A permit from the Public Works Director is required to cut, trim, prune, or remove any tree on public streets, parks, or rights-of-way in Torrance.
The City of Torrance's Streetscape Division is responsible for trimming, maintaining, and regularly inspecting over 37,000 city trees. The City's tree trimming policy is to only trim for the health and sustainability of the urban forest, with exceptions for public safety, power line clearance, traffic clearance, and structural clearance — not for views. Homeowners may have the city tree in front of their property trimmed by a City-approved private contractor through a permit process. There is no charge for the City permit; however, property owners pay the contractor directly. The list of approved contractors is issued with the trimming permit.
Unauthorized trimming of city trees is prohibited. Homeowners must obtain a free permit before hiring approved contractors for city tree work.
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