Chino does not designate specific protected native tree species (such as California sycamore, coast live oak, or California black walnut) on private property. That contrasts sharply with neighboring Chino Hills, which lists those four natives plus coastal scrub oak under CHMC Ch. 16.90. In Chino, protection of native species attaches only at the project-CEQA level via California Fish & Game Code §§1360-1372 (Oak Woodlands Conservation Act) for projects impacting oak woodlands.
Chino sits at the western edge of the Puente-Chino Hills wildlife corridor and is adjacent to Chino Hills State Park, where native coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), California sycamore (Platanus racemosa), California black walnut (Juglans californica), and toyon stands occur. Inside the City of Chino municipal limits, however, the municipal code contains no list of protected native species and no permit pathway for routine removal of a native tree on private property. Development projects involving more than de minimis oak woodland impacts must analyze impacts under CEQA and, where applicable, the Oak Woodlands Conservation Act. Riparian vegetation along Chino Creek and Cucamonga Creek is regulated by California Department of Fish and Wildlife under Fish & Game Code §§1600-1616 (Streambed Alteration Agreements) and by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Santa Ana Region) under the Clean Water Act §401 certification — these are state/federal layers, not city code. The Chino Basin and Prado Basin (downstream) habitat plans are administered by the Chino Basin Conservation Fund, not the city.
Because there is no city protected-species ordinance, removing a native tree on a private residential lot in Chino is not a city code violation. State-level violations (e.g., unpermitted impacts to oak woodlands, streambed alteration without §1602 agreement, take of nesting birds under Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Fish & Game Code §3503 during breeding season) carry their own enforcement by CDFW, USFWS, and regional water board.
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