Sparks sets no private-property replacement ratio for removed trees. Public-tree replanting follows the city Master Street Tree Plan and urban forester. Citywide, it is unlawful to plant elm, willow, or several cottonwood species anywhere.
Sparks Municipal Code Chapter 12.28 does not impose a numeric replacement ratio on private removals; instead the Parks and Recreation urban forester manages public-tree planting under a Master Street Tree Plan and reviews landscaping plans affecting public places. The most concrete citywide planting rule is a prohibited-species list: it is unlawful to plant any elm (Ulmus), willow (Salix), or the lanceleaf, narrowleaf, western, and black cottonwoods (Populus) anywhere in Sparks, because of invasive roots, weak wood, and high water use. When you replant after a removal, choose species off that prohibited list and suited to Truckee Meadows' cold-winter high desert.
Planting a prohibited elm, willow, or listed cottonwood, or damaging a public tree, is a misdemeanor and public nuisance under 12.28.100, enforced by abatement notice and potential cost lien.
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