Lee's Summit requires no permit to remove a tree in your own yard, and Missouri has no tree-protection law. Permit-style controls apply only to trees in public rights-of-way and to landscaping on new development under UDO Article 8.
There is no residential tree-removal permit in Lee's Summit and no Missouri statute protecting private trees, so a homeowner may remove trees on their own land without city approval; tree removal is not among the projects the city lists as requiring a building permit. The controls that exist attach to public and development trees. Trees in street rights-of-way and city parks are City property, removed only by Public Works. New development and redevelopment must satisfy the landscaping and tree-planting standards in UDO Article 8, updated by Ordinance No. 10182 in 2025, during site-plan review.
No penalty for removing your own yard trees. Removing or damaging a City street or park tree without authorization is a municipal code violation, and development that ignores its approved landscaping plan can be held up until corrected.
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Lee's Summit does not regulate residential holiday decorations and requires no permit for them. Any holiday-related yard signs follow the city's temporary-si...
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Lee's Summit treats garage-sale signs as temporary signs. Stake signs are limited to 3 square feet each and 12 square feet total per property, must sit on pr...
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Lee's Summit allows political and other noncommercial signs on private property with no permit. Under the Unified Development Ordinance, temporary stake sign...
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Lee's Summit runs no general rental-registration or landlord-licensing program for long-term residential rentals. There is no citywide rental permit or per-u...
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Lee's Summit has no just-cause eviction law; state law governs. Landlords may end a month-to-month tenancy with one month's written notice under RSMo 441.060...
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Lee's Summit has no rent control and cannot enact one. Missouri's RSMo 441.043 preempts local rent regulation, so landlords charge market rents and may raise...
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