Walker County, GA Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

The Conservation Subdivision option is mandatory as a use by right for residential development within the Corridor Overlay District under Sec. 22-611. Its residential development design guidelines at Sec. 22-637 set street right-of-way at a 40-foot minimum with 20-foot pavement, require street layouts that do not eliminate access to adjoining parcels, and, at subsection (c), require street trees within street rights-of-way parallel to the street at a maximum spacing of 30 feet apart, but only if the total tree canopy retained within the development's open space is less than 20 percent of the total tract acreage.

The trees must be deciduous, broad-canopied species capable of reaching at least 50 feet in height, drawn from the selection list cross-referenced at Sec. 22-517, and must be maintained for one year and replaced if they die. Subsection (d) separately requires 4-foot sidewalks with a 2-foot vegetation strip. Compliance is checked at preliminary and final plat review by the Design Review Board and Planning Commission under Secs. 22-664 through 22-667, before a plat can be approved and recorded.