Criterion 1: Death
| The heritage tree is dead.
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Criterion 2: Tree risk rating
| The condition of heritage tree poses a high or extreme risk rating under the International Society of Arboriculture Best Management Practices.
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Criterion 3: Tree health rating
| The heritage tree is (a) dying or has a severe disease, pest infestation, intolerance to adverse site conditions, or (b) likely to die within a year.
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Criterion 4: Species
| The heritage tree has been designated as invasive or low species desirability.
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Criterion 5: Development
| The heritage tree interferes with (a) proposed development, repair, alteration, or improvement of a site or (b) the heritage tree is causing/contributing to structural damage to a habitable building. There is no financially feasible and reasonable design alternative that would permit preservation of the heritage tree.
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Criterion 6: Utility Inference
| The removal is requested by a utility, public transportation agency, or other governmental agency due to a health or safety risk resulting from the heritage tree’s interference with existing or planned public infrastructure. There is no financially feasible and reasonable design alternative that would permit preservation of the heritage tree.
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