludes utility easements, ditches, drainageways and areas covered by maintenance agreements. Because this replacement duty runs against the city as the tree owner rather than against private landowners, it does not create a mitigation obligation for a homeowner or developer who removes a tree from their own private lot; any private-lot mitigation standard would fall under the separate Land Development Ordinance.