Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Cloverdale?

Cloverdale's code: Yes, removing a protected tree needs a tree removal permit. (The community development director decides when the removal is not part of a development project.) (§ 18.17.090); Black oak (Quercus kelloggii), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. (§ 18.17.050).

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Permit to remove	Yes, removing a protected tree needs a tree removal permit. Applies: The community development director decides when the removal is not part of a development project. § 18.17.090 · code text When a tree removal permit is submitted, and the tree removal is not proposed in relation to a development project that otherwise requires the approval of the planning commission or city council, the tree permit application shall be acted on by the community development director as follows:
Protected trees	Black oak (Quercus kelloggii), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Black oak (Quercus kelloggii) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Valley oak (Quercus lobata), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Valley oak (Quercus lobata) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Blue oak (Quercus douglasii), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Blue oak (Quercus douglasii) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Oracle oak (Quercus x morehus), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Oracle oak (Quercus x morehus) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Oregon oak (Quercus garryana), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Oregon oak (Quercus garryana) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Any other native California oak, 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Other native California oak twenty-four inches DBH or greater. American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. California bay (Umbellularia californica), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text California bay (Umbellularia californica) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. California or coast redwood (sequoia), 48 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text California or coast redwood (sequoia) forty-eight inches DBH or greater. Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. Black walnut (Juglans nigra), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text Black walnut (Juglans nigra) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. English walnut (Juglans regia), 24 inches DBH (diameter at breast height) or greater. § 18.17.050 · code text English walnut (Juglans regia) twenty-four inches DBH or greater. A multiple-trunk tree is protected if at least 1 trunk has the stated diameter. Applies: Applies to multiple-trunk trees. § 18.17.050 · code text Multiple-trunk trees must possess at least one trunk with the stated diameter to be considered a protected tree. Heritage trees. § 18.17.050 · code text Heritage trees. All trees in a riparian corridor. § 18.17.050 · code text All trees located within a riparian corridor. Trees required to be planted or kept as environmental mitigation or a condition of approval. Applies: Applies to a discretionary development application or other development permit. § 18.17.050 · code text Any tree required to be planted or preserved as environmental mitigation or condition of approval for a discretionary development application or other development permit. Trees in the public right-of-way. Applies: Applies to street trees in the public right-of-way. § 18.17.050 · code text Trees in the public right-of-way.
Replacement trees	Replace the tree on site or pay an in-lieu fee. Applies: Applies to removal permits for trees in good, excellent, marginal or moderate health with good, excellent or marginal structure. § 18.17.090 · code text All tree removal permits issued pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to conditions that the tree removal be mitigated by tree replacement on site or in-lieu fee payment, as set forth in Section 18.17.100, and any tree protection measures the community development director determines are necessary to protect other protected trees on the site which are not being removed. No mitigation or replacement tree is required. Applies: Applies to trees found in poor health, with poor structure, or structurally unsound. § 18.17.090 · code text Such permits shall not be subject to any requirements for mitigation or tree replacement.

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