Knoxville Tree Code Chapter 38 protects trees in rights-of-way, parks, and on commercial sites, requiring permits before removal and replacement plantings when trees are taken down.
Knoxville City Code Chapter 38 governs the urban forest. The Public Service Department Urban Forester issues permits for any tree work in city rights-of-way, parks, or required landscape areas tied to a development approval. Commercial and multifamily sites must follow tree preservation and replacement standards established under Recode Knoxville. Single-family lots not subject to landscape conditions can usually remove their own trees, but utility easements and storm drainage near KUB lines may impose extra rules. Replacement caliper inches are calculated from removed inches.
Removing protected, right-of-way, or required-landscape trees without a permit triggers fines, replacement costs, replanting at higher caliper, and possible stop-work orders on related construction.
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