“Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.”   - Aldo Leopold

The City of Dallas landscape zoning ordinance originated on March 1, 1986 under Chapter 51.  On April 25, 1990, the City Council passed a resolution 'to support the protection and preservation of trees across the city.'  The amended current version of the landscape ordinance under Chapter 51A, attached to a new tree preservation ordinance, became effective on May 25, 1994. There have been a few amendments to the three divisions of Article X (General, Landscape, and Tree Preservation, Removal and Replacement) in the years since its inception.  On June 27, 2018, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved the Article X Landscaping and Urban Forest Conservation ordinances.  It is in effect as of July 2, 2018.

The demonstration of the ordinance here is intended solely for educational purposes. This is not an official city website. Through this review of ordinances, the intent is to assist the reader in understanding existing city code as well as to present different concepts and processes.  Comments and discussions, or the manner of display of the city ordinance presented in these pages, in no way represent the official position of the City of Dallas or of the opinion of the director, the building official, or the City of Dallas.  

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