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pg7Ey7 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 14, 2021
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This IR is to provide Council with information regarding fine structures for other municipalities in Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas that are located in the Cross Timbers. The Cross Timbers are used to describe a
strip of land that is a mix of prairie, savanna and woodland that runs from southeastern Kansas across
Central Oklahoma to Central Texas. The predominant tree species in the Cross Timbers are Post Oaks
and Blackjack Oaks.
No major metropolitan areas lie wholly within the Cross Timbers, although roughly the western half of the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex does, including the cities of Fort Worth, Denton, Arlington, and Weatherford.
The western suburbs of the Tulsa metropolitan area and the northeastern suburbs of the Oklahoma City
metropolitan area also lie within this area.
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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10659
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'67,3 THE CROSS TIMBERS IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS
The following are municipalities in the Cross Timbers in Texas and Oklahoma with tree
preservation regulations for unauthorized tree removal. The City of Fort Worth increased the
penalty fee for unauthorized removal of trees on September 10, 2019.
City Penalty Applicability Exceptions
(per caliper inch)
Fort Worth, $300/diameter inch or Citywide Residential lots with a one-or
TX $7.50/canopy sf- two-family dwelling less than
nonsignificant trees one (1) acre; areas within
$600/diameter inch or design districts and central
$15.00/canopy sf- business districts with
significant trees regulations; gas well sites
Edmonds, $0 Citywide Properties 5 acres or less;
OK downtown; allows red cedar to
be excluded from canopy count
Norman, OK [On site replacement] Citywide Legal conforming Single-Family
$250 per inch <12", residences;
$325 per inch >12", Injured/dying/diseased/infested
[Off site trees; potentially hazardous
replacement/payment trees
in lieu] $300-$350 per
inch
Granbury, $125 All nonresidential zoned properties, Agricultural,
TX Historic Overlays Damaged/Diseased, Utilities,
Public Safety, Public Property,
Homeowners (existing
residences)
Denton,TX $200 All nonresidential zoned properties Agricultural,
Damaged/Diseased, Utilities,
Public Safety, Public ROW
Arlington, $100 Residential properties over an acre; all Residential dwellings under an
TX Non-Residential properties acre, Diseased/Dead Trees,
Public Utilities within ROW
Grand $0 Industrial only n/a
Prairie,TX
Mansfield, $153 All property within the city Residential property,
TX Diseased/Damaged Trees,
Public Safety, Landscape
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 21-10659
pa7Ey7 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 14, 2021
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If you have any questions please contact Melinda Ramos, Senior Assistant City Attorney, at 817-
392-7631 or Brett Mangum, Senior Planner, at 817-392-8043.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS