Poway Municipal Code Art. IV Poway Tree Committee

The Poway Tree Committee shall consist of three members appointed by the City Council and two City staff members. The Poway Tree Committee shall consider tree removal and encroachment permit appeals. Additionally, the Poway Tree Committee shall review, study, and make recommendations to the Directors of Public Services and Development Services on issues concerning:

A. Tree maintenance, landscaping policies and work plans impacting public property and trees on public rights-of-way;

B. The promotion of generally accepted International Society of Arboriculture practices within the Poway community, including the discouragement of topping of trees on private property;

C. The maintenance of the tree inventory;

D. The identification of heritage trees in Poway for recommendation to the City Council.

(Ord. 521 § 1(B), 2000)

The Poway Tree Committee shall be responsible for administering the Poway tree trust fund and reporting annually to the Director of Public Services on expenditures. The City Council shall receive a copy of the annual report. To encourage the planting of trees in Poway in public open space areas and on public property, while discouraging the planting of trees on public rights-of-way, program funds shall provide for the planting of trees in Poway and the cost of a replacement tree for trees removed from public rights-of-way. Interest earned from the Poway tree trust fund can be used for the costs of providing an annual Arbor Day celebration event. The Poway tree trust fund’s annual contribution to an Arbor Day event cannot exceed the amount of annual interest earned from the Poway tree trust fund.

(Ord. 521 § 1(B), 2000)