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The Hayward City Council on Aug. 19 will hold a hearing and vote on proposed updates to the City’s Tree Preservation Ordinance, changes that include extending protections for native trees to rear yards and establishing further protections for trees of highest community and ecological value.
Hayward’s Tree Preservation Ordinance, first established in the late 1950s, received its last substantive review and update in 2002. The changes headed to the Council on Aug. 19 are intended to protect native trees and maintain the City’s tree canopy while allowing for new housing development and streamlining and clarifying tree removal and pruning permitting requirements for homeowners.
The amendments also update landscape design guidelines for development projects near the Hayward Executive Airport to deter wildlife and ensure public safety within established Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight-safety zones.
Included, as well, are added protections for nesting birds—and a new Heritage Tree designation for trees that may be native to Hayward, provide essential habitat and are significant from a historical or cultural standpoint, or in connection to the horticultural development of the City.
For more information—including a draft of the proposed ordinance update—visit the Tree Preservation Ordinance Update Project here on the City of Hayward website. For additional information, please contact Peter Jensen, Landscape Architects for the City of Hayward, at theo.spores@hayward-ca.gov and peter.jensen@hawyard-ca.gov.
To provide input on proposed updates to the Tree Preservation Ordinance, please email comments to tree.ordinance@hayward-ca.gov. |
