Renton, WA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

F2, minimum planting strip widths between the curb and sidewalk follow the street development standards of RMC 4-6-060, and every lot must receive at least one street tree planted within that strip along with groundcover. Trees must come from the City's Approved Street Tree List, chosen for the strip's width and whether overhead power lines are present; even so, the Administrator and the City arborist each retain authority to reject any proposed cultivar regardless of its listing. Trees must have a minimum caliper of two inches and be planted in the center of the planting strip.

Spacing runs by mature size: small-maturing trees at thirty feet on center, medium-maturing trees at forty feet, and large-maturing trees at fifty feet, with irregular intervals allowed where the right-of-way is constrained. Trees must also clear required setback distances from underground utilities, street lights, utility poles, traffic signs, fire hydrants, and driveways. F3 instead requires at least two trees in the front yard before final inspection, except in the RC and R-1 zones. G2 makes it unlawful for anyone to remove, destroy, cut, break, or injure a street tree in the right-of-way without the City's prior written approval, cross-referencing chapter 9-13 RMC, Street Trees. P.