Landscaping Rules in Naperville, IL (2026)

Naperville Municipal Code § 9-3-5

Branches of trees which overhang any street, alley, or sidewalk shall be trimmed so that there shall be a height of at least twelve (12) feet above the surface of the street, alley, or sidewalk, unobstructed by branches. Exceptions may be made by the Department in the trimming of young trees.7.All dead, broken or decayed limbs or branches that overhang a street, alley, or sidewalk shall be remo...

Naperville Municipal Code § 5-10-5

No live tree(s) with a trunk size of four (4) inches or greater in diameter, as measured five (5) feet from the ground may be removed without first obtaining a valid tree removal permit. ...A fee of forty dollars ($40.00) shall be charged for each tree removal permit to cover the cost of staff review. ...violators of this Section may be fined up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each tree r...

Naperville Municipal Code § 4-3-2, Subsection 1.1 (Nuisances Declared - Weeds)

Any weeds such as jimson, burdock, ragweed, thistle, cockleburr or other weeds of a like kind, found growing in any lot or tract of land in the City are hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful to permit any such weeds to grow or remain in any such place, except in designated natural landscape areas as described in Subsection 4-3-2.5 of this Section, other than City parkways a...

Naperville Municipal Code § 8-2A-7

All properties with even-numbered street numbers (i.e., numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) may use City distributed water for plant watering or pool filling on even-numbered calendar dates between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., prevailing time... All properties with odd-numbered street numbers (i.e., street numbers ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) may use City distr...

Naperville Municipal Code § 4-3-2(6.1, 6.2)

A "private naturally landscaped lot" is a privately owned lot which is naturally landscaped so as to exhibit the deliberate and conscious decision to plant, cultivate and maintain those native or naturally occurring species identified as wildflower and prairie grasses in commonly accepted publications including "Plants Of The Chicago Region", by Floyd Swink and Gerold Wilhelm (1974), "Wildflowe...

Naperville Municipal Code § 4-3-3(4)

Compost bin(s), the combined size of which shall not exceed one hundred (100) cubic feet, may only be located on residential lots... Any compost bin shall:4.1.Be located only in the rear yard, not less than one foot from any lot line;4.2.Not be located so that any portion of the compost bin is within any drainage or utility easement;4.3.Not be located so that any portion of the compost bin is w...