Permit Required:
Trees may be removed from properties without City permission as long as they are not specimen trees and are not located in the City’s four Tree Protected Areas:
1. The River Corridor
2. A Stream Buffer
3. A Zoning Buffer
4. A Required Landscape Strip or Landscape Parking Island
Specimen Trees:
- Large Hardwoods – 27’’ DBH such as Oaks, Hickory, Yellow Poplar, Sweetgum, etc;
- Large Hardwoods – 24’’ DBH such as a Beech;
- Large Softwoods – 24’’ DBH such as Pine, Deodar Cedar;
- Small Native Flowering – 10’’ DBH such as Dogwood, Redbud, and Sourwood.
Fee: None
Contact Information:
Yang Chen
Deputy Director
678-512-3283
yang.chen@johnscreekga.gov