Los Angeles County Unincorporated, California · General provision
22.174.030.A
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Protected oak tree circumference25 in
25 inches or more in circumference (eight inches in diameter) as measured four and one-half feet above mean natural grade
- Protected multi-trunk oak tree combined circumference38 in
in the case of an oak with more than one trunk, whose combined circumference of any two trunks is at least 38 inches (12 inches in diameter) as measured four and one-half feet above mean natural grade
- Oak tree protected zone radius
The diameter of the tree's canopy, plus five feet, establishing the protected zone
- Oak Tree Report waiver for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
The requirement for an Oak Tree Report may be waived by the Director where a single tree is proposed for removal in conjunction with the use of a single-family residence listed as a permitted use in the zone
From the ordinance
a person shall not cut, destroy, remove, relocate, inflict damage, or encroach into a protected zone of any tree of the oak genus which is: 1. 25 inches or more in circumference (eight inches in diameter) as measured four and one-half feet above mean natural grade; in the case of an oak with more than one trunk, whose combined circumference of any two trunks is at least 38 inches (12 inches in diameter) ... unless an Oak Tree Permit is first obtained