San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Bay Area Tree
Permit Checker

Free tool for Bay Area homeowners: enter your address to see if you need a permit to remove or prune a tree in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Mateo, Burlingame, Walnut Creek, or unincorporated Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Los Altos, Los Gatos, and Saratoga return Check with city until remaining code gaps are closed.

📍Where is the tree? (your address)

Or pick it yourself:

Tree rules at a glance

Bay Area tree permit rules in brief. Open a place for the full rule, sources and how to apply.

How to measure: most Bay Area cities measure trunk diameter (or circumference) at 4.5 ft (54") above natural grade, but some measure elsewhere: Berkeley at 4 ft, Redwood City at the widest point between 6" and 36". Where a city sets its limit by circumference, we show the diameter (circumference ÷ 3.14).

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