3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Kanawha County requires no permit for a homeowner to remove a private tree. Charleston constrains removal only on development sites, where its zoning ordinance requires preserving existing trees, and on public street and park trees under its tree board.
City of Charleston, WV, Zoning Ordinance Sec. 25-050(A)
Trees and shrubs already existing on land subject to the provisions of this section should be preserved wherever feasible, using a minimum of the following criteria:
West Virginia designates no statewide heritage trees, and Kanawha County keeps no protected-tree registry. Notable trees are guarded indirectly, through Charleston's Tree City tree board over public trees and zoning rules that credit preserving large trees on development sites.
Kanawha County imposes no blanket replant-what-you-cut rule on homeowners. Replacement appears only in Charleston's zoning ordinance, which rewards preserving large trees on a developed site by reducing the number of new trees the project must plant.
City of Charleston, WV, Zoning Ordinance Sec. 25-050(B)
Existing trees in landscaped areas that are preserved will contribute to the required landscaping. For each tree that is preserved, which is greater than 12-inch caliper, the amount of new trees to be installed shall be reduced by two trees.
1 cities in Kanawha County have their own tree protection rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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