Tree Service in Orland Hills, IL

Orland Hills licenses the trade, not the job. So a tree service Orland Hills residents call needs the license before it needs a work order. Section 98.02: “It shall be unlawful for any person or firm to engage in the business or occupation of pruning, treating, or removing street or park trees within the village without first applying for and procuring a license.” Applicants must also file proof of liability insurance. The minimums are $50,000 bodily injury and $100,000 property damage, indemnifying the village. Public service companies and village employees are exempt.

The village has held Tree City USA status since November 2013. The license and the designation go together.

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Chapter 98 In Practice

Section 98.01 defines street trees. They are woody vegetation on the land between property lines, on either side of any village street or way. Under 98.20, the village may plant, prune, maintain and remove trees, plants and shrubs. That covers all streets, avenues, lanes, squares and public grounds. Adjacent owners may still plant street trees, so long as they comply with Sections 98.15 to 98.18.

Section 98.21(A) bars severe pruning. The code defines that as cutting limbs back to stubs larger than three inches across, inside the crown. Then 98.21(B) puts three duties on owners. Keep branches over the right-of-way clear of intersection sightlines. Maintain eight feet of clear space above street or sidewalk. Remove all dead, diseased, dangerous trees or decayed limbs. The ISA’s guidance for tree owners shows the difference between a reduction cut and the stub cutting the section forbids.

On private property, Section 98.22 goes further. The village may order removal of dead or diseased trees that threaten life and property, or that harbor insects or disease. But you get sixty days after written notice from the Village Tree Board. After that, the village removes and liens the cost.

Two Lakes In One Square Mile

Orland Hills is 1.15 square miles holding 6,893 people. The bounds run 159th Street north, 171st south, 94th Avenue west, 88th Avenue east. It went by Westhaven before incorporating in 1961. Then annexations through the 1960s and 70s pushed it to its present boundaries. It contains two lakes, Ashbourne and Lorin, plus Kelly Park. The village describes itself as primarily residential, with an abundance of park land.

Marley Creek, the Cal-Sag and the Little Calumet watershed all feature in its records. So does a Tinley Creek streambank stabilization project. But the village carries zero FEMA repetitive-loss properties and zero severe repetitive-loss properties.

Lakeside trees are their own case. Consistently high water tables keep roots shallow. So a mature tree on a lake bank has less holding it up than the same tree fifty yards inland. Around Ashbourne and Lorin, that is worth an honest look before a bad spring rather than after one. Lake banks account for a steady share of the tree service Orland Hills properties call for.

Tree Service Orland Hills: What We Do

• Pruning to ANSI standards — never severe pruning, which 98.21(A) forbids
• Removals of the dead and diseased stock 98.21(B) makes your responsibility
• Stump grinding
• Clearing along lake banks and park boundaries
• Storm response, day or night

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Address and what the tree is doing. If you have had a Tree Board notice, tell us the date. The sixty days under 98.22 run from service. It is easier to work inside that window than to argue about it afterward.

708-424-5885 · Cook County service area · nearby: Orland Park, Tinley Park.