A permit or City approval is required to remove or replace a City-owned street or parkway tree in Redondo Beach, while removal of ordinary private-yard trees is generally not permit-regulated.
Redondo Beach's Tree Protection and Preservation law (RBMC Title 5, Chapter 11, adopted 2023) covers City (municipal) trees, and no existing street tree may be removed without City approval; parkway work that encroaches on the public right-of-way also requires an encroachment permit from the City Engineer under the Public Works code (Title 7). Removals during breeding/nesting season are limited to documented health-and-safety cases supported by a qualified arborist, with a biologist nesting survey covering 300 feet (500 feet for raptors). The City has not adopted a general private-property tree-removal permit; a proposal to extend protections to heritage/private trees was reviewed in early 2025 but is unverified as adopted. New-construction projects must preserve or replace mature front-yard trees per the landscaping
Removing a City tree without approval can require in-kind replacement and penalties; right-of-way work without an encroachment permit is also an enforceable violation.
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