West Valley City, UT Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)
Key Facts
- Duty holder
- abutting property owner
- Owner must
- water, maintain, report damage
- Removal/cutting
- City permit required
- City authority
- prune/remove without notice
Summary
West Valley City makes the abutting property owner responsible for watering and maintaining street trees in the parkstrip, and requires a City permit before anyone digs up, cuts down, or removes one.
(1) The property owner abutting any street tree shall care for, maintain, and water said street trees and shall notify the Department of any blight, disease, or damage to said street trees. (2) The Department shall have authority to remove, trim or prune any street tree without prior notice to the abutting property owner. (3) No person shall dig up, cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy any street trees planted in any City Right-of-Way, without a permit.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 26-30, passed June 23, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Municipal Code § 19-4-101 puts street-tree upkeep on the property owner next to it: caring for, maintaining, and watering the tree, and reporting any blight, disease, or damage to the Department. The Department can remove, trim, or prune a street tree at any time without notifying the owner first. No one may dig up, cut down, or otherwise injure or destroy a street tree standing in a City right-of-way without first obtaining a permit; the maintenance duty and the permit rule sit in the same short Section.
Violations & Fines
Digging up, cutting down, or injuring a street tree in the right-of-way without a permit violates § 19-4-101(3); the City can also remove, trim, or prune any street tree itself without prior notice to the abutting owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
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