Lake Havasu City, AZ Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

Street frontage landscaping is set out in § 14.04.04(D) of the Landscaping and Screening Standards article. Any covered lot, generally a parcel over 10,000 square feet with a non-single-family primary use undergoing new construction, a major expansion, or redevelopment, must dedicate a private landscaping strip at least 10 feet wide along its street-facing yard, immediately inside the public right-of-way. Within that strip, the code sets a straight ratio: one tree for every 40 linear feet of street frontage, planted on center and lined up with any similar frontage landscaping already installed on neighboring lots, and one shrub for every 25 linear feet.

Where an adjacent lot has no comparable front-yard landscaping to align with, the tree must instead sit within 10 feet of the front property line. To prevent a single species from dominating the streetscape, no more than half of the required trees may come from one species, mirroring the same 50%-per-species cap the code applies to a site's general landscape plantings under § 14.04.04(C)(3)(b). The Zoning Administrator has one discretionary tool here: during site plan or design review, trees may be clustered and spaced unevenly instead of held to the strict 40-foot rhythm, if doing so improves visual appeal or avoids a utility line, hydrant, or driveway.

That flexibility applies to spacing only, not to the underlying tree and shrub counts, which the applicant's landscape plan must still satisfy before Development Services issues a certificate of occupancy.