No Indiana statute requires replacing a removed tree, and South Bend imposes no replant mandate on private yard trees. Replacement can be required when a tree-lawn tree is removed under a Section 19-17 permit or as a development or HOA condition.
Replacing a removed tree is voluntary for trees standing in a private yard; neither Indiana nor South Bend requires a homeowner to replant one. Where replacement does apply, the source is the tree-lawn permit or development review. When the Forestry office permits removal of a tree in the public tree lawn under Section 19-17, it can condition approval on replanting to preserve the street canopy, consistent with the city's push toward 40% urban tree-canopy coverage and 100,000 new trees by 2050. Site-plan and subdivision reviews can also build tree-planting standards into new development, and HOA covenants sometimes require replacing a removed canopy tree. A homeowner replacing a backyard tree faces no city mandate.
None for choosing not to replant a private yard tree. Failing to meet a replanting condition attached to a Section 19-17 tree-lawn permit or a development approval violates city requirements. HOA replanting terms are enforced privately.
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