Street trees and parkway-strip trees in Lincoln are regulated through Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places), Chapter 15.28 (Landscaping), and the City's Public Facilities Improvement Standards, which prescribe approved species, spacing, root-barrier and tree-well details for new subdivisions. Planting, pruning, or removal of trees in the public right-of-way requires City approval.
Lincoln's Public Facilities Improvement Standards (the City Engineering document referenced from the Improvement Standards page on lincolnca.gov) include landscaping and street-tree details that subdivisions and frontage improvements must follow, including approved street-tree species lists, tree-well dimensions, root barriers, irrigation, and spacing relative to driveways, streetlights, and utilities. The standards work together with LMC Ch. 15.28 (Landscaping Regulations), which addresses landscape strips, parking-lot interior trees, and water-efficient design under California MWELO (CCR Title 23 Secs. 490 et seq.). For an individual homeowner, work in the public right-of-way — including planting a new parkway tree, pruning a city-maintained street tree, or removing a damaged one — requires an encroachment permit through Public Services under LMC Title 12 (Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places). Lincoln has not adopted Lincoln Municipal Code Section 8.20 or 12.28 dedicated to a stand-alone urban-forestry chapter; instead, street-tree authority is exercised through Title 12 plus the engineering standards.
Planting, pruning, or removing a tree in the public right-of-way without an encroachment permit is a Lincoln Municipal Code violation enforced by Public Services and Code Enforcement, with administrative citations and required restoration. Damage to a city street tree may be billed back to the responsible party under the City's Public Facilities Improvement Standards.
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