San Angelo, TX Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

San Angelo splits its street-tree rules across four short sections of the property maintenance article. 031 puts the trimming duty on the owner, agent, tenant, or occupant of the property: any tree overhanging a sidewalk, street, or alley must be cut back so its branches do not interfere with pedestrian or public travel. 032 imposes the identical duty for hedges and shrubbery next to a public sidewalk, so no branch may extend over the walking surface. Both sections apply regardless of whether the resident owns the land or merely occupies it, and both are enforced under chapter 7's health-and-sanitation umbrella rather than a stand-alone tree ordinance.

033 protects trees and shrubs from a different direction: it is unlawful for anyone other than the owner, or anyone without lawful authority, to willfully injure, deface, disfigure, or destroy a fruit, shade, or ornamental tree or shrub, or to cut or pick a flower or plant, whether it stands on private ground or on a street, park, or other public place. 034 hands the mayor and city council full and complete control over every tree growing inside the city limits that sits outside a lot's property lines, meaning trees in the parkway strip between the sidewalk and curb are a municipal matter, not the adjoining owner's to remove without authorization, even though the owner must still keep them trimmed for clearance.

009. Since tree and shrub maintenance sits within chapter 7's health and sanitation provisions, subsection (b) of the general penalty caps the fine at $2,000 per offense rather than the ordinary $500 ceiling, and each day the obstruction or damage continues is a separate offense under subsection (f).