Shenandoah, TX Landscaping Rules: Tree Trimming (2026)

Sec. 62-37(e) of the Shenandoah Code of Ordinances, part of Chapter 62's rights-of-way article, gives a person holding municipal consent to place facilities (utility lines, cables, conduits and similar equipment) in city rights-of-way the ability to trim trees in or over that right-of-way, but only for the safe and reliable operation, use and maintenance of that person's own facilities during the term of their consent. All trimming must follow standards the city itself promulgates. If the facility holder, its contractor or agent does not remove the resulting trimmings within 24 hours, the city may remove them and bill the facility holder, who must reimburse the city's costs within 30 working days.

This provision was adopted as part of Ord. No. O-01024, § 39-8, on September 12, 2001, and amended by Ord. No. O-02-008, § 1(39-8), on March 27, 2002. It sits inside a broader section governing conditions of occupancy in the right-of-way, which also gives the city first priority over competing uses, lets the city require relocation of facilities on notice, and lets abutting landowners occupy right-of-way space subject to prior users' rights. Because Chapter 102 Zoning was repealed off-code in 2011, this rights-of-way provision is the only in-code text in Shenandoah that directly addresses tree trimming, and it governs facility holders' trimming rights rather than a general property-owner duty to trim trees for street or sidewalk clearance.