Pruning or trimming a tree on your own Hernando County home draws no county permit. Florida Statute 163.045 goes further, barring any local government from requiring a permit, fee, or mitigation to prune, trim, or remove a residential tree once a certified arborist documents an unacceptable risk.
On residential property across Spring Hill, Brooksville, and Weeki Wachee, routine pruning of your own trees is unregulated by the county. Florida preempts the rest: Florida Statute 163.045 stops any local government from requiring a notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for pruning, trimming, or removing a tree on residential property when the owner holds documentation from an ISA-certified arborist or Florida-licensed landscape architect that the tree poses an unacceptable risk. Hernando County's landscape and tree provisions apply instead to development and non-residential sites. Trees in the public right-of-way stay under county control.
Residential pruning carries no county penalty. Removing or damaging a protected tree on a development or non-residential site without the required county approval brings code enforcement, replacement demands, and fines.
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