Glen Cove, NY Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

Section 263-6B requires that wherever a subdivision or site plan has no existing or proposed sidewalks or curbs, the applicant plant shade trees in the right-of-way line about 40 feet apart, staggered on opposite sides of the same street, and positioned so none blocks sight distance along the road. Off-street parking areas built for eight or more vehicles must also be planted with shade trees around their perimeter.

Section 263-8 sets the planting specifications every required tree must meet: balled and burlapped stock at least 10 feet high and two inches above the ball, well-branched with limbs starting no lower than six feet, nursery-grown with an inspection certificate on file. Planting pits must be rock-free, at least a foot deeper and two feet wider than the root ball, backfilled with seven parts topsoil to one part humus, fertilized, watered and mulched three inches deep at planting. Trees must be staked with eight-foot cedar or oak stakes and guyed with covered No. 10 wire, and debris must be cleared so the site is left neat. No tree may be planted between May 15 and September 15 without specific Planning Board authorization, and the applicant must notify the Board three days before planting so the stock can be inspected for variety, condition, size and quality.