You don't need an inspection unless it is specifically noted on your approval.

PARKS: Trees growing within the boundaries of City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation-owned parks and boulevards, as well as City-owned greenbelts may only be pruned after obtaining a permit from the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Tree removal is not allowed for view improvement.

Developed property.

Tree topping is prohibited on all Parks properties. Seattle City Ordinance # seattle city ordinance cutting trees that all persons who prune privately maintained trees within the public right-of-way area obtain a street use permit; To apply for a pruning permit, click here or call TREESDOT tree pruning guide; 3) Private trees outside of environmentally critical areas.

NO PERMIT REQUIRED. Contact the Seattle Department of Transportation, Street Maintenance Division, call or file a complaint on the City's service request app for mobile phones, Find It, Fix It. Tree-cutting is regulated under a different set of rules found in the Tree Protection Code. Rules Location: 5th Ave, SuiteSeattle, WA, The city fined them 11, the assessed value of the tree- for violating an ordinance that protects “exceptional trees” (generally large, unusual and/or old trees).

But the ordinance apparently lacks clarity- and teeth. The owners appealed the fine on the basis of a private arborist’s report stating that the tree presented hazards to the property. (Owners are allowed to remove hazard trees, though the city is supposed to be notified before a tree is cut down.) City Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. Seattle’s Tree Protection ordinance passed in actually says in SMC that exceptional trees and trees over 24″ DBH are to be replaced if removed from a property being developed.

The city has not kept a record of trees removed or replaced pursuant to this ordinance nor is there any record of developers paying the city to plant trees elsewhere.