HomeMy WebLinkAbout(0013) IR 21-10659 - Urban Forestry Fine Structures of Municipalities in the Cross Timbers (3)INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
No. 21-10659
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 14, 2021
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#t rA SUBJECT: URBAN FORESTRY FINE STRUCTURES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN
THE CROSS TIMBERS IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS
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
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16'3 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
Nursery
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
No. 21-10659
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 14, 2021
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#rA SUBJECT: URBAN FORESTRY FINE STRUCTURES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN
THE CROSS TIMBERS IN TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS
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
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS