- Approved Tree permit required before installation
- Directly under power lines.
- 10’ from a power transformer. Includes shrubbery.
- 35’ from a stop sign, school zone warning sign, or pedestrian crossing sign.
- 40’ from a traffic light.
- 35’ from a street intersection. Intersections with curved roads or hills may have further footage restrictions. No shrubbery that reaches over 24” high at maturity can be planted in the clear view triangle and no trees are to be planted in the clear view triangle.
- 10’ from a fire hydrant. Includes shrubbery.
- 5’ from a water meter. This may be in a public easement on the other side of the sidewalk in a front yard and not in the park strip. No shrubbery shall be placed within this footage restriction.
- 20’ from a light pole.
- 5’ from a service walk or driveway.
- Any tree planted on private property shall be 4’ from a public sidewalk.
- No shrubbery, perennial, etc. that reaches over 24” high at maturity shall be planted in the park strip.
- No Evergreen trees in park strips less than 10’ wide.
- No weeping or clump form cultivars are allowed in a park strip. All trees must be a single trunk form only.
Urban Forestry
Urban Forestry is the careful care and management of tree populations and associated vegetation that make up the “forest” within a city for the purpose of improving the urban environment. The Urban Forester advocates the role of trees as a critical part of the urban infrastructure to promote the many benefits trees provide.
The urban environment is a challenging place for trees to thrive. Construction activity, pollution, poor soils, restricted root space, vandalism, and pests are conditions that trees, and their managers must overcome which is overseen by Lehi Parks Department.
Park Strip Tree Permit
Property owners must obtain a permit to plant trees in the right-of-way park strips. There is no fee associated with this required permit.
The purpose of the permit process is to ensure that new street tree plantings are appropriate for the size of the planting strip available, reducing the potential damage to sidewalks and curbs, reducing excessive litter, and will be a good addition to the city’s urban forest.
No new trees are allowed in a planting strip of less than four feet. This permit is required only for street tree plantings.
Lehi City Park Strip and Public Utility Easements Planting Restrictions
Contact Us
Lehi Parks Urban Forestry
385-201-2294
jessmith@lehi-ut.gov