Tree
Trimming
The City’s
Forestry program is responsible for the
care and maintenance of the trees in the
City right-of-ways over sidewalks and
streets. Services offered include
trimming and removal of dead, dying,
diseased or dangerous trees on City
property only. The City employs
professionally trained arborists and an
urban forester. The Forester can inspect
trees on private property, but the City
tree trimmers can only work on trees on
public property. The property owner is
responsible for trimming trees on or
over private property even if the tree
is rooted on City property or a
neighbor’s property.
Tree
Removal Permit
Removal
of trees from private property requires
a permit if the tree is larger than four
inches diameter at chest height. The
Tree Code Inspector will inspect the
tree(s) and a permit will be issued if
the removal is warranted. There is a
permit fee
of $25/acre for private property
(residential) tree removals,
and $50/acre for commercial removals.
The property owner is responsible for
the removal of trees on private
property.
These
services may be requested by contacting
the Parks Division at (407) 246-2283.
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