Conroe, TX Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

Sec. 58-51 makes it unlawful for any tree, shrub, vine, palm or similar plant to be grown, maintained or cultivated so that any part of it overhangs or obtrudes over a sidewalk unless a full ten-foot clearance is kept between the sidewalk surface and the lowest overhanging growth. Sec. 58-52 sets a separate, taller standard for streets: no tree, shrub, vine, palm or similar plant may overhang or obtrude over a street or highway unless a full 12-foot clearance is maintained between the roadway surface and the overhanging growth.

Both rules date to Code 1966, §§ 17-1 and 17-2, and sit within the same division as related clearance rules: Sec. 58-53 bars planting within 7½ feet of a fire hydrant between the sidewalk and curb, with a grandfather clause protecting shade trees planted before September 27, 1955, and Sec. 58-54 requires 20 feet of setback from any street corner to preserve sight lines at intersections. Together these sections give the city authority to require a property owner to trim back any tree, shrub or vine encroaching into the ten-foot sidewalk zone or the 12-foot street zone, independent of the separate 35-foot visibility-triangle rules for corner lots addressed later in the same chapter (Sec. ).