Palo Alto Menlo Park San Bruno San Carlos San Mateo South San Francisco Vallejo Hayward Berkeley Richmond Atherton San Pablo Ordinance MC Chapter 8.10 Tree
Preservation and Management Regulations
Current HTO implimented 7/1/2021. Street Tree Ord. Implimented 2006 Municipal Code Chapter 8.24.090
Municipal Code Chapter 18.18.020
Protected Tree Ordinance MC 13.40
Municipal Code Chapter 13.30
Municipal Code Chapter 10.12 Trees
MC Chapter 10 Article 15 Tree Preservation
BMC Chapter 12.44 Trees and Shrubs
MC Chapter 10.08 Trimming, Pruing, Care, Planting, Removal and Moving of Trees Shrubs or Plants Chapter 8.10 Removal and Damage to Heritage Trees
Chapter 12.16 Trees, Shribs and Plants in Public Places Authority approval Urban Forester (Public
Works)
Director Director Director Director Director Director Landscape Architect City Manager or his designee
Superintendent (Recreation and Parks Director)
Planning commission appealed to city council. Inspection report required if tree is reported to be dead or dangerous. 3 or fewer trees require zoning administrator's approval. 4 or more require planning commission design review.
Application fee Yes, a filing fee $145
($125 application fee $20 records mgmt)
$210 per tree Tree removal fee: $105;
tree replacement deposit: $415
$210 processing fee; $500 initial deposit fee
Tree work on privately owned heritage tree is $100; tree removal requires an additional refundable tree replant deposit of $483 - $740 $107 per tree; $350 refundable planting deposit required for each tree removal $52 $490 No fee No fee The fee is $261 for the first
tree and $103 for each additional tree, for the staff review level of effort. The fee is refunded for dead trees. The planning cost is $2,100.
$621
Appeals process Yes --> Urban Forestry. Final authority is the City Council based on reccomendation by staff and Enviornmental Quality Commision.
Community Services Director
Planning Commission Planning Director Parks and Recreation Commission
Beautification advisory commission.
Planning Director. No. City Council Planning commission decision may be appealed to the city council.
DC decision may be appealed to CC
On-call arborist Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown No No Yes No PW & Planning share an arborist
Unknown