Milwaukie tree protection bonds.
2% of the bond amount.
When a Milwaukie development preserves existing trees to meet the city's 40% canopy-coverage standard, the Tree Code (Milwaukie Municipal Code Chapter 16.32) requires a performance bond guaranteeing those trees survive construction, unless the Urban Forester or an ISA-certified arborist finds the work poses no significant risk to them. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard tree preservation bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Urban Forester. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the development and preserved trees described on your tree permit, the bond amount the Urban Forester set, and a one-time credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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Most Milwaukie tree protection bonds clear quickly — the soft pull informs approval and never affects your score. Larger amounts may get a brief review before your 2%-of-amount premium, $100 minimum, is finalized.
File with the Urban Forester
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to attach to your residential development tree permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Milwaukie tree protection bond actually guarantees
Milwaukie's Tree Code, Municipal Code Chapter 16.32, sets four standards a residential developer must meet: preservation, planting, protection, and soil volume. When a project preserves existing trees to help satisfy the city's 40% canopy-coverage standard rather than planting all-new trees, the code requires a performance bond to make sure those preserved trees actually survive the construction around them.
The bond names the City of Milwaukie as obligee and backs the trees' survival for a period the city sets, identified in the Consolidated Fee Schedule — not a fixed statutory dollar figure across every site, but tied to the trees preserved and the risk construction poses to them. If a bonded tree dies or is damaged during the covered period as a result of the development, the city can draw on the bond to fund replacement planting or remediation.
The Urban Forester or an ISA-certified arborist can exempt on-site trees from the bond requirement entirely if they determine the construction activity poses no significant impact to tree health — so not every preserved tree triggers a bond. Enter the amount the Urban Forester set for your project; we price it from a $100 minimum after a one-time soft pull that never affects your credit score.
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One application, then a quick review.
Submit the application with the trees described on your development tree permit and the bond amount the Urban Forester set. The application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Urban Forester set and attach it to your permit today.