Tree Removal in Midlothian, IL

Midlothian’s code says something out loud about tree removal Midlothian parkways that most villages prefer to leave vague. Section 9-13-6 gives the village the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees on village property or within any parkway abutting any street — and then adds: “However, such parkway shall be maintained by the adjacent property owner unless an agreement for maintenance has been reached with the village.”

The parkway is village land. Keeping it is your job. That is the arrangement in Midlothian, in writing.

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Title 9, Chapter 13

Ordinance 1899 put the chapter on the books in July 2015. Section 9-13-1 defines the parkway as any portion of the right-of-way not improved by street or sidewalk. Under 9-13-8, every owner of a tree overhanging a street or right-of-way must prune the branches so they do not obstruct the view of any intersection and so there is a clear space of eight feet above the surface of the street or sidewalk.

Topping is out: 9-13-7 makes it unlawful as a normal practice to engage in tree topping of any street tree or other tree on public property. Interfering with the village or its agents doing tree work also breaks the code, under 9-13-11.

Planting Standards, If You Are Replacing

Section 9-13-4 requires parkway and village-property species to conform to the official street tree planting list the superintendent of public works keeps. Section 9-13-5 sets one tree per forty linear feet. Each goes on the centerline of the parkway, or as close to five feet from the sidewalk as possible. Nothing over two feet mature height belongs within thirty-three feet of a corner, and no tree may sit closer than six feet to any fire hydrant. The list itself is the village’s, but the Morton Arboretum is the place to read how those species behave once they are full grown.

On private property, Section 9-13-9 gives an owner sixty days after written notice by registered or certified mail to abate a nuisance tree at their own expense — after which the village may abate and file the reasonable cost as a lien against the property.

Two Creeks And Six Repetitive-Loss Homes

Midlothian is home to Natalie Creek and Midlothian Creek, and the village lists the flood-prone reaches block by block: Natalie Creek between 147th and 149th, Midlothian Creek from 149th to Waverly, a tributary from LaVergne to Central between 145th and the Turnpike, the Jolly Homes area between 150th and 154th, plus 151st between Lawndale and Pulaski, 150th and Kilbourn, and 146th and Kilpatrick. Six FEMA repetitive-loss properties, all single family. The MWRD is handling all property acquisitions for its Phase 2 project along Natalie Creek.

If you are inside one of those reaches, your trees have been standing in periodically saturated ground for their whole lives. That produces wide, shallow root plates and trees that come over whole rather than snapping. A tree removal Midlothian orders after a storm in those blocks is usually a whole tree on its side, not a broken top.

Golf Course, Cemetery, Sledding Hill

Midlothian formally incorporated on 17 March 1927 in Bremen Township, growing out from the Midlothian Country Club — the golf course opened in 1898 — and the Rock Island Railroad. Village Hall dates to 1949. The village is landlocked, which caps future growth. Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery is here, as is Belly Button Hill, the sledding hill at 150th and Kilbourn. Local names include Jolly Homes and Bremen Heights.

Tree Removal Midlothian: What We Do

• Removals that take the stump below grade, as 9-13-10 requires
• Parkway and private trimming — here the parkway is your responsibility, and we do that work
• Stump grinding
• Creek-side and rear-lot clearing
• Storm response, 24 hours

Tree Removal Midlothian, Stump Included

Address and what the tree is doing. Since the parkway is yours to maintain here, we quote parkway trimming the same as we quote anything else on your property. Public Works is at 14801 Pulaski Road, 708-577-0566.

708-424-5885 · Cook County service area · nearby: Crestwood, Oak Forest.