Lewisville, TX Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

Section 9-57 of Lewisville's nuisance chapter puts vegetative-growth maintenance duties directly on property owners and occupants, not just for weeds and grass but for trees and shrubs bordering the public right-of-way. Subsection (b) requires anyone owning, claiming, occupying or controlling real property to maintain the parkway strip adjacent to their property line, meaning the front or side area between the property line or sidewalk and the curb, and the rear area between the property line and the alley pavement, and it states plainly that trees and shrubs adjacent to the rights-of-way will be maintained so branches do not interfere with pedestrian travel, vehicular line of sight or the provision of services.

Trees and shrubs are also barred outright from being planted in alley rights-of-way. Section 13-63(c) cross-references this same duty for trees along the right-of-way, confirming Section 9-57 as the controlling standard. If a property is out of compliance, the city issues a notice of noncompliance under Sections 9-41 and 9-42; if the owner doesn't trim within the notice period, the city can perform the work itself, bill the owner under Section 9-43, and place a lien on the property under Section 9-44 to recover the cost.

Owners cannot solve a trimming job by dumping the cuttings into the street either: Section 9-58 separately makes it unlawful to deposit trimmings in any gutter, street, sidewalk, parkway, driveway, curb or alley.