No permit is needed to remove a healthy tree on your own private property. Planting or removing trees in the public right-of-way requires City Engineer approval under Chapter 1028, and dead/diseased trees must be removed on notice.
Lima regulates trees on public ground separately from private yards. Chapter 1028 (Trees, Shrubs and Plants) bars planting any shade or ornamental tree, plant, or shrub in a street, boulevard, park, or other public ground until the City Engineer approves the kind, size, spacing, and location and grants a permit (issued at no charge). This same right-of-way control governs removal of street trees. On private property, no permit is required to remove your own tree, but Property Maintenance Code Section 1806.18 declares damaged, dead, diseased, or insect-infested trees a nuisance requiring removal within 60 days of a Code Official's notice.
Unauthorized planting or work on right-of-way trees violates Chapter 1028; ignoring a Section 1806.18 removal notice for a hazardous tree lets the City abate and recover costs.
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