Sumner County has no homeowner tree-replacement mandate. Replacement planting comes from development landscaping standards and from city ordinances. Hendersonville, a Tree City USA, sets minimum caliper sizes for required landscaping during site-plan review.
For private homeowners in unincorporated Sumner County, there is no requirement to replant after removing a tree. Replacement obligations arise through development: the county's landscaping, screening, and buffering standards require plantings for subdivisions and commercial site plans, and disturbed or removed landscaping must be replaced to keep a project in compliance. Cities add their own rules; Hendersonville's zoning ordinance sets minimum plant sizes, such as 2.5-inch caliper deciduous shade trees, for required landscaping. Replacement stock must generally be healthy, appropriately sized, and maintained through establishment.
Failure to install or maintain required replacement landscaping leaves a development out of compliance, which can block final site approval until the plantings are provided.
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