Neighbors Unecessarily Trimming/Removing Tress

[10-23]

In Oyster Bay, you need a permit to cut trees.

I cut one large pine tree at the border of my property with my neighbor that kept giving me signs of a tragic event. Branches would come down during minor storms. The defining moment came when a huge branch came crashing down on my neighbors property and the sidewalk. No doubt that someone would have been killed if it hit them. The tree came down the following week along with a tree that was adjacent to house and was pushing up against my roof.

[qlty]

Norway maples are an invasive wild tree that are native to the north shore of LI they get weak as they get old many times blowing down in storms and causing damage to a home.No one has a right to tell a home owner what to do with eliminating a danger to their propertyp

[lubby]

We did this. What's the big deal? Our yard looked like a jungle. The trees in the yard were 15 ft. stick trees not to big. we had 4 of them. We had to cut down an 80 ft. oak tree that was smack in the middle of our front yard, it was touching power lines, it blocked the front of house. The leaves clogged our gutters.

[Autoracer9]

There property their tree.

[okaydorothy]

Not necessarily. My friend lives in the village of Patchogue. The house next door was sold and the new owner cut down about 20 huge trees. There was uproar and the owners had to replant many of the trees that bordered their property. They were also fined I believe.

This was on the ROE blvd area and it is a gorgeous area.

[shiftymh]

I trimmed the hell out of a few that were blocking the sun to the pool.

[loveithateit]

I just moved to smith town, so ignorant question here. There's no sidewalk on my street, but a large tree close to the street. I already see the branches are growing all over the power lines. In Queens, the city (or maybe it was con ed themselves) is responsible for trimming trees on sidewalks. Where do I stand? Since there's no sidewalk, is it my responsibility to trim it. That's a really old and tall tree, so it would need to be done by a professional with some sort of lift. Not really an expense I wanted to have annually.

[James1202]

Originally Posted by loveithateit

I just moved to smith town, so ignorant question here. There's no sidewalk on my street, but a large tree close to the street. I already see the branches are growing all over the power lines. In Queens, the city (or maybe it was con ed themselves) is responsible for trimming trees on sidewalks. Where do I stand? Since there's no sidewalk, is it my responsibility to trim it. That's a really old and tall tree, so it would need to be done by a professional with some sort of lift. Not really an expense I wanted to have annually.

It's your tree if it's on your property. Chances are your property ends 5'-10' short of the street...sidewalk or not. Generally, the utility co. is responsible for trimming tree branches interfering with power lines as, more often than not, they'd prefer your tree trimmer not damaging their lines.