Street Trees including Planting Strip Landscaping

Contents

• Street Tree Programs
• Street Tree Regulatory Provisions
• Street Trees, Sidewalks, and Utilities
• Emergency Tree Removal Procedures - Storm Clean-up
• Removal of Waste Wood
• Leaf Removal
• Planting Strip Landscaping
• Related MRSC Pages
  • Landscaping Provisions
  • Nuisance Vegetation
  • Tree Conservation/Management/Protection
  • Urban Forestry

Street Tree Programs

• Edmonds Streetscape Plan (), 2006
• Olympia Master Street Tree Plan 2001-2011 () - Community Planning & Development, Urban Forestry

Street Tree Regulatory Provisions

• Bellingham
  • Bellingham Municipal Code Ch.13.40 - Street Trees and Other Vegetation
  • Bellingham Municipal Code Sec. 20.12.030 - Landscaping (Development Code)
  • Street Tree Permit Application
• Burlington Municipal Code Ch. 12.20 - Trees
• Edmonds Municipal Code Ch. 18.85 - Street Trees
• Enumclaw Municipal Code Ch. 12.21 - Street Trees
• Grandview Municipal Code Ch. 12.14 - Street Trees
• Kent Municipal Code Ch. 6.10 - Street Trees
  • Kent Street Trees (), Development Assistance Brochure No. 14
• Olympia Municipal Code Ch. 12.44 - Street Trees
• Pasco Municipal Code Ch. 12.12 - Trees and Shrubs
• Puyallup Municipal Code Ch. 11.28 - Street Trees
• Redmond Zoning Code Ch. 21.32 - Landscaping - See Sec. 21.32.090 - Street Trees
• Seattle
  • Seattle Municipal Code Ch 15.42 - Planting of Trees and Shrubs
  • Urban Forestry- Department of Transportation - Provides information on tree planting, approved trees, permits
  • Beautification Projects: Street Trees from Create a Thriving Business District: A Guide to City and Neighborhood Business District Resources, Office of Economic Development
• Tumwater Municipal Code Ch. 12.24 - Street Trees
• Vancouver Municipal Code Sec. 20.925.060 - Street Trees
  • Tree Permits
  • Street Tree Work - Permit Application ()

Out of State

• Eugene, OR Urban Forestry - See street tree documents
• Vancouver, B.C Street Trees Management Program - Board of Parks and Recreation

Street Trees, Sidewalks, and Utilities

Tree Root Damage

• Healthy Trees, Smooth Sidewalks, by George Gonzalez, Chief Forester, Bureau of Street Services, City of Los Angeles, Tech Transfer Newsletter, Winter 2007, University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies
• Rubber Sidewalks Saves Trees - Bakersfield, CA Public Works - Street Tree Division
• Sidewalk and Roots: Mitigating the Conflict – An Overview (),  by Gordon Mann, Consulting Arborist, Mann Made Resources presented at the 2011 Urban Forest Symposium, Trees and the Urban Infrastructure, University of Washington, May 9, 2011  Posted with permission of author
• Seattle SDOT Client Assistance Memo Sidewalk Maintenance and Repair (), Revised January 6, 2010 - See section on tree damage
• Tacoma Public Works -  Right Tree Right Place

Tree Triming for Utilities

• Benton County PUD Tree Program
• Chelan County PUD Tree Pruning
• Trees and Power Lines Factsheet () - Bonneville Power Administration, 07/2008
• Seattle City Light Tree Trimming Program

Emergency Tree Removal Procedures - Storm Clean-up

• Georgia Forestry Commission Community Forests - Emergency Storm Response Plan (), Columbus Consolidated Governments, Department of Public Services
• Making Our Urban Forests Safer, by Neil Letson, ANR-1210, 11/2001, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
• Storm Preparedness and Response- Under Urban Forest Management Topic - U.S. Forest Service Northeastern Area, Urban & Community Forestry Resources
• Rochester Hills, MI - Storm and Brush Cleanup

Removal of Waste Wood

• Portland, OR City Code Sec. 20.40.160 - Disposition of Wood from Trees
• Waste Wood Policy in Pomona, CA Street Tree Manual, Community Services Department, Parks & Facilities Division
• Wood Waste Recycling (), by Joe Roush, Urban Forester, City of Olympia

Leaf Removal

• Seattle Leaf Cleanup and Removal - Department of Transportation
• Spokane Leaf Pickup- Street Department
• Walla Walla Leaf Collection - News Release

Planting Strip Landscaping

• Parking Strip Gardens (), by Jocelyn Liang Freilinger, University of Washington, Open Space Seattle 2100 project
• Denver - Street Strip Planting - Colorado State University Agricultural Extension
• Seattle Edible Planting Strips
  • City Drops Fees for Food Gardening in Planting Strips, City Council News Release, 05/12/2009
  • Mayor Nickels Announces New Rules for Gardening in Planting Strips, News Release 05/11/2009
  • Street Use Permits: Gardening in Planting Strips - Department of Transportation - Includes information and rules
• Canterbury, NSW Australia - Nature Strips