Tree Trimming and Removal in Hobart, Indiana

Tree Trimming In Hobart, IN, Under Its Own License Section

Hobart is a city that wrote tree trimmers into its code by name. Chapter 95 of the Hobart Municipal Code, “Trees and Shrubs,” includes § 95.05, titled “Trimming services; license required; fee; license revocation.” We have the section title but not its text, so we cannot tell you the fee or terms. What it tells an Indiana homeowner is enough to act on: before you hire anyone for tree trimming Hobart IN residents should ask the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office what § 95.05 requires, and then ask the crew to show they meet it.

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Hobart’s Chapter 95, Section By Section Title

The city posts its municipal code chapter by chapter, current through January 30, 2026, and notes that “The official version of the Hobart Municipal Code is available in the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office.” Chapter 95 sits in Title IX, General Regulations, next to Chapter 94 (Streets and Sidewalks) and Chapter 96 (Nuisances). The code index gives four section titles in it: § 95.02 “Trimming, planting; permission required”; § 95.03 “Removal; notice”; § 95.04 “Appeal regarding dead trees”; and § 95.05 on trimming services. We were not able to read the body of Chapter 95 for this page, so we state no deadlines, permit terms or fees from it.

One rule outside the tree chapter we could confirm: the general penalty in § 10.99(A), which applies where no specific penalty is provided, is “A fine not exceeding $2,500 for the first violation” and up to $7,500 for later ones, and § 10.99(B) treats each day as a separate violation. Whether Chapter 95 carries a penalty of its own, we could not confirm. The City of Hobart is the authority on its own requirements. Nothing on this page is legal advice. For the pruning side of the work, the Morton Arboretum publishes sound, plain advice on when and how much to cut.

Lake George, Deep River And The Brickyards

George Earle founded Hobart and named it for his brother, Frederick Hobart Earle. A dam on Deep River created Lake George. Hobart incorporated as a town in 1889 and “reincorporated as a city in 1921”; it now covers 26.57 square miles of Hobart and Ross townships and counted 29,752 people in 2020. The high school teams are the Brickies, after the brickyards that once stood on the north side near Cressmoor Prairie, now a state nature preserve. The Hobart Prairie Grove Unit of Indiana Dunes National Park is here too.

A city with a lake made by damming Deep River has plenty of trees at the water’s edge. Removing one of those means rigging it so nothing lands in the water, and trimming one means working from the land side. Yards bordering the prairie preserve or the park unit are another reason to keep every cut and every chip on the customer’s side of the line.

Hobart Tree Work We Handle

• Tree and bush removal — lowered on ropes along Lake George and Deep River lots
• Trimming and pruning — after the § 95.05 question is answered
• Stump grinding — chips cleaned up rather than left near the shoreline
• Storm response, 24 hours a day

Request Tree Trimming Hobart IN Pricing

Before any tree trimming Hobart IN work, we will ask the city which of its tree sections applies to your address. Describe the tree and how close it stands to the water, the house or the street, and we will price it from there. Our line is 708-424-5885, and our Lake County, Indiana service area lists the other towns we cover. Neighboring work: Merrillville, Lake Station.