Homeowners are responsible for the maintenance, care, and repair of their individual lot including the sidewalks immediately adjacent to their lot and the trees planted opposite of the sidewalk adjacent to their property.  Maintaining the health and shape of the trees lining our sidewalks is critical to both the safety of our community and the overall aesthetic of our homes. 

Care & Maintenance

"Sidewalk Trees" should be fertilized in the fall.  Home improvement stores carry a variety of combination fertilizer and insect control for trees.  These trees should be mulched every year to help prevent weeds and retain moisture.  Remember to leave a one inch ring around the trunk of your tree free of mulch as this invites bark-eating insects to make themselves at home. 

“Lift” the canopies of trees using a bypass lopper, to no less than 6 feet, to allow walking room along our sidewalks.

Remove all new offshoots from the trunk of the tree, below its canopy, or growing from the ground at the base of the tree, with small pruning shears. 

Kill grasses and weeds growing from the base of the tree with a non-selective herbacide, such as Round-Up.

If you choose to plant daffodils or other perrenials at the base of your "sidewalk trees," remember to remove them when the season has passed.