Tracy, CA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

08 of the Tracy Municipal Code puts every parkway strip, median, and street right-of-way planting under the control of one City official. 010 defines 'Director' as either the Parks and Community Services Director or the Public Works Director, split by whether the planting sits inside a separately assessed landscape and lighting district; outside such a district, the Public Works Director controls the block. 010). 030 backs the requirement with a right of entry: the Director can enter any right-of-way, planting easement, or adjacent private property as reasonably necessary to plant and maintain street trees.

060(c) preserves the right of authorized companies to install and maintain overhead wires or underground pipes and conduits in the right-of-way, though the Director must weigh the effect on those facilities before approving any planting, maintenance, or removal plan. A resident who wants a specific tree species in the parkway strip in front of their home, or a developer landscaping a new subdivision frontage, needs Director sign-off before a single tree goes into the ground; skipping that step is a Code violation regardless of whether the planting itself would otherwise have been approved.