No Indiana statute and no Elkhart County ordinance requires replacing a removed tree in unincorporated areas. Replanting mandates exist only inside the cities of Elkhart and Goshen for public trees, or as a condition in HOA covenants and development approvals.
Indiana sets no replant-what-you-cut rule, and Elkhart County has no authority to impose one on private land in unincorporated areas, so replacing a removed tree is entirely voluntary near Middlebury, Bristol, and the rural south of the county. Where replacement is required, the source is municipal or private: Elkhart's and Goshen's forestry programs can require replanting when a public right-of-way tree is removed, and Goshen runs a 50/50 cost-share that splits the price of a new 2-inch tree in the right-of-way. City site-plan and subdivision reviews build tree-replacement standards into new development. In the unincorporated county, HOA covenants sometimes require a homeowner to replace a removed canopy tree, but a rural homeowner faces no such rule.
None from the county for not replacing a removed tree. Failing to meet an Elkhart or Goshen right-of-way replacement condition violates city rules. HOA replanting requirements are enforced by the association.
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