Tree Service In Frankfort, Behind The Parkway
In July 2013 Frankfort had 3,373 parkway ash trees, according to a Patch report on the village’s emerald ash borer plan; the first phase removed the trees rated “poor” and replaced 262 of them by July 8 of that year, using Public Works staff or private contractors. That is a lot of one species along one village’s streets, and the program also shows whose job the parkway is: the village’s own service page says “Trees located in this parkway are maintained by the Village of Frankfort.” The tree service Frankfort homeowners hire privately starts on their side of the sidewalk.
Frankfort’s Code And Its Parkway Trees
Frankfort’s Code of Ordinances is published by American Legal. Title IX, General Regulations, runs from Chapter 90 (Abandoned Vehicles) through Chapter 99 (Fireworks), with Chapter 97 reserved, and none of those chapters is titled for trees; Chapter 96, Streets and Sidewalks, has no tree section either. We did not read Title XV, Land Usage, or the nuisance chapter for tree provisions, so we cannot tell you what, if anything, Frankfort requires before a private tree comes down. The Village of Frankfort is the authority on its own requirements. Nothing on this page is legal advice. The full code is online.
The parkway is clearer. The village’s parkway tree trimming page says Public Works provides “periodic pruning of the branches on these trees,” including trees that “inhibit sight lines at intersections” and trees crowding signs, and the page sits in the village’s online service request section. If a parkway tree is blocking your view at the corner, that request is the right first step. For yard trees, the Morton Arboretum has species guidance worth reading before you replant where an ash came out.
Frankfort licenses contractors every year. The village’s contractor licensing page says “Contractors working in the Village of Frankfort are required to obtain a Village-issued contractor’s license each year.” It lists, for general contractors and subcontractors respectively, an application fee of $150 / $75, an original permit bond of $25,000 / $15,000, general liability of $1,000,000 / $500,000, auto liability of $500,000 / $200,000, excess liability of $2,000,000 / $1,000,000, and workers’ compensation and employer liability of $100,000 for each, and it warns that “Violators are subject to a fine up to $500 per day.” The page does not say whether tree work falls under the license. Ask the crew you hire for the license and certificates — we expect to be asked too.
Frankfort Station, The Grainery And The Old Plank Road Trail
German immigrants made Frankfort a reality in the 1840s, and residents incorporated it as a village in 1879; it is still commonly called Frankfort Station, after the railroad depot. The village spreads across Frankfort and Rich townships in Will and Cook counties, 15.79 square miles of land and no water, and its 2020 census count was 20,296. Downtown holds the Frankfort Grainery, Breidert Green and part of the 22-mile Old Plank Road Trail.
Trails and old downtowns share a tree problem: mature trees close to pavement, walkers and parked cars, where a dead limb matters more than it would over a back lawn. The 2013 ash count covered parkway trees only. An ash in a back yard was never on the village’s list, and a dead one there gets more brittle every year it stands.
Frankfort Work We Do
- Tree and bush removal — private-yard ash and other declining trees, with the parkway left to Public Works
- Trimming and pruning — limbs over drives, roofs and fences on lots near downtown and the trail
- Stump grinding — so a new tree can go where the ash stood
- Storm response, 24 hours a day
Storm damage. If wires are involved, call 911 and then your electric utility before anyone approaches the tree. A parkway tree that fails in a storm is maintained by the village, so use the village’s service request for it.
Get A Tree Service Frankfort Quote
Tell us what species the tree is, if you know, and whether it stands in the yard or the parkway, so the tree service Frankfort quote fits the job. For a free estimate any hour, the number is 708-424-5885; nearby towns are in our Will County service area. Neighboring work: Mokena, New Lenox.
Source and public record. Frankfort Code of Ordinances (American Legal Publishing), Title IX; the village’s parkway tree trimming page and contractor licensing page; and Patch’s July 17, 2013 emerald ash borer update. Settlement and downtown details come from published reference works.
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