Jurupa Valley does not impose a 1:1 or higher tree replacement ratio for removal of privately owned trees, because no heritage tree ordinance exists. However, trees installed under an approved landscape plan (residential subdivision, multifamily, commercial, industrial, parking lot shade) must be maintained and, if removed or lost, replaced in kind to keep the site in conformance with Title 9 Planning and Zoning conditions. Parking lot shade tree replacement is typically required by conditions of approval to maintain the 50% shade canopy target consistent with statewide design guidance. State MWELO (CCR Title 23 §490 et seq.) governs landscape water budgets but does not set a tree replacement ratio.
Because Jurupa Valley has no heritage tree ordinance, replacement ratios apply only when a tree was a condition of a development entitlement. For new development under Title 9 Planning and Zoning, parking lots, perimeter landscape strips, and required street trees are sized and spaced per landscape plan review and are maintained as a continuing condition. If a required tree dies or is removed, the property owner must replant with a tree of equivalent species, caliper, or canopy as approved in the landscape plan. Failure to maintain required landscaping is a public nuisance enforceable by Planning / Code Enforcement. The Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) under CCR Title 23 §§490-495 applies to new and rehabilitated landscapes over 500 sq ft (homeowner-installed) or 2,500 sq ft (other) and dictates plant water-use coefficients, irrigation efficiency, and soil management — but does not specify a replacement ratio per tree lost. Within the public right-of-way, Public Works typically requires 1:1 replacement of any tree removed under encroachment permit, with species drawn from a city-approved street tree list.
Failure to replant a tree required under an approved landscape plan is a violation of Title 9 conditions of approval, enforceable as a nuisance under Title 1 Chapter 1.16. General penalty per Gov. Code §36900: infraction fines of $100, $200, and $500 for successive violations. Removal of a public right-of-way tree without 1:1 replacement may result in billing for the full installed cost of a replacement specimen (typically $400 - $1,200 per 15-gallon or 24-inch box tree plus labor). Persistent non-compliance may justify withholding building permit finals or certificates of occupancy for new construction.
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