Tree removal permit rules in Glenn County, CA — sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances — list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Unincorporated Glenn County has no general private-property tree-removal permit or heritage-tree ordinance. The county's only tree-removal permitting is for trees in a county road right-of-way: removing, cutting down or destroying any tree there requires an encroachment permit and is otherwise a misdemeanor (Code 15.12.010). Removing trees on your own land is generally not regulated by the county.
Glenn County is a rural Sacramento Valley and Coast Range foothills county, and its code does not impose a citywide-style permit for cutting down trees on private property; the term 'heritage tree' does not appear in the county code. The principal tree-removal control is Glenn County Code Chapter 15.12 (Encroachment Permits). Section 15.12.010 makes it unlawful to 'plant, remove, cut, cut down, injure or destroy any tree, shrub, plant or flower growing within any county roadway' without an encroachment permit from the Public Works Director, with violations punishable as a misdemeanor and the violator liable for county costs. Section 15.12.060 lets public utilities obtain an annual permit for roadside tree work but expressly excludes tree removal, root cutting and tree destruction from those annual permits, requiring a site-specific permit instead. Property owners removing trees on their own land should still check two things: any agricultural-land or conservation conditions tied to a discretionary permit, and California state requirements that can apply regardless of the county, such as the Forest Practice Act for commercial timber operations and oak-woodland or environmental-review rules. For trees in a road right-of-way, contact Glenn County Public Works before any removal.
Removing or destroying a tree in a county roadway without an encroachment permit is a misdemeanor and the violator is liable to the county for all expenses and damages (Section 15.12.010).
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