Allen County requires no tree-removal permit for private homeowners. Tree protection appears only in the Zoning Ordinance's landscape standards for development, where trees credited toward required landscaping must be preserved and fenced during construction.
Unincorporated Allen County has not adopted a heritage- or protected-tree permit for private property; a homeowner may remove yard trees without county authorization. Tree-protection duties arise only through the Zoning Ordinance landscape standards (A.C.C. 3-4-8-4), which govern development-plan and site-plan approvals. Under those standards, existing trees preserved to satisfy required landscaping must be protected during construction by a fence around the tree's drip line, and required plantings must be maintained for three years and replaced if they die. Trees in the county road right-of-way are managed by the Highway Department. Inside Fort Wayne, New Haven, and other cities, that municipality's forestry or tree ordinance applies instead of this county framework.
No county permit or penalty applies to removing a private-property tree outside a development approval. On regulated sites, removing or failing to protect trees credited toward landscaping (A.C.C. 3-4-8-4) can require replacement and block zoning sign-off; right-of-way trees need county
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