Tree removal in Sacramento County

The permit, or the conditions of approval granted by the approving body, shall entitle the applicant to remove only the tree or trees approved for removal.

A permit shall be required before any person shall plant, transplant, move, separate, trim, prune, cut above or below the ground, disrupt, alter or do surgery upon any public tree located on an easement, planting easement, street, or public premises, irrespective of whether the tree is alive or dead.

The director may require that a permittee plant one or more trees in place of the one removed, in the same location or vicinity;