Tree Protection in St. Louis, MO (2026)
1 verified tree protection rules for St. Louis, Missouri, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Parkway Planting
St. Louis requires a landscape permit before planting a 'landscape bed' over nine square feet in the street right-of-way tree lawn, and bars tall plantings near fire hydrants, water meters, and street corners.
St. Louis Parkway Tree Lawn Planting Rules
Some RestrictionsSt. Louis Revised Code § 22.48.190(M)
Any person wishing to install and plant a "landscape bed," hereby defined as a grouping of plants of similar or dissimilar type in an area of landscape that is more or less continuous in nature and greater than nine square feet in size in any street or alley right-of-way in the City, shall first obtain a landscape permit authorizing such bed from the Commissioner.