Landscaping Rules in Nassau County, NY (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Nassau County, New York.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Nassau County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Tree Trimming
Nassau County's Department of Public Works can order owners of property abutting county roads to prune or remove trees, hedges, and shrubbery that endanger drivers, cyclists, or pedestrians, then bill the cost to the property if the owner refuses.
Nassau County: Trim Trees Along County Roads
Some RestrictionsNassau County Administrative Code § 12-4.2
Such ordinance may also provide for the care, pruning or removal of trees, hedges and shrubbery located on property abutting such roads by the owners or occupants of such abutting property when any such tree or trees, hedges or shrubbery are dangerous to such roads or to persons or vehicles using such roads... upon failure so to do within a period fixed in such ordinance, the Department of Publ...
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Trees, hedges and shrubbery within the right-of-way of a Nassau County road fall under the Department of Public Works, not the property owner, and abutting owners can be ordered to remove a tree that endangers the road.
Nassau County Trees on County Roads
Some RestrictionsNassau County Administrative Code § 12-4.2
Except in cities and in villages of the first and second class all trees, hedges and shrubbery between the property lines on county roads as defined in this title and county roads constructed pursuant to article six of the highway law shall be under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works. The County Legislature may by ordinance regulate the planting of such trees, hedges and shrubbe...
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