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City Tree Removal in Front of House
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Date Posted: Wed, Aug 18 - 2:05 pm
- The city recently removed a large elm from the sidewalk area in front of our house (3200 block of Grove Ave). Do you know if we are allowed to plant in that space? If so, what would you recommend? Thank you!
- Good afternoon! Thank you for your question. I had to do a little research on this one, as I have never experienced this at my property. Fortunately, the city addresses this on their Public Works website, where they provide information on their Urban Forestry program (I provided the web link below). This website provides information about the Municipal Tree Policy Ordinance. Under that section, you will see a list of Forms. There is a Form called Application for a Street Tree Planting Permit. I have included that link as well. You will need to download that form and submit it to the City for approval to plant a tree. The City typically plants elm trees or maple trees, and either would be a good choice. It appears from the Application Form that a city staff arborist must approve your species selection before planting. You may also want to contact the City to see if they have plans to replace that tree, before you go to the expense of planting one yourself. But if they do have plans to replace it, it may be a while before they would get to it. If you're like me, you'll want to go ahead with a replacement this fall which is the best time of year to plant new trees. But be sure and complete/submit the application in the link below, and hopefully a City staff arborist will contact you soon. http://www.richmondgov.com/PublicWorks/UrbanForestry.aspx. http://www.richmondgov.com/PublicWorks/forms/applicationNewStreetTreePlanting.pdfa. Best of luck with this! Feel free to follow up with us if any other questions or concerns.