TREES & BIRD NESTING

Permits

APPLY FOR A MARINA TREE WORK PERMIT

Chicks in a nest Pursuant to the Tree Management Policy (No. 34) contained in the “Important Biological Resources” chapter of the Marina del Rey Land Use Plan (LUP), the Department requires all lessees to submit an application and obtain approval prior to the start of any tree pruning and/or removal work.

The purpose of the requirement is to protect the habitat of colonial water birds and raptors that utilize the trees in Marina del Rey for foraging, nesting and roosting. Trees are defined under the Policy’s Section 4.13 as “a palm or a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a height over eight (8) feet and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.”

TREE WORK APPLICATIONS

The following tree work application forms are to be used for any tree pruning and/or removal work. The same forms can be used for requesting tree work during the non-nesting season (October 1 – December 31) and the nesting season (January 1 – September 30).

Choose an application button based on your tree work needs and save the PDF to your device. Open the saved form with Adobe Reader, fill it in and submit. More information and technical tips.

Tree Pruning or Tree Removal

Use this form to separately submit proposals for Tree Pruning or Tree Removals work.

Download Application

Tree Maintenance Report

Use this form to submit an annual tree maintenance report only. Lessees are required to submit this form annually for the 5 years following the planting of new tree(s).

Download Application