Tree Protection in California (2026)

California provides statewide protections for native oak woodlands and heritage trees through CEQA review, Public…

A tree recommended by the Historical Heritage Commission and confirmed by the Board of Supervisors as historically or…

In Alameda, a tree can become a protected Historical Monument in its own right: the Municipal Code defines a Historical…

Antioch designates any tree at least 48 inches in diameter or over 40 feet tall a landmark tree, and removal…

Apple Valley designates Joshua trees as protected, requiring Town review before any existing Joshua tree is disturbed…

Camarillo designates certain street and public-area trees as historic, specimen or memorial by resolution of the…

The Carlsbad City Council can designate any tree in the community a heritage tree because of its historic interest or…

Chino Hills protects heritage trees, defined under Municipal Code Section 16.90.020(E) as any tree with a cumulative…

Clovis designates individual trees as protected 'heritage trees' under Municipal Code Section 9.30.120 through…

Contra Costa County protects registered heritage trees countywide under Ordinance Code Chapter 816-4. A heritage tree…

Corona designates Heritage trees on city or private property through the Urban Forest Management Plan, and once…

Only a property owner, or anyone if the tree sits on public or quasi-public land, may apply to have a tree designated…

Dublin, California protects heritage trees, oaks, bays, cypresses, maples, redwoods, buckeyes, and sycamores with a…

El Monte designates a tree a Heritage Tree, and therefore a protected tree, if its single trunk measures 36 inches or…

Fairfield protects individual trees for their history, rarity or size, not just their species. Section 25.36.3(D) lets…

Folsom automatically classifies a tree as a heritage tree once it reaches 30 inches DSH (or 50 inches combined for…

Fremont's city council can designate any tree a "landmark tree" by resolution, giving it special protection. A tree…

Fullerton designates individual trees of exceptional age, size or historic value as landmark trees by City Council…

Hayward designates Heritage Trees when the City Landscape Architect finds at least two of four criteria under Section…

Hesperia protects specific desert native species, Joshua trees, smoketree, agaves and yuccas, mesquites, and large…

Indio trees the Community Services Commission designates as heritage trees get extra protection: removal is allowed…

Livermore's closest equivalent to a heritage-tree law is the City Council's power to designate an individual tree an…

The Santa Monica Mountains North Area CSD designates any tree with a single trunk 36 or more inches in diameter (or two…

Los Banos can designate individual trees or tree groups as protected Heritage Trees by City Council resolution under §…

Monterey can designate an outstanding tree a 'Local Landmark Tree' if it meets objective size criteria, oaks at 10…

Moorpark protects 'historic trees': living trees the city council formally designates by resolution because of a…

Moreno Valley bans removing, destroying, topping or disfiguring any 'heritage tree,' a category that covers older palm…

Mountain View requires every owner of a heritage tree, generally one with a 48-inch trunk circumference, to keep it…

Orange protects trees of historical value on 'public interest property' regardless of parcel size or development…

Pasadena protects landmark trees citywide under Municipal Code Chapter 8.52. Any person or city agency may nominate a…

Perris lets the urban forestry board designate landmark 'heritage trees' that may not be harmed, with removal allowed…

Petaluma's Heritage and Landmark Tree ordinance bars removal, substantial alteration, or soil disturbance in the drip…

The Board of Supervisors can designate individual trees or groves as "landmark trees" for historical, cultural or…

Pomona protects mature oak trees over 8 inches in diameter citywide, plus specimen (heritage) oaks named in City…

Rancho Cucamonga requires a tree removal permit from the planning director before anyone cuts down, relocates, or tops…

Redlands protects historically or culturally significant public trees by designating them 'landmark trees,' a class of…

The Park and Recreation Commission can designate any Redwood City tree, regardless of size, a protected "heritage tree"…

Unincorporated San Benito County gives extra protection to 'trees of special protection', heritage trees 36 inches or…

San Jose designates heritage trees by city council resolution based on factors like history, girth, height, species, or…

Santa Clara Municipal Code Chapter 12.35 designates "heritage trees" as trees significant for their age, historic…

Santa Rosa protects heritage trees, native oaks, redwoods, and other listed species above a set trunk diameter, plus…

Simi Valley lets the City Council designate individual trees as "historic" by resolution for their tie to a historic…

The City of Sonoma's Heritage Tree Ordinance lets the parks and recreation commission designate a tree at least 50…

Removing or damaging a county-designated heritage or landmark tree requires a tree permit from the planning department…

Stockton designates Valley Oak, Coast Live Oak and Interior Live Oak trees with a 16-inch or greater trunk diameter as…

A tree the Sunnyvale city council designates a heritage landmark under Chapter 19.96 needs two permits before it can…

Temecula automatically protects five named native species, oak, California sycamore, bay laurel, black walnut and…

Thousand Oaks requires a City-issued permit before anyone cuts, removes, encroaches on, or relocates a landmark or…

Union City can individually designate a 'significant tree' a Landmark under § 18.106.110, triggering Chapter 18.106's…

Vallejo requires developers in non-residential zoning districts to preserve existing trees over 24 inches in diameter…

In Ventura County's coastal zone, a non-native tree with a single trunk 28 inches or more in diameter, or with two…

Visalia formally recognizes 'landmark trees', any native or non-native tree designated by city council resolution for…

West Covina designates "heritage trees" by Planning Commission resolution for historical, cultural, or landmark…

West Sacramento bars anyone from removing, damaging or heavily pruning a designated heritage or landmark tree, private…

The Anaheim City Council can designate any tree on public property as a 'landmark tree' based on its age, size, species…

Chico lets residents nominate landmark trees for Heritage Tree status, triggering a recorded notice and removal…

Compton requires Architectural Review Board sign-off before removing landscaping the City previously approved, and…

Davis lets any person propose a tree for landmark status through city council designation, based on criteria like size…

The Elk Grove City Council can designate a 'landmark tree' by resolution based on species, size, age, form, or…

Escondido can designate an individual tree as a protected landscape feature through its local historic register and…

Sacramento County Code Chapter 19.04 designates California oaks with trunk girth ≥60 inches measured 4.5 ft above grade…

Fontana designates heritage, significant and specimen trees under Article III of Municipal Code Chapter 28. A tree…

Fresno designates exceptional trees as Heritage Trees under Municipal Code Section 15-2308(B), and once listed a tree…

Hanford property owners must preserve heritage trees in good health, and any construction near a council-designated…

Imperial County bars picking or destroying blossoms, branches or berries of eight named native trees and plants, on…

Inglewood protects memorial trees dedicated by a City-recognized entity and specimen trees that define a neighborhood…

Los Angeles protects four indigenous tree species and two shrub species by ordinance; any specimen measuring four…

Murrieta protects trees the city council formally designates by resolution as historically significant, whether for…

In the City of Pacifica, certain native trees are automatically designated heritage trees once they reach a set trunk…

Pleasanton's tree code defines a heritage tree as one with special significance to the community due to history, size…

Rancho Cordova's tree ordinance singles out two groups of trees for extra protection: native oaks (valley, interior…

Redding protects its oldest and most distinctive trees through a council-approved Landmark and Heritage Tree Plan…

Sacramento can name an individual tree a protected heritage tree by city council resolution. City Code § 12.56.020…

Salinas protects heritage and landmark oak trees on city property under Sec. 35-18: any oak twenty-four inches or more…

San Bernardino County classifies three or more palm trees planted in a linear windrow or parkway row 50 feet or longer…

San Francisco lets owners, commissions, or agency directors nominate a tree for landmark status, which the Board of…

Santa Clarita designates certain trees as legally 'protected' by City Council resolution rather than by a blanket…

Upland keeps an official register of heritage and landmark trees under Municipal Code § 12.26.040, protecting specimens…

Costa Mesa lets any property owner voluntarily nominate a tree for the city's landmark tree list based on historical…

Sacramento County defines a heritage tree as a California oak with a trunk 60 inches or more in girth, and requires…

The Recreation and Parks Commission can confer "Heritage Tree" status on any tree, public or private, that is over 50…

Berkeley has banned removal of Coast Live Oak trees since 1996 under BMC Chapter 6.52: any single-stem oak 18 inches or…

Mendocino County bans clearing commercial timber species, true oaks, or Tan Oaks to build or expand a cannabis…

San Diego Municipal Code § 63.07 makes it unlawful to cut, injure, or destroy any Torrey Pine tree (Pinus Torreyana)…

Removing or trimming a tree in a site identified as habitat for protected wildlife, including U.S. Fish and…

Alameda automatically protects three specific tree categories citywide: the palm trees on Burbank Street and Portola…

Alhambra's tree preservation ordinance protects three categories of tree by size: oaks and California native species…

Antioch's tree ordinance names seven native species, from blue oak to California bay, as INDIGENOUS TREE and protects…

Chino Hills' tree preservation ordinance names four native species as protected: California Sycamore, California Live…

Clearing native vegetation or grading in Chula Vista's mapped MSCP conservation areas requires a Habitat Loss and…

Clovis Municipal Code Section 9.30.040 defines which trees on private property are 'protected' and therefore require a…

El Cajon does not protect tree species by blanket rule. Instead the city council individually designates "landmark…

El Monte's tree ordinance singles out fourteen native species, including coast live oak, Engelmann oak, California…

Any oak tree, genus quercus, with a trunk 10 inches or more in diameter at breast height is automatically a protected…

On undeveloped private property in Fairfield, four native tree species are automatically protected once they reach 6…

Folsom's tree ordinance protects four native oak species at just 6 inches of trunk diameter, plus any heritage…

Fremont's tree preservation ordinance gives native species a lower protection threshold than other trees: an oak…

Fresno's Citywide Development Code protects specific trees from removal: Heritage Trees, multi-trunk trees with a…

Glendale protects California live oak, scrub oak, San Gabriel oak, valley oak, mesa oak, California bay and California…

Hanford's tree ordinance singles out one species by name: Hanford Municipal Code § 12.12.020 makes any native Valley…

Hayward's Tree Preservation Ordinance names 17 native species, from big leaf maple to coast live oak, as Protected…

In unincorporated Los Angeles County land inside a mapped Significant Ecological Area, removing, pruning past 25% of…

Marin's Development Code protects specific native tree species once they reach a set trunk diameter, defined in Section…

Any living oak of the species Quercus lobata, agrifolia or dumosa, or their hybrids, is automatically protected in…

Mountain View extends heritage tree protection to native oak, redwood and cedar trees at a fraction of the size…

Oakland protects Coast Live Oaks four inches or more in trunk diameter and every other tree species nine inches or…

Palmdale's native desert vegetation ordinance designates Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and California junipers, plus…

Pasadena's tree ordinance lists thirteen native species, including coast live oak and California sycamore, that are…

Pleasanton protects 13 named native species, including coast live oak, valley oak and California black walnut, once…

Pomona protects every Oak tree over eight inches in trunk diameter under Zoning and Development Code Sec. 1300.S…

Redding does not single out particular tree species for protection. Under Section 18.45.030, any tree over six inches…

Redlands automatically protects certain public trees without any designation hearing. City Code Section 12.52.110…

Removing a living native tree above 5,000 feet elevation on a parcel over half an acre requires a planning director…

The county's Tree Preservation Ordinance bars removing, killing, or grading within the dripline of native oak trees six…

Unincorporated San Benito County designates 'trees of special protection', including any 36-inch-or-greater heritage…

Joshua trees, mesquites, desert ironwood, palo verde and other listed desert native plants can't be removed on…

San Jose's city council designates individual private-property trees as "heritage trees" for their history, girth…

San Leandro has no citywide list of protected tree species; instead, Zoning Code Section 4.16.112.B lets the Site Plan…

San Marcos bans cutting, digging, removing or destroying any yucca, cactus, agave, native tree, flowering shrub…

San Ramon's tree preservation chapter defines which trees are legally protected before removal, relocation, or cutting…

Removing a deciduous oak tree four inches or more in diameter in the county's inland agricultural and resource zones…

Nine native and specimen tree species are protected across Santa Clara once their trunk reaches twelve inches in…

Trees the Historical Heritage Commission finds historically or biologically significant can be designated 'heritage…

Beyond oaks, Thousand Oaks separately protects "landmark trees", mature California Sycamores, Bay Laurels, Black…

Unincorporated Ventura County protects the tree species listed on Table 1 of its Tree Protection Regulations, along…

Victorville makes it a misdemeanor to cut, damage, destroy, dig up, or harvest any Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)…

The Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) is a protected species throughout all of Visalia. It is a crime to willfully remove…

In Anaheim's Santa Ana Canyon Scenic Corridor (SC) Overlay Zone, a City permit is required before destroying a…

Within the PD-20 planned development zone, Brentwood Municipal Code § 17.470.006 protects native oak trees of four-inch…

Chico protects specific native tree species by size, plus any tree tied to a development approval, before removal is…

Cupertino Municipal Code Chapter 14.18 protects eleven specific tree species once they reach mature specimen size, plus…

Davis extends protected status beyond city-owned trees to certain private trees it calls trees of significance: any…

Dublin, California protects any oak, bay, cypress, maple, redwood, buckeye, or sycamore with a trunk twenty-four inches…

Thirteen named native species, from coast live oak to California sycamore, become protected in Inglewood once their…

Lake County's zoning ordinance directs anyone developing a commercial cannabis cultivation site to avoid and minimize…

Livermore's tree preservation ordinance protects any California native tree of 15 listed species once it reaches 24…

Los Angeles protects four categories of Southern California native tree species, oaks (Valley Oak and California Live…

Monterey protects trees by size, not by species: any tree over 2 inches in trunk diameter on a vacant private parcel…

Murrieta's tree preservation chapter protects mature native oaks, mature native trees, and mature trees of any species…

In the City of Pacifica, a "protected tree" is any tree on public or private property with a trunk diameter of twelve…

Perris classifies trees as 'protected' by age, size, species, location, or cultural and historic importance, covering…

Petaluma protects native oaks at four inches DBH, California Buckeye at six inches, California Bay at twelve inches…

Placer County's Woodland Conservation ordinance protects native trees at least six inches in trunk diameter, oak…

Rancho Cordova protects two categories of trees regardless of location: native oaks, valley oak, interior live oak…

Redwood City's tree ordinance does not list protected species; instead Code Sec. 35.1 protects any woody plant with a…

Rohnert Park's tree preservation chapter protects any private-land tree with a four-inch single trunk (or eight-inch…

Roseville's tree preservation ordinance protects native oaks, not trees generally. Municipal Code Section 19.66.020…

Six native species get automatic protection in Sacramento regardless of council designation. City Code § 12.56.020…

In the unincorporated Coastal Zone, county rules bar development that disrupts sensitive habitat unless no feasible…

Santa Rosa's tree code designates protected "heritage trees" two ways: a Planning Commission resolution for historic or…

Simi Valley protects all historic trees, all mature native oak trees, and mature trees tied to development or vacant…

Unincorporated Sonoma County requires a zoning permit before removing a protected tree, redwoods, oaks, and other…

Stockton's protection extends to only three native oak species once their trunks reach a set size: Valley Oak, Coast…

Temecula's Protected Tree Ordinance names oak, California Sycamore, California Bay Laurel, California Black Walnut and…

Union City doesn't protect trees by species, § 12.16.170(B)(2) sets protection by trunk size and property type, from a…

Vacaville protects any tree of six inches or more in diameter at breast height on private or public land under…

West Sacramento gives native oak trees a lower protection threshold than other species: a 50-inch trunk circumference…

Elk Grove protects seven native species, including coast live oak, valley oak, and California black walnut, as 'trees…

Lake Forest, California, has no general heritage-tree list: its only species-specific tree protection targets…

Compton controls every tree planted in the parkway strip, the ground between the curb and sidewalk. Municipal Code §…

Planting anything but grass or approved landscape material in a Downey street right-of-way requires a Public Works…

Fremont requires a street tree permit or approved development plan before anyone plants a tree in the public…

Glendale requires a director of public works permit before anyone plants trees or installs landscaping over 12 inches…

Before planting, spraying, or maintaining any tree on a Huntington Beach street, parkway, or public place, Section…

Planting, pruning, or removing any tree or shrub in a Mission Viejo street parkway, park, or other city-owned property…

You can't plant, trim or remove a parkway tree in Oceanside on your own authority. Sec. 31A.1 gives the superintendent…

Planting a tree in an Oxnard street parkway is regulated as work within the public right-of-way. Sec. 19-206(C) of the…

Redding requires a written permit before anyone plants, removes, or alters a tree in a street planting strip or public…

Redlands controls what may be planted in the parkway, the strip of ground between the sidewalk and the curb, through a…

No one may plant a tree or shrub along a Riverside public street or parkway strip without following policies the Park…

In Roseville, only the parks and recreation director or an authorized agent may plant, trim, prune, remove or replace…

No one may plant a tree, hedge or shrub in a San Marcos parkway, street or other public property without a written…

In Santa Clara, you cannot plant a tree in the park strip (the parkway between the sidewalk and the street) yourself…

Planting, trimming, or altering any tree or plant in the parkway strip (the area between curb and sidewalk) requires a…

Santa Rosa only allows planting trees in the parkway strip along streets, or within five feet of pavement or a…

In the City of Sonoma, only the public works director or an authorized representative may plant, trim, prune or brace a…

Tracy bans planting any tree, shrub, or plant in a street, parkway strip, public square, or park without written…

New subdivisions in Alameda must include street and walkway tree planting and landscaping as one of the required…

Planting, maintaining, or removing a tree in the county right-of-way strip between the property line and the paved…

Every new Alhambra street, curb-and-gutter or sidewalk project, whether city-funded or built through an assessment…

Anaheim requires the adjacent property owner to landscape and maintain the parkway strip between sidewalk and curb…

Antioch requires a permit before planting any tree, hedge, shrub, or similar structure in a street right-of-way, and…

The city's director of recreation and parks controls all planting in Bakersfield's parkways and streets, limited to…

Baldwin Park controls every tree in a street parkway or public area under Municipal Code Chapter 97. The Public Works…

Planting a tree, shrub or plant in a Berkeley street parking strip, or paving over it, both require written permission…

Planting a tree in the Brentwood parkway strip requires an encroachment permit from the engineering department…

When Buena Park approves a new subdivision, the developer must plant street trees and landscaping along every street…

New or replacement trees planted in a Camarillo street or public area must match the city's comprehensive plan and…

Nobody may plant a tree, shrub, or plant in a Carlsbad street, sidewalk, median, or other public right-of-way without…

Carson subdivision law makes the developer plant street trees and landscaping along every street in a new land…

Chico requires a Bidwell Park and Playground Commission permit to plant or remove any tree or shrub in the street…

Chino limits planting strips along its streets to a service department-approved list of ground covers and plants, and…

Planting, removing, or relocating a City tree within a Chino Hills street parkway requires a permit from the Public…

No one may plant a tree, palm, shrub or plant in a Chula Vista street or other public right-of-way without a Public…

Clovis requires a permit from the Public Utilities Director before anyone plants or removes a tree or shrub in a public…

In unincorporated Contra Costa County, planting a tree along a public street requires the species and exact planting…

Corona splits parkway tree and landscaping duties between property owners and the city under Corona Code of Ordinances…

No one may plant, replace or remove a tree in a Costa Mesa median, parkway or tree easement without a public services…

Cupertino controls what gets planted in the parkway strip through a City-adopted Master Street Tree List, and only the…

Davis requires anyone subdividing land to plant a street tree in the city tree easement for every lot fronting a public…

In Dublin, California, planting a tree in the public right-of-way or parkway strip requires an encroachment permit from…

Planting a tree in El Cajon's public parkway strip requires a permit from the city manager or designee under Municipal…

El Dorado County limits which trees may be planted along public roads. Under Code Section 12.12.050, every tree set out…

Elk Grove's landscape design chapter requires a street tree planted at least every 50 feet along the parkway strip…

New commercial, industrial and residential development in Escondido must plant one street tree for every 30 linear feet…

When a new building or land use is approved in Fairfield, Section 16.5.1(f) requires a deposit to fund planting street…

New construction in Folsom must plant street trees from the city's master tree list under Section 12.16.190: one tree…

New development in Fresno must plant at least one parkway tree per lot, spaced no more than forty feet apart, from a…

New subdivisions in Fullerton must plant street trees in the parkway strip under Community Forest Management Plan…

Garden Grove's zoning code sets exact planting standards for the Garden Grove Boulevard corridor: street trees within…

Hanford limits which trees can go in park strips: strips under five feet wide must use only the city's authorized…

In Hawthorne's Trucking Intensive Overlay zone, Section 17.86.040(J) requires street trees planted in the public…

Hayward requires a written permit from the Landscape Maintenance Manager before anyone plants a tree or shrub in a…

Hemet's public works department supplies and plants street trees in city rights-of-way, roughly one per lot and two to…

Hercules requires that trees planted along city streets, within the public right-of-way, be approved species set in…

New single-unit residential development in Imperial County must plant street-side setback trees no more than 30 feet…

Indio requires a permit before any street tree is planted in a parkway, and only species from the city's designated…

Inglewood restricts what trees residents may plant in the parkway strip between the sidewalk and curb to species…

Lake Forest property owners must landscape and maintain the public parkway strip abutting their lot, including keeping…

Lakewood defines the parkway as the planted strip between curb and sidewalk and puts upkeep on the adjacent property…

Lancaster property owners are responsible for the street trees growing in the parkway strip between their curb and…

Planting a tree, plant or shrub in a Livermore parkway strip requires a free permit from the maintenance…

Add a dwelling unit, pursue discretionary development or Site Plan Review, or build a fence under the special height…

A Board of Public Works permit is required before planting, removing, cutting, or pruning any tree in a Los Angeles…

Subdividers in unincorporated Los Angeles County must plant trees along the street frontage of every new lot, with…

Planting a tree in a Los Banos parkway or street right-of-way requires a free permit from the Public Works Director…

Madera Municipal Code § 4-6.01 bans planting or transplanting any tree on public property, a street right-of-way, or on…

Manteca requires street and parking lot trees to come from the city's approved master tree list, with at least 30…

New building permits in Merced come with a string attached: street trees must go in before occupancy, with right-of-way…

Unincorporated Merced County requires subdivision developers to plant a street tree on every residential lot before…

Modesto's Street Tree Plan under § 7-5.02 sets the varieties and locations planted in the public right-of-way, and §…

No one may plant a tree, shrub or other growing material, other than ground cover, in the improved City right-of-way…

Moorpark requires written permission from the director of community services before anyone plants a tree, shrub or…

New single-family lots in Moreno Valley must plant a street tree roughly every 40 feet on-center, with at least one…

Mountain View plants and regulates every tree and shrub in its parkway strips through a citywide master street tree…

New single-family homes and custom homes in Murrieta must plant one 24-inch-box street tree every 40 feet on center in…

Newport Beach requires anyone who builds a new building, moves a building onto vacant land, or expands an existing main…

Norwalk requires property owners to fully landscape the parkway strip between the sidewalk and curb abutting their…

Anyone who plants, removes, or otherwise alters a tree or shrub along an Oakland public street needs a written permit…

Ontario regulates every parkway tree planted along its streets under Municipal Code Sec. 10-2.07. Trees must go in at…

Nobody may plant or remove a tree, shrub, stake or tree guard in an Orange parkway or public right-of-way without a…

New subdivisions in unincorporated Orange County must landscape roadway medians and parkway strips as part of tentative…

In the City of Pacifica, planting any tree, shrub or other plant material in a street planting strip or planting…

New landscaping in Palmdale must follow specific tree-planting rules near streets and sidewalks. Municipal Code Section…

Pasadena requires parkway, median and traffic-island trees to match the city's master street tree plan. Municipal Code…

Perris requires street trees along every public right-of-way, with a minimum one 24-inch-box tree per 30 feet of…

Anyone planting a tree in a Petaluma public street or right-of-way must use the city's approved street tree list and…

Every new subdivision in Pleasanton must include street trees on both sides of the street, planted in the right-of-way…

Pomona's parks division keeps an approved list of ground covers and plantings for the planting strip between the curb…

Rancho Cucamonga requires street and parkway trees on new development to come from the city's adopted master list of…

Redondo Beach puts street tree choice and placement in the hands of the Superintendent of Parks: species, size, and…

Redwood City requires new buildings, substantial commercial remodels, and sidewalk replacement or repair jobs to plant…

Rialto's public services director keeps a citywide street tree plan setting the approved species, spacing and planting…

New land divisions in unincorporated Riverside County must plant street trees as a condition of approval, spaced…

Rohnert Park's public works director keeps an approved list of trees that may go into the planting strip next to city…

Sacramento requires street trees to be planted along every residential lot in a new subdivision as a condition of…

New subdivisions must dedicate a five-foot planting easement along every county street, and a Public Works Director…

New multi-family developments in unincorporated San Benito County must plant one tree for every 20 feet of landscaped…

San Bernardino Municipal Code Chapter 12.40 puts every parkway, median and public right-of-way tree under the city's…

San Clemente requires a City permit before anyone plants or maintains landscaping in the parkway, the strip of…

San Diego's Park and Recreation Director sets a citywide street tree planting map under §62.0614, zoning streets for…

In Alpine Village Core, County Zoning Ordinance section 8973 requires street trees in the parkway's Furnishing Zone to…

New buildings and major additions in San Francisco must plant street trees at set spacing and size standards along the…

Planting a street tree in the Furnishing Zone/Parkstrip in San Jose requires a director-issued permit before you dig…

San Leandro's parkway strip, the area between curb and sidewalk, holds street trees that are City property, and…

New commercial development in North Fair Oaks' CMU-1 (Commercial Mixed Use-1) zoning district must plant street trees…

Santa Ana's urban forest ordinance limits parkway and street tree planting to an official species list set by category…

Only the county department of transportation or its contracted agent may plant a replacement tree in a county road…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County subdivisions must plant street trees and erosion-control landscaping in road…

Santa Clarita requires a permit before any property owner plants, prunes, trims, root-prunes or removes a tree in a…

New street-tree plantings tied to development must survive a one-year establishment period, pass a pre-planting City…

Planting a tree or shrub in a Simi Valley parkway or public place requires a permit from the Director of Public Works…

Any tree planted on a South Gate parkway, street, or other public property must conform to the city's council-approved…

Stanislaus County bans planting any tree, shrub, or vine within 10 feet of the road right-of-way edge on county roads…

Stockton Municipal Code § 16.162.030 requires a Director-issued permit before anyone plants, removes, replaces, or…

Sunnyvale requires a minimum of one city tree per lot in new development and bars anyone from planting in the public…

Street trees in Temecula are chosen from the city's street tree master list and planted under the Urban Forest…

Thousand Oaks requires ornamental trees in the parkway strip along any lot fronting a primary, secondary, collector, or…

Turlock's street tree ordinance sets exact planting locations for parkways, requiring trees in the parkway strip where…

Union City requires a Public Works Director permit before planting any tree in a street, parkway, park, or public…

Trees and plantings in an Upland parkway must come from the city's approved street tree list and follow strict…

Every single-family lot in Vacaville with 40 feet or more of street frontage must plant a shade street tree under VMC…

Vallejo's street and parkway tree plantings follow a citywide master tree plan. Section 10.12.130 puts the planning…

In the City of Ventura, the parks manager controls what kind of trees can be planted along city streets and parkways…

In Old Town Saticoy, an unincorporated Ventura County community near the city of Ventura, landowners must landscape and…

Victorville requires street trees along every new residential street: arterial and collector frontages need 24-inch box…

Vista requires a no-fee permit from the Director of Public Works before anyone plants a tree in the parkway strip, the…

Planting a tree in West Sacramento's public right-of-way or tree maintenance strip requires a tree permit, and only…

Westminster's director of public works controls what goes into a street parkway: no tree may sit closer than twenty…

Street tree planting in Whittier's parkways is controlled by the city, not by adjacent property owners. Municipal Code…

Yolo County requires new subdivisions to preserve suitable existing trees in the public way and plant street trees…

Yuba City supplies, plants and maintains street trees in the 'planting strips' and easements between the curb and the…

Unincorporated Yuba County requires one deciduous street tree per 40 feet of frontage in front and street-side…

El Monte's Esperanza Village Specific Plan sets parkway and street tree standards, but only for the residential project…

Kings County recommends, but does not require, that new urban development plant and maintain shade trees along streets…

Planting a tree in the parkway strip, planting easement, or any other public right-of-way in Rancho Cordova requires a…

San Luis Obispo County lets a residential lot swap its full 25-foot front setback for a 15-foot setback when the…

Homeowners in unincorporated Santa Cruz County can plant in the parkway strip between the sidewalk and the curb without…

Adjoining property owners in Visalia are responsible for watering and trimming street trees in the parkway strip in…