Pasco, WA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing area
- Broadmoor Overlay District street frontages
- Max spacing (equal)
- 30 feet, center to center
- Min caliper at planting
- 1.5 inches
- Installed by
- Developer
- Maintained by
- Adjoining property/business owners
- Coordination required
- Street lighting and utility plans
- Enforcement body
- Pasco Code Enforcement Board
Summary
In the Broadmoor Overlay District, PMC 25.97.095(2) requires street trees along every public street frontage, spaced no more than 30 feet apart center to center where spacing is uniform, planted at a minimum one-and-one-half-inch caliper, and coordinated with street lighting and utility plans before installation.
(2) Street Frontage. (a) Street trees shall be planted along public streets as shown in PMC 25.97.085, Public street environment and public realm. (b) Developments must include street trees aligned in clusters of varied spacing or equal spacing depending on the street and neighborhood character. (c) Where street trees are planted with equal spacing, spacing shall be 30 feet maximum from each center. (d) Street tree minimum size at installation should be one and one-half-inch caliper. (e) Street tree locations must be coordinated with the street lighting and utility plans to minimize interference. (f) All landscaping elements, plant materials, and street trees shall be planted or installed by the developer and maintained by the property owners or business owners. A maintenance agreement among adjoining property owners shall be required; the agreement shall run with the land.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
97 PMC. 085, Public street environment and public realm, and developments can arrange them in clusters of varied spacing or in equal spacing depending on the street and neighborhood character being created. Where a developer chooses equal spacing, the code sets a hard ceiling of 30 feet maximum between tree centers. Each street tree must measure at least one and one-half inches in caliper at installation, and its location has to be coordinated with the street lighting and utility plans so the tree canopy and underground or overhead infrastructure do not conflict later.
095(2)(f) shifts long-term upkeep to the adjoining property or business owners through a required maintenance agreement that runs with the land, meaning the obligation transfers to future owners rather than expiring with the original developer. 085(1)(f) for the street-type-specific design standards street trees have to fit within. 110 site plan review before nonresidential or multi-unit residential permits in the Broadmoor area are issued.
Violations & Fines
Street tree noncompliance in the Broadmoor Overlay is handled under Pasco's Code Enforcement Board process for Title 25 zoning (Chapter 1.40 PMC). After an unsuccessful attempt at voluntary correction, the department director issues a notice of civil violation setting a correction deadline; the per-day monetary penalty is set under Chapter 3.35 PMC, with a $200 minimum for a repeat violation regardless of last-minute correction. The property owner can contest the notice at a Code Enforcement Board hearing scheduled within 10 days, with further appeal to Franklin County Superior Court.
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Sources & Official References
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