Tree service in Danville
Tree removal, pruning, stump grinding and our other services in Danville, about 13 miles from our yard in Martinez.
Emergency work 24 hours a day, 7 days a weekCall (925) 228-1010
Danville protects twelve listed species from 10 inches across, six of them native oaks, and any single-trunked tree from 36 inches. A protected tree still needs a permit when it is dead or dying, or when a fire agency or insurer has asked for it to come out for defensible space.
Tree permits in Danville
- Who reviews a permit
- Planning Division
- What the code protects
- Coast live oak, valley oak, canyon live oak, blue oak, California black oak, interior live oak, white alder, California bay, California buckeye, California sycamore, madrone or London plane tree with a trunk 10 inches or more in diameter, or multiple trunks totaling 20 inches or more, measured 4½ feet above natural grade.
- Heritage trees: any single-trunked tree, of any species, 36 inches or more in diameter, measured 4½ feet above the ground.
- Memorial trees, trees an approved development plan or Planning Commission condition requires to be kept, and trees planted as mitigation for a removed protected tree.
- What has to be planted back
- Without a development project: one 15-gallon tree for a protected tree under 20 inches across, two for 20 inches or more (§ 32-79.8(b)). With a major development: one 15-gallon tree for every two inches of trunk taken. Same genus or species or a town native, planted on the same property and clear of the buildings.
Checked on , against Danville Municipal Code Section 32-79, as amended by Ord. 2025-03. Rules change, so confirm with the Town before work starts.
Defensible space in Danville
Danville is served by the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District (opens in a new tab), which requires grass and weeds cut to 3 inches or less, by June 1 each year.
On CAL FIRE's 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, 29 acres of Danville are rated Very High and 1,403 acres High.
Tree work in Danville: common questions
- Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Danville?
- Danville requires a Tree Removal Permit before a protected tree comes down on any property: 12 listed species above set trunk sizes, any single-trunked tree 36 inches or more in diameter, memorial trees, and trees kept or planted under development approvals. A dead or dying protected tree still needs one. The full rules, with the code and the Town's own page, are on our tree permits page.
- What do I have to plant back after removing a tree in Danville?
- Without a development project: one 15-gallon tree for a protected tree under 20 inches across, two for 20 inches or more (§ 32-79.8(b)). With a major development: one 15-gallon tree for every two inches of trunk taken. Same genus or species or a town native, planted on the same property and clear of the buildings. Where planting on site is not workable the town may take an off-site mitigation fee instead, priced at the wholesale cost of the trees owed — a 15-gallon tree counting as two inches of trunk, a 24-inch box as four (§ 32-79.8(f)). No flat rate.
- Who enforces defensible space in Danville?
- The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, which requires grass and weeds cut to 3 inches or less, by June 1 each year.
- Do you take emergency calls in Danville?
- Yes. We take emergency calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at (925) 228-1010.
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