Planting, maintaining, replacing, and removing of trees on public property.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 57-19
in effectSec. 57-19. - Planting, maintaining, replacing, and removing of trees on public property.
Through the development and permitting process, the city forester may require the planting of trees on the public right-of-way or other public places in the city. The city forester shall establish rules and regulations for the planting, replacing, and maintaining of trees on any public right-of-way or other public place in the city and it shall be unlawful for any person to plant trees upon any public right-of-way or other public place in the city except as prescribed in such rules and regulations. The rules and regulations shall contain:
(1) Planting and spacing requirements for trees;
(2) The types of trees which are prohibited from being planted;
(3) Tree diversity standards;
(4) Tree preservation specifications;
(5) Requirements for maintenance, replacement, and removal of trees; and
(6) Development and plan review fees to be charged by the city forester for review of developments on more than ten thousand (10,000) square feet of land area, developments required to have a site development plan review under the Denver Zoning Code, or other recurring plan reviews.
(Ord. No. 121-02, § 1, 2-19-02; Ord. No. 325-08, § 1, 6-23-08; Ord. No. 1017-17, § 1, 10-16-2017)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH57VE_ARTIICIFO_S57-19PLMARERETRPUPRFetched: 10/27/2026