Grand Prairie's Tree Preservation Ordinance protects significant trees on development sites. Developers must survey and preserve protected trees where feasible. Mitigation required when protected trees are removed for development.
Grand Prairie's Tree Preservation Ordinance is administered through the Unified Development Code and city code provisions. The ordinance protects significant trees on development sites by requiring tree surveys, preservation plans, and mitigation when protected trees must be removed. Developers must identify all protected trees on a site, design around them where feasible, and provide replacement trees or contribute to the city's tree fund when removal is unavoidable. The ordinance also restricts pruning of oaks during February through June to prevent oak wilt disease spread, a significant concern in the DFW area. The city's Environmental Quality division and Planning Department jointly administer tree protection requirements.
Non-compliance with preservation plan: fines and stop work orders. Damage to protected trees during construction: penalties per tree.
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