§ 57-20 — Permit required
Denver Revised Municipal Code (Supp. No. 147, Update 3: codified through Ordinance No. 0852-26, enacted July 13, 2026) · Denver Revised Municipal Code § 57-20
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Sec. 57-20. - Permit required.
(a) It shall be unlawful to plant trees on, perform trunk injections of pesticides into trees on, or remove trees from, the public right-of-way or other public place without a permit issued by the city forester. (b) The city forester shall require mitigation, which may include compensation for the lost monetary value of the tree to the satisfaction of the city forester as determined through arboriculture industry standard tree and landscape appraisal methods, as a condition of permit approval for the removal of trees located on the public right-of-way or other public place except when the city forester has determined one of the following applies: (1) The tree is dead or in poor health; (2) The tree is structurally unsound or dangerous; (3) The tree is infested with any destructive or communicable disease, or other pestilence which may be detrimental to or endanger the good health and well being of trees in the city; (4) The tree is of an undesirable or nuisance species; or (5) The tree has been or must be impacted beyond repair by an unavoidable event such as, but not limited to, emergency utility work not within the control of the applicable responsible party. (c) It shall be unlawful to injure, damage, or remove established trees during the course of residential demolition or construction without a permit issued by the city forester as provided in section 57-25 for the following areas: (1) In the front setback of a zone lot in an R-0, R-1, R-2, or R-2-B zone district under former chapter 59 during the course of residential demolition or construction; (2) In the primary or side street setback of a zone lot containing a single unit dwelling, a two-unit dwelling or a multiple-unit dwelling on any zone lot in a residential zone district under the Denver Zoning Code during the course of residential demolition or construction; (d) The city forester may, by rules and regulations, establish fees for the review and monitoring required by this section 57-20.
(Ord. No. 121-02, § 1, 2-19-02; Ord. No. 1024-02, § 3, 12-16-02; Ord. No. 325-08, § 2, 6-23-08; Ord. No. 1017-17, § 1, 10-16-2017)