Kyle, TX Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)
Key Facts
- Trees per lot
- Two, two-inch caliper trees required
- Shrubs
- Minimum six two-gallon shrubs, native species
- Street tree option
- One tree may go in ROW or access easement
- Applies to
- Single-family, duplex, triplex, fourplex, manufactured homes
- Reverse-frontage lots
- Must also screen rear from adjoining road
- Citation
- Kyle City Code § 54-5, Note 1
Summary
In the City of Kyle, single-family, duplex, triplex and fourplex lots (plus manufactured homes) built after Chapter 54 took effect must plant two two-inch caliper trees per lot. Code § 54-5, Note 1 lets one go in the front yard, the public right-of-way, or an access easement as a street tree when the front yard has limited room.
Note 1—Minimum landscape requirements for each lot on which a single-family, duplex, triplex or fourplex dwelling, or a manufactured home, is constructed or installed after the date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived shall be a minimum of six two-gallon shrubs and lawn grass from the front property line to the front two corners of the structure all plants shall be of native and adapted species and drought resistant. A total of two, two-inch trees are required to be planted per residential lot. Front yards with limited room for planting, may plant one tree in the rear yard. The remaining tree may be planted in the front yard, in the public ROW or access easement (street tree). Residential structures on reverse frontage lots shall also be required to screen the rear of the structure from the abutting highway, access road, or other public rights-of-way.
Full Breakdown
Kyle's residential tree-planting rule lives in Note 1 to the landscaping schedule at § 54-5, which sets the minimum landscape percentage by zoning district (15 percent for R-1-T, R-1-C and the R-3 districts, for example, and 20 percent for park and public-use land). Note 1 layers an added, per-lot planting duty onto single-family, duplex, triplex and fourplex lots, and manufactured homes, built or installed after the ordinance took effect: a minimum of six two-gallon shrubs and lawn grass 'from the front property line to the front two corners of the structure,' all of native and adapted, drought-resistant species, plus 'a total of two, two-inch trees ... required to be planted per residential lot.' Where the front yard has limited room for planting, the code allows one tree to move to the rear yard, but 'the remaining tree may be planted in the front yard, in the public ROW or access easement (street tree)' instead, which is the parkway-planting option.
Reverse-frontage lots carry an extra duty: they 'shall also be required to screen the rear of the structure from the abutting highway, access road, or other public rights-of-way.' The two-inch caliper size ties back to § 54-4(a), which measures caliper four and a half feet from the ground's level surface, and any tree that dies is replaced at equal size and type under § 54-10. Planning and Community Development checks this at the building-permit stage for already-platted residential lots, per § 54-12(b)(3).
Violations & Fines
Kyle enforces the residential tree count and street-tree placement through the building-permit and certificate-of-occupancy process. Section 54-7 bars crediting undeveloped or unapproved areas toward the landscaping minimum, and § 54-3(a) requires the two required trees and shrubs be kept in a healthy, neat and orderly appearance, with dead plant material replaced, so a missing or dead street tree can hold up final inspection until it is replanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
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