Tree Protection in Indiana (2026)

Removing a heritage tree anywhere in Indianapolis is illegal by default under Sec. 744-503.K, unless the Administrator…

Fishers offers developers an optional specimen-tree and wooded-area preservation program with landscape credits, in…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the City Forester may keep an inventory of outstanding trees under Municipal Code…

Fort Wayne allows only Board of Park Commissioners-approved tree varieties along city streets; any other species…

The City of Bloomington's Unified Development Ordinance requires developers to retain a set percentage of a site's…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, the Park Department can designate any tree or stand of trees a SPECIMEN TREE OR STAND…

The zoning code names 14 specific tree species, plus any oak, that qualify a tree over 18 inches DBH for mandatory…

Porter County's UDO protects trees by size, not species: any tree with a trunk diameter of twenty-four inches or…

Fishers has no mandatory tree or wildlife-habitat protection ordinance. City Code § 162.02 instead offers developers an…

Fort Wayne requires a Board of Park Commissioners permit before anyone plants, trims, or removes a tree in the street…

In the City of Bloomington, owners of property next to a public street must maintain the street tree lawn, the strip…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, a person who owns, occupies or controls property beside a street right-of-way can…

Planting a tree along an Evansville street, park, or other public right-of-way needs Tree Advisory Board permit review…

Planting a tree or shrub in the strip between the street and sidewalk in Fishers, Indiana requires a permit from the…

In the City of Gary, no one may plant a street tree in the parkway strip between the curb and sidewalk without a…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, Greenwood General Ordinances § 6-345 bars planting, removing, or trimming any tree…

An owner-occupant in Hammond may plant a street tree in the tree lawn at their own expense, but § 105.40 of the Hammond…

Planting a shade or ornamental tree in an Indianapolis street, alley or public right-of-way requires prior species and…

Kokomo's subdivision control ordinance, § 155.79(A) of the Kokomo Code of Ordinances, bars new-subdivision trees from…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, new developments along an arterial, collector or local street must submit a tree…

The City of Muncie sets fixed spacing and planting-strip widths for any tree planted on city property or in the public…

Any tree planted in the public right-of-way in Noblesville, the parkway strip between the sidewalk and the street, has…

Along Primary and Secondary Arterial road frontages in the county's Arterial Roadway Overlay District, developers must…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, new subdivisions must plant street trees on both sides of every street, spaced…

Westfield sets minimum trunk caliper for deciduous, evergreen and ornamental trees planted in city rights-of-way and…