Tree Trimming and Removal in Barrington Hills

Tree Service In Barrington Hills Follows The Calendar

In Barrington Hills, oaks and elms get pruned in the cold months or not at all. Section 4-6-9(A) of the Village Code, as amended by Ordinance 25-11, says that apart from “tree emergencies that present an immediate hazard, the pruning of oaks and elms” “shall not take place from April 1 through November 1.” That closes seven months of the year to routine cuts on those two trees, so any tree service Barrington Hills owners book for an oak should land between early November and the end of March.

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Heritage Trees, Woodlands And The TRP

Title 4, Chapter 6 protects heritage trees: indigenous species in fair, good or excellent condition at or above a minimum diameter set in the § 4-6-8(A) table — 10 inches for oak, basswood or linden, and sugar maple; 8 inches for black walnut, hackberry, hickory and wild black cherry; 6 inches for ironwood. Section 4-6-2 defines a woodland as “Eight (8) or more heritage trees on a site within circular area having a radius not to exceed 117.8 feet,” and § 4-6-3(A) says a tree removal permit, or TRP, “shall be required for the destruction or removal of any heritage tree in any woodland.” The Building and Zoning Enforcement Officer administers it in consultation with the Village Arborist; the ordinance leaves the fee to the village, and we have not confirmed the amount.

The § 4-6-3(B) exemptions are narrow: woodland removal under a forestry or nursery-stock plan a government agency approves and administers, or common-owner land exceeding 100 contiguous acres with an acceptable preservation plan. No exemption for dead, diseased or hazardous trees appears. Unpermitted removal is a violation under § 4-6-6(A)(1), where “each day may constitute a separate offense,” on top of the general penalty in § 1-4-1. Replacement trees must be at least three inches in caliper, “come from nursery stock grown in Northern Illinois or Southeast Wisconsin,” and survive three growing seasons, secured by cash escrow equal to the replacement value the Village Arborist sets. An appeal costs $700, with all but $100 returned if it succeeds. Section 4-6-9(B) requires all tree work to follow ANSI A300 and Z133; the Morton Arboretum publishes guidance on caring for native oaks.

Five-Acre Lots Between Spring Creek And Flint Creek

Barrington Hills incorporated in 1957 and counted 4,114 people in 2020. A minimum five-acre zoning restriction has applied to new construction since 1963, farming and horse raising are allowed, and from about 1900 Chicago business executives bought farmland here and turned it into summer estates. The ordinance itself calls heritage trees “of significant historical and ecological value to the Village of Barrington Hills.”

Two perennial streams cross the village, Spring Creek to the west and Flint Creek to the east, and it holds about 1,700 feet of shoreline on the east bank of the Fox River. Lots this size often leave room to fell a tree whole, but a stand of heritage oaks can turn a single removal into a woodland question under § 4-6-2, so we count the neighboring trees within that 117.8-foot radius before we price anything.

Barrington Hills Tree Work

• Tree and bush removal — heritage trees in a woodland only after the TRP is issued
• Trimming and pruning — oak and elm work held for November 2 through March 31, to ANSI A300
• Stump grinding — buckthorn stumps ground, with chemical treatment left to a licensed applicator
• Storm response, 24 hours a day

Plan Tree Service Barrington Hills Work Around The Season

Tell us the species before the month; for an oak or elm, that decides when the tree service Barrington Hills allows can happen. Call 708-424-5885, or go back to our Cook County service area. Neighboring work: Barrington, South Barrington.