Tree removal permit rules in Peoria County, IL — sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances — list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Removing a tree in your own Peoria County yard needs no city or county permit. Peoria regulates the public parkway and boulevard trees it owns and requires tree preservation on development sites, but private homeowners may fell their own trees.
Illinois has no statewide law reaching a homeowner's private trees, and Peoria does not make a resident get a permit to remove a tree from an established single-family lot. The city's tree ordinance protects the public realm, the parkway, boulevard, and right-of-way trees the City Arborist and Forestry Division manage, and imposes landscaping and tree-preservation requirements on new subdivisions and commercial projects at plan review. Dead, storm-damaged, and emerald-ash-borer-killed trees are the owner's to take down. The real limits on a private yard are utility line-clearance near power lines and any HOA covenants in newer subdivisions.
None from the county or city for removing your own yard tree. Removing or damaging a public parkway or boulevard tree without a permit violates the tree ordinance and can require paying the tree's appraised value plus replacement.
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