Carrollton, TX Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

02 of the Carrollton Code of Ordinances, adopted by Ordinance 4204 on May 21, 2024, sets out the city's current vegetation-height and clearance rules in its Weeds and Other Unsanitary Matter chapter. Beyond the familiar 10-inch grass-height cap in subsection (A), the section devotes three separate subsections to overhanging limbs. Subsection (C) targets vegetation growing within one foot of a public street or alley, making it unlawful to let tree limbs, brush, or unsightly vegetation in that strip hang lower than 12 feet above the pavement.

Subsection (D) applies more broadly to any limbs, brush, or vegetation above a public street or alley, capping them at 12 feet over alley or street pavement and seven feet over a sidewalk or other right-of-way, the lower clearance reflecting that pedestrians, not vehicles, use the sidewalk. Subsection (F) sets a separate 10-foot minimum for vegetation hanging over a driveway. Subsection (E) additionally bars limbs, brush, or vegetation from obstructing any gate, garage door, or doorway on private property, and subsection (G) requires removal of dead trees, dead bushes, and dead shrubs from residential property.

Because subsection (H) states that "allegation and evidence of a culpable mental state is not required for the proof of an offense," the city does not have to show the owner intended to let limbs hang low, only that the condition existed. 99(A)(2)(i) since Chapter 95 falls in the code's public-health and sanitation penalty tier, and each day the low-hanging limb remains uncorrected counted as a separate offense.