Showing ordinances that apply to Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown is an unincorporated community (population 14,444) in Westchester County, New York. Because Jefferson Valley-Yorktown is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Westchester County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The heritage & protected trees rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Westchester County has no formal heritage-tree program. NYS DEC maintains the Big Tree Register. Several municipalities (Bedford, Pound Ridge, New Castle) designate and protect large/historic specimen trees locally.
Westchester County has no countywide heritage- or landmark-tree registry. The NYS DEC Big Tree Register lists record specimens statewide by species. Municipalities with strong tree codes — Bedford, Pound Ridge, New Castle, Mount Pleasant, Scarsdale — designate specimen or heritage trees above threshold sizes (often 30+ inch DBH) with additional removal restrictions and replacement requirements. The Teatown Lake Reservation and other Westchester land trusts catalog notable trees.
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