Milwaukie tree protection bonds.
From $100.
When a Milwaukie development preserves trees to meet the city's 40% canopy-coverage standard, the Tree Code (Municipal Code Chapter 16.32) requires a performance bond guaranteeing they survive construction, unless the Urban Forester or an ISA-certified arborist finds no significant risk. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Milwaukie tree protection bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
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.
Approved
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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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
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 sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
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.