Tree removal in Duarte

Any trees or parts thereof growing upon private property, that due to health, condition, shape, or growth habits that interfere with the use of any public street, parkway, sidewalk, improvement, utility or public place of the city which endangers the life, health, safety or property of the public, as determined by the director of community development;

Trees where their removal or relocation is necessary to obtain adequate line-of-site distances as required by the director of community development;

Trees which, in the opinion of the director of community development, will cause damage to existing public improvements or infrastructure;

Trees which require maintenance or removal for the protection of existing public utility electrical power or communication lines or other property of a public utility;

Trees damaged by thunderstorms, windstorms, flood, earthquakes, fire, widespread organic disease or insect infestation, or other natural disaster and determined to be dangerous by any of the following departments: Sheriff, fire, public safety, or community development;

Minor trimming and/or pruning of trees on developed property within the scope of typical and reasonable tree maintenance, as further described under the definition of tree alteration in this chapter;

Trees declared by the director of community development to be dead, diseased, or dying.

Trees declared by the director of community development to be known to reproduce itself excessively, thus becoming weed like;

Fruit trees, including: citrus, plum, nectarine, cherry, apricot, peach, pear, pomegranate, persimmon, loquat, fig, avocado and other species determined similar by the director of community development;

In case of emergency when a tree is hazardous or dangerous to life or property, it may be removed by order of any member of the sheriff, fire, public safety, or community development departments;

No person shall remove or cause the removal of, or alter any native or specimen tree unless a tree permit is first obtained from the community development department.