Tree removal permit rules in Lakewood, OH — sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances — list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Lakewood Section 1775.02 prohibits any vegetation taller than three feet in the public right-of-way that impedes visibility for motorists and pedestrians; the City also removes hazardous or dead public trees.
Lakewood Codified Ordinances Section 1775.02 (Height of Vegetation and Rights-of-Way) provides that all vegetation, regardless of type, that has a height greater than three feet (3'0") and impedes visibility of a right-of-way for motorists and pedestrians is prohibited, requiring property owners to keep corner and frontage plantings trimmed for sight lines. For public trees, the City of Lakewood Forestry Unit removes a tree only when it is diseased, dead, or in decline and poses a danger to the public, including stump removal; residents do not remove tree-lawn or other public trees themselves. The right-of-way visibility rule works alongside the Section 1775.03 sight-triangle setbacks for managed natural landscapes.
Vegetation over three feet that blocks right-of-way visibility must be cut back; failure after notice can be abated by the City under Chapter 1775 with costs charged to the owner.
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