Baldwin Park, CA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

132 give the city, not the adjacent property owner, control over what grows in the parkway strip between the lot line and the street. 127, both of which require City Council approval. 128 bars placing fences, rocks, gravel, signs, or stakes immediately adjacent to a tree, with an exception for watering basins around young trees and temporary protection for new ground cover; a violation is an infraction. 130 makes the city itself responsible for maintaining the trees in public areas and parkways. 131; if the tree is healthy and removal is sought only for the owner's convenience, the owner pays the full cost of removal and any required replanting to the Director of Administrative Services before work begins.

132 makes it unlawful to remove, trim, prune, or cut a parkway or public-area tree outside this process, and separately bars injuring a tree by sealing a 42-inch by 42-inch area of ground around its base with concrete, asphalt, brick, or gravel, piling materials against it, pouring deleterious matter around it, nailing or wiring signs or guides to it, or setting fires near it. 132 designate their violations as infractions rather than misdemeanors.