Tree Removal in Weston, FL

Tree Removal in Weston usually involves two sets of rules: the city's and your community association's. Weston's Tree Preservation Ordinance, City Code Chapter 122, governs tree removal, relocation and related work, and the city's Tree Preservation Division (954-385-0500) is the place to confirm whether a permit is needed for a particular tree. When a removal permit is evaluated, protected trees get priority, and the options include preserving or relocating the tree, planting a replacement, or paying into the Weston Tree Trust Account.

Who is allowed to do the work

Weston is specific on this point. Tree or palm trimming, removal, relocation and root pruning done by anyone other than the homeowner must be performed by a City of Weston registered tree service provider. If you're comparing quotes, ask each company whether it is registered with the city before you sign anything.

The HOA side

Much of Weston is gated or private communities where the association maintains the roads, infrastructure and common landscaping, and the city directs landscaping questions in those neighborhoods to the HOA. Most associations also have architectural review rules for trees on private lots. Our written quote lists each tree, its location and what will replace it, which is usually what the review committee asks to see.

A young city, a maturing canopy

Weston incorporated in 1996, but the land was assembled long before; Arthur Vining Davis's Arvida controlled about 15,000 acres in the 1950s, and the first Arvida homes were finished in 1984 in Country Isles and Windmill Ranch. Bonaventure and Indian Trace are the two original development districts. Street and yard trees planted in the late 1980s and 1990s are now big enough to crowd roofs, lift sidewalks and shade out lawns, which is driving a lot of the removal and replacement work here.

Wind off the 'Glades

The Everglades border the city on the north and west, and its entire western edge is open to them. There is nothing to break the wind before it reaches the first row of houses. Lake-front lots are common too, and trees on lake banks often have one-sided root systems. Average rainfall is about 62 inches a year, so those banks stay soft through the summer. We look closely at root plates and lean on lake-side and west-edge trees.

Typical Weston jobs

• Removing trees that have outgrown small front-yard planting strips
• Lake-bank tree removals with pieces lowered onto the lawn, not the water
• Removing palms crowding pool enclosures
• Storm-damage cleanup after summer squalls
• Stump grinding before HOA-approved replacement trees are planted

Lakes, debris and who handles what

The city maintains most of Weston's community lakes, though some are privately owned, so a tree on a lake bank may involve the city or your association as well as you. Trash and yard debris collection is handled by the Indian Trace Development District, except in Bonaventure, which the City of Sunrise serves. That split matters when you're deciding whether to leave small brush at the curb; for a full removal, haul-away is built into our quote. Weston also reminds residents to call 811 a few days before digging, including for planting a replacement tree.

Call (954) 314-3415 or use the form. Mention your community name; it helps us look up HOA access and gate procedures before we arrive. Get a free estimate