Required only when removing of trees 36" or greater on private property

Portland's Street Tree Planting Standards

This presentation was delivered at the Development Review Advisory Committee meeting on April 17, 2025.

This presentation was delivered to the Development Review Advisory Committee at its meeting on April 17, 2025.

Learn more about when the land division tree preservation requirements apply. Read about exemptions and trees within adjacent rights-of-way. Get information about minimum tree preservation standards, tree preservation approval criteria, submittal requirements and more.

This handout describes what must be shown on a Tree/Site Plan that is submitted to Urban Forestry as part of a permit application (Preliminary Project Design Form) for a Capital Project in the right of way or on City -owned or -managed property.

Example of building plans with prescriptive path approach for creating a Street Tree Protection scenario.

List of what to include in a tree plan submittal. Detailed information about tree mitigation, tree planting requirements and tree planting specifics.

Template for Notice to the Neighborhood Association and District Coalition for Removal of a Tree 36 inches or Greater in Diameter

Required only when removing of trees 36" or greater on private property. Information about the notice to post on-site, notifying recognized organizations, signature area for self-certification and a sample site plan.

Printable Tree Root Protection Zone sign.

The purpose of Early Assistance and Land Use Review is to identify potential issues and/or impacts on existing street trees, heritage trees, and trees on City-owned or managed sites, as well as to provide adequate areas for future planting. Last updated: 02/2016.

Portland is committed to improving the city’s air quality, public health, and livability by enhancing and maintaining the health of the urban forest, investing millions of dollars each year planting trees.

This document outlines consistent review and customer communications practices that are being implemented across all City of Portland development review bureaus as part of the City's permitting improvement efforts. This policy was approved by the Permitting Improvement Task Force in Fall 2021.

The purpose of the monitoring report is to determine whether required plants have become established during the monitoring period and are being maintained in a manner that will support long-term survival. Plants that die must be replaced in-kind.

The purpose of the Landscape Monitoring Report Application is to ensure the mitigation plantings required under the zoning code within the River Overlay zone, Greenway Overlay zone, or as a condition of a land use review are met over time.