Tree Services In Addison

Tree Cutting In Addison Starts At The Parkway Line

Addison’s parkway tree rule predates the village’s suburban boom. Section 17-19 of the village code, carried over from the 1959 code, makes it unlawful “to remove or cut down any tree or shrub in any street, parkway or other public place without having first secured a permit therefor,” with applications made to the Director of Public Works. The village’s parkway page adds that those trees are planted and maintained by the village and are its property. So any tree cutting Addison residents want on the street side of the sidewalk begins with Public Works, and we start every estimate here by finding where that line falls.

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What Addison’s Chapter 17 Says About Trees

Article III of Chapter 17, Streets and Sidewalks, has three tree sections. Section 17-18 requires a permit to plant in a public street or parkway, § 17-19 requires one to remove or cut a tree there, and § 17-20 puts overhanging growth on the abutting owner: a tree or shrub that impedes traffic or travel on a sidewalk or street “shall be trimmed by the owner of the abutting premises,” and any limb likely to fall across a public way must be removed by the owner of the premises where the tree stands.

Ordinance 24-43 added § 17-10.2, which makes the adjacent owner or occupant responsible for parkway maintenance, including “care and restoration of damage to grass, ground cover, and trees.” The parkway page says village crews or a village contractor trim parkway trees once every five to seven years to 14 feet above street level, that parkway trees are provided and planted at no charge, and that the village will not remove a live parkway tree unless it is dead, diseased or a hazard.

We could not confirm whether Addison regulates removal of trees on private lots. Article III covers streets, parkways and public places only, the copy of Chapter 17 we read was cut off partway through, and the zoning chapter was not checked, so call Public Works at 630-620-2020 before a large private removal. For trimming that clears a walk without ruining the tree, the ISA’s homeowner site shows what a proper pruning cut looks like.

Addison On Salt Creek

Addison started as Dunkley’s Grove, after settler Hezekiah Dunklee, and in 1832 Winfield Scott built Army Trail Road along a Potawatomi trail. The village incorporated in 1884 with about 400 residents and stayed under 1,000 people as late as 1930. Suburban growth began in the 1960s and carried the population to about 35,000 by 1990.

The village sits on Salt Creek, a tributary of the Des Plaines River, and Addison appears on DuPage County’s list of communities protected by the Wood Dale-Itasca Reservoir, completed in 2002. Flood storage takes the top off high water but does not change what low yards near a creek do to roots: trees anchored in soft, wet soil go over in wind more readily than the same species on higher ground. The village page also says that if you suspect a parkway tree is backing up your sewer, call Environmental Services at 630-279-2140.

How We Work In Addison

• Tree and bush removal — private trees on your side of the walk, lowered in pieces where houses sit close
• Trimming and pruning — clearing sidewalks and streets the way § 17-20 asks of abutting owners
• Stump grinding — after the removal, with the grindings hauled off or left for mulch
• Storm response, 24 hours a day

Plan Your Tree Cutting Addison Job

A tree cutting Addison homeowners call us for usually starts with one look at the trunk and one at the parkway line. Tell us where the tree stands relative to the sidewalk and whether anything hangs over the street, and we will separate village work from yours before we quote. Call 708-424-5885 or see the rest of our DuPage County service area. Neighboring work: Glendale Heights, Villa Park.