No Saginaw County city sets a trunk-diameter permit for removing a private-yard tree. Permits and authorization apply to the public street and park trees the cities own, and Frankenmuth requires a licensed-arborist permit to work on those public trees.
Some Michigan municipalities require a permit to remove any private tree over a set diameter; Saginaw's communities are not among them for established residential lots. The framework here centers on the public realm. The City of Saginaw's crews control all street and parkway trees. Frankenmuth's Chapter 43 makes it unlawful to prune, treat, or remove a street or park tree as a business without a city tree permit, proof of arborist qualification, and $1 million liability insurance; public-service and city crews are exempt. A homeowner taking down a dead, hazardous, or ash-borer-killed tree in their own yard needs no diameter permit.
No penalty for removing your own established-lot tree. Working on public trees without the required permit, or removing a city tree without authorization, violates local ordinance; Frankenmuth treats it as a $50 to $500 civil infraction.
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