The City of Tigard has a proud history of commitment to preserving, enhancing and
maintaining its urban forest. In an effort to renew and strengthen this
commitment, City Council is undertaking a major update of Tigard's urban
forest related code provisions.
When complete, council intends the new
and updated code language to more adequately reflect the needs of our
changing and growing community.
Summary of Draft Code
Urban Forestry Standards for Development
View: Draft Code | Draft Urban Forestry Manual | Guiding Principles
(What is a Guiding Principle?)
- Requires all major developments to plant or preserve a certain number of trees to support
citywide tree canopy cover goals.
- Tree canopy cover standards will be tiered based on zoning. For example, development in
low density residential areas will be required to have more trees than in areas of dense
zoning, such as downtown Tigard.
Tree Grove Preservation Incentives
View: Guiding Principles | Draft Code | Draft Urban Forestry Manual
- Provides flexible standards and incentives to preserve large groves of native trees
during development. This includes the option to have fewer housing units than the
code would otherwise require or increase housing units on one part of a property
to preserve trees on another part.
- To see if you have a tree grove on your property enter your address
here.
Tree Permit Requirements
View: Guiding Principles | Draft Code | Draft Urban Forestry Manual
- Consolidates existing tree permit requirements for ease of use.
- Streamlines the decision-making process without regulating additional tree situations.
- To see if tree permits will continue to be required for your property enter your address here.
Hazard Trees
View: Guiding Principles | Draft Code | Draft Urban Forestry Manual
- Creates a process for resolving hazard tree issues in a more equitable, objective and efficient way.
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