Seattle Tree Protection Regulations – Tip 242 May 3, 2019
Seattle Tree Protections Regulations – Tip 242 updated May 27, 2022
https://www.seattle.gov/trees/summmary of Seattle’s tree ordinances –TREE PROTECTIONS per SMC Title 23 and SMC 25.11 – Sept. 23, 2016
Seattle Urban Forestry Commission draft Tree and Urban Forest Protection Ordinance June 14, 2019
Planning, Land Use & Zoning Committee: MHA Resolution 119444 section on tree ordinance – April 20, 2019
Resolution 31902 – A RESOLUTION declaring the City Council’s and the Mayor’s intent to consider strategies to protect trees and increase Seattle’s tree canopy cover. Sept 16, 2019
City Council Draft Tree Regulations Update – Draft D7 2018
SEPA Environmental Checklist for Draft D7
SEPA DNS for D7 Draft
Summary of proposed tree regulation bill and identified issues August 16, 2018 Council Staff memo
Draft Updates to Seattle’s Tree Regulations May 11, 2018 Council Memo
- Timeline for Updating Tree Protection Ordinance
- Comments to the May 11, 2018 Council Staff Memorandum “Draft Updates to Seattle’s Tree Regulations“ Seattle Urban Forestry Commission June 6, 2018
- Tree regulations update “Trees for All” proposal recommendation – Seattle Urban Forestry Commission – May 9, 2018
- Action Needed Now to Protect Seattle’s Trees– Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance – May 16, 2018
Other documents:
Tree Regulations Research Report Phase 1 Final Report – Sept 26, 2016
Tree Regulation Research Project – Phase II, Final Report Seattle DCI and OSE, March 31, 2017
Mayor Burgess Executive order 2017-11: Tree Protection
City of Seattle Tree Regulations – Trees for Seattle website – city web portal
2001 Seattle Tree Protection Ordinance Language. Ordinance 120410 – July 26, 2001 -Not the current ordinance – here only for comparison purposes..
Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 23 Land Use Code
Seattle City Council Resolution 31138 passed on August 3, 2009 directed the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) to examine a variety of issues to increase protection of trees and Seattle’s urban forest.
SDCI Tree Regulations – slide presentation to Seattle Urban Forestry Commission – Nov, 1, 2017
DPD Tree Protection Regulations Administrated by DPD – slide presentation to Seattle Urban Forestry Commission – June 10, 2015
Rule 16-2001 – Clarification of State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Plants and Animals Policy Concerning Outstanding Trees, and Designation of Exceptional Trees under the Tree Protection Chapter (25.11) of the Seattle Municipal Code – August 1, 2001 – superseded by Rule 16 – 2008
Rule 16-2008 – Designation of Exceptional Trees – Oct 16, 2008
Rule 30-2015 – Standards for Landscaping, including Green Factor – Dec 22, 2015
Rule 17-2018 – Tree Valuations and Civil Penalties for Tree Protection Code Violations-May 14, 2018
Tree Protection Regulations in SeattleCAM 242 February 2002 (outdated)
Seattle Tree Protection Regulations Tip 242 May 1, 2011 (outdated)
SDCI Seattle Permits – Tip 103 – Site Plan Requirements – May 14, 2013
SDCI Seattle Permits – Tip 331 – Environmental Critical Areas Code – June 30, 2014
SDCI Seattle Permits – Tip 331A – Environmentally Critical Areas – Vegetation Restoration -Feb 28, 2007
SDCI Seattle Permits – Tip 331B – Hazard Trees – Feb 26, 2018
DPD’s Summary of Pacific Northwest Municipal Tree Regulations.- Feb 2010 (dated document since some of the ordinances listed have been updated)
Seattle’s Updated Street Tree Ordinance – Chapter 15.43 –Tree and Vegetation Management in Public Places
DPD draft ordinance language 2010 and 2012 (drafts not enacted) :
DPD Draft of Proposed Tree Ordinance Update: 2010
City of Seattle Proposed Tree Regulations July 14, 2010 Briefing Paper
Summary – City of Seattle Proposed Tree Regulations July 14, 2010
Seattle DPD Tree Regulations Proposal-slide presentation. August 4, 2010
Seattle Urban Forestry Commission’s follow up letter on DPD’s Proposed Tree Regulations Oct 20, 2010.
Seattle Urban Forestry Commission Position paper on Tracking and Permitting of Tree Removals February 7, 2011
Seattle DPD Proposes Eliminating Almost All Tree Protections – Save the Trees-Seattle’s Critique of DPD’s first draft of Tree ordinance, August 5, 2010
Seattle DPD Proposes Eliminating Almost all Tree Protections – Save the Trees-Seattle August 2, 2010
DPD Second Draft of Proposed Tree Ordinance Update- 2012 (not enacted)
DPD Private Property Tree Regulations Update Ordinance – July 11, 2012 draft 4.
Seattle DPD Private Property Tree Regulations Update – FAQ – July 2012
City of Seattle Private Property Tree Regulations Update Director’s Report – July 2012.
City of Seattle Revised Draft Tree Regulation Update Summary – July 2012
Seattle DPD’s Latest Draft Tree Ordinance Needs Strengthening, Part 1 – Save the Trees-Seattle’s Response to second draft of DPD’s tree ordinance – July 29, 2012
Seattle DPD’s Latest Tree Ordinance Needs Strengthening Part 2 – Save the Trees – Seattle’s Response to second draft of DPD’s tree ordinance July 29, 2012