Marysville, WA Landscaping Rules: Tree Removal & Heritage Trees (2026)
Tree removal permit rules in Marysville, WA, sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances, list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Key Facts
- Trigger
- director-approved removal of a significant tree
- Mitigation option 1
- planting plan on alternative site
- Mitigation option 2
- payment into city tree fund
- Applies to
- new subdivisions and short subdivisions only
- Governing code
- Marysville Municipal Code § 22G.090.570(2)(d)
Summary
When Marysville, Washington approves removing a significant tree from a new subdivision, the applicant must replace its lost function: either with a planting plan on another part of the site or by paying into the city's tree fund.
At the discretion and approval of the community development director, where it is not feasible and/or desirable to retain the significant trees, the applicant may propose a planting plan on an alternative site or area, or payment into the city tree fund, that provides effective replacement of the functions and/or value lost through removal of the significant trees.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4922912; v1 updated 2026-06-08; through 06-08-2026).
Full Breakdown
Marysville Municipal Code § 22G.090.570(2)(d) lets the community development director allow removal of a 'significant tree' (evergreen 8 inches or larger, deciduous 12 inches or larger in diameter) from a new land division only alongside mitigation: a planting plan on an alternative site or area within the development, or a payment into the city's tree fund that replaces the lost functions and value. This mitigation choice applies only to significant trees removed through subdivision or short subdivision review in this Snohomish County city, it isn't a citywide replacement mandate for trees removed outside a plat application.
Violations & Fines
Marysville ties this mitigation to plat approval itself: the community development director won't sign off on removal without an accepted planting plan or tree-fund payment, and Title 22 violations are enforceable under MMC § 4.02.040.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I get to choose between planting and paying?
Does this apply to a single tree on my existing lot?
Sources & Official References
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