Tree service in Duarte, California

Duarte's tree code sets how much you can cut before you pick up the phone. Chapter 13.12 of the municipal code protects most trees, and it allows normal seasonal trimming on less than one-fourth of a tree's foliage. Cut more than that, or take the tree out, and a City-approved Tree Permit is required. The city names the Planning Division as the contact, especially for oak and other native trees, so the permit question comes before the date on oak tree trimming and tree removal. Empire Tree Care is a father and son business, and a Duarte yard is one of the places they go.

Street trees follow the city's schedule. City trees in the public right-of-way are trimmed every fifth year unless a special circumstance comes up, and the city does not trim trees on private property. If a city tree needs a look sooner, call Field Services and staff will inspect it. Your own lot is a different matter. Some properties with a Duarte mailing address are in county territory, generally west of Mountain Avenue and south of Duarte Road, and those owners contact the county Department of Building and Safety.

Fire clearance is the other thing that shapes Duarte tree work. The city's fire page asks owners to remove all dead vegetation within 100 feet of structures and keep ground cover to a maximum of 18 inches in height. Fire services in Duarte are provided by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the county's defensible space page adds a cleared 100 foot radius and branches cut back within 5 feet of the roof. The ground rule is brush clearance, and the roof rule is fire safety tree trimming.

Duarte's green container is collected once a week on regular trash days, and it takes tree and shrub trimmings, prunings, brush, twigs and small branches. Extra goes out in your own barrels of 32 gallons or less, or in tied 4 foot by 2 foot bundles, along with the issued green barrel. A larger job leaves more than that, which is when tree debris removal or wood chipping steps in. Trees in Azusa or Monrovia have pages of their own: Azusa and Monrovia.

What Empire Tree Care does in Duarte

• Oak tree trimming: Chapter 13.12 allows trimming under one-fourth of the foliage, and past that an oak needs a city permit
• Tree trimming & pruning: The city allows normal seasonal trimming within the ANSI 300A pruning standards
• Brush clearance: The city's fire page asks for dead vegetation cleared within 100 feet of structures
• Fire safety tree trimming: The county asks you to cut branches within 5 feet of the roof
• Tree debris removal: Extra green waste has to go out in 32 gallon barrels or tied bundles, so a big trim needs a haul
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