There is no Butler County ordinance controlling how you trim trees on your own property. The one county-level power is over the road right-of-way: under ORC 5543.14 the County Engineer may trim or remove trees and brush encroaching onto county roads. Street-tree trimming inside cities follows the municipal code.
Trimming a tree on your private property is not regulated by Butler County. The county's real authority is limited to the public right-of-way: Ohio Revised Code 5543.14 lets the County Engineer trim or remove trees, shrubs and other vegetation growing in or encroaching onto county roads. Townships may trim vegetation obstructing township roads under similar authority. Inside cities such as Hamilton, street trees and vegetation adjacent to the public way are governed by the municipal code (e.g., Hamilton Section 915.07). For a boundary-line tree with a neighbor, Ohio common law lets you trim branches back to the property line without a permit.
No county penalty for private trimming. The County Engineer or township may trim right-of-way encroachments at the owner's expense; cities enforce street-tree rules through their code-enforcement process.
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