Steep, and they vary by city. Hillsborough charges $150 per inch of trunk diameter or the tree’s full appraised value, whichever is greater, plus a required 36 inch box replacement within six months. Burlingame’s in-lieu payment exceeds $22,000 – the steepest on the Peninsula. In Atherton, illegally removed trees are legally presumed to have been heritage trees, remediation is tied to appraised value, and the town can hold up unrelated permits until the matter is resolved. Other cities run from hundreds of dollars per tree to $5,000 or appraised value.
Compare any of that against a permit application fee of a few hundred dollars and the math makes itself. Legitimate removals with documented cause are approved – we verify protection status and secure the permit before any saw starts, every time.
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