No permit is required to remove trees on private property in unincorporated Bostonia; San Diego County never adopted a tree-protection ordinance. A free county permit applies only to trees in the road right-of-way.
San Diego County considered a tree-preservation ordinance that would have required permits to cut protected trees, but the Board did not adopt it after opposition from backcountry and agricultural residents. Consequently there is no private-property tree-removal permit in the unincorporated area. The only county tree permit is the free DPW 'Application to Plant, Remove or Trim Shrubs or Trees in County Road Right of Way' for work within the public right-of-way. Sensitive habitat and oak woodlands are protected only through the Resource Protection Ordinance on discretionary development.
No penalty for private removal. Right-of-way work without the DPW permit, or removal of habitat protected under a discretionary permit, can require restoration or replacement.
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