Chino does NOT have a heritage tree ordinance. There is no city-maintained list of heritage trees, no DBH (diameter at breast height) threshold for protection, and no special permit required to remove a large or historically significant tree on private property. This is markedly different from neighboring Chino Hills, which protects any tree 44 inches DBH or greater under CHMC Ch. 16.90 — a Chino Hills rule that does not extend into Chino city limits.
A search of the City of Chino Municipal Code (library.municode.com/ca/chino) and Chino Development Code Title 20 (Zoning) returns no chapter titled 'Tree Preservation,' 'Heritage Trees,' or equivalent. Chino's General Plan and EIR discuss preservation of mature landscape features along the historic Chino Agricultural / Dairy Preserve area (Pine Avenue corridor, Central Avenue parkways), but enforcement comes through site-plan landscape conditions on specific projects rather than a citywide ordinance. Residents wanting to formally protect a notable tree on private property in Chino must rely on private covenants (HOA CC&Rs in The Preserve and College Park communities are the most common). Under California law, mature oaks on undeveloped parcels may trigger Fish & Game Code §1360-1372 (Oak Woodlands Conservation Act) at the project-CEQA level, and any tree designated a 'California Big Tree' (Cal Fire registry) carries no statutory protection but is tracked by the state.
Because there is no heritage tree ordinance, removal of a large tree on private property in Chino is not a code violation. If the tree was a condition of an approved subdivision or development project, removal without replacement triggers code enforcement under the underlying approval (Chino Code Title 20).
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