Albemarle County, VA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

5). Trees must be selected from a list of recommended large shade trees approved by the agent, though medium shade trees are allowed instead where the agent finds site conditions warrant smaller stock; every tree planted must meet American Association of Nurserymen specifications. Large street trees must measure 1½ to 1¾ inches minimum caliper, measured six inches above ground level, when planted; medium street trees must measure one inch to 1¼ inches minimum caliper. Spacing runs off frontage: one large tree per 50 feet of street frontage (or any portion of 25 feet or more), or where medium trees are permitted, one per 40 feet (or any portion of 20 feet or more).

Trees go in an even row within the public right-of-way, or immediately adjacent to it if the Virginia Department of Transportation will not allow planting within the right-of-way, and within any private street right-of-way as well. 6. Where parked cars would be visible from an off-site street, the agent can also require low street shrubs, minimum 12 inches high when planted, spaced five feet on center in a single row. 9, all required landscaping must be installed by the first planting season following the first certificate of occupancy for the development or phase, and street trees planted within a public right-of-way must be maintained to Virginia Department of Transportation standards by the property owner or, where units are sold separately, a property owners' association.