Are property owners allowed to cut down their trees without permission?

[escapequeen]

We are looking at a couple of homes that have large trees causing excessive shade, which we do not want. My question is, are we allowed to cut them down without permission from the powers that be? I appreciate your help.

[paradise1]

As far as I know removal of a large tree must be approved by the Architecural Review Committee

[Bogie Shooter]

This from deed compliance on www.districtgov.org
Maintenance of Landscaping: Landscaping will be maintained to provide a neat and clean appearance. Removal of weeds, dead plants, grass clippings, trash and debris is required to meet this objective. Trees with trunks exceeding four (4) inches in diameter will need Architectural Approval to be removed from any homesite. Lawn ornaments are prohibited, except for seasonal displays not exceeding a thirty-day duration.

[The Great Fumar]

We are looking at a couple of homes that have large trees causing excessive shade, which we do not want. My question is, are we allowed to cut them down without permission from the powers that be? I appreciate your help.

Not only no , but hellno ......They won't let you change any topography in the villages...... besides , why would you want too.....We don't have enough trees as it is...........In august you'll beg for one...

fumar with a fan ... :laugh:

[GMONEY]

Not only no , but hellno ......They won't let you change any topography in the villages...... besides , why would you want too.....We don't have enough trees as it is...........In august you'll beg for one...

fumar with a fan ... :laugh:

Can always count on the Great One to give the Bottom Line: But that is excatly right!!!

[OpusX1]

I am not positive but I think you need a State permit to cut down any trees with a trunk diameter of 4 inches or more and than you have to plant a replacement tree.

[eremite06]

My neighbor cut down a beautiful oak that I suspect the trunk was over 4" in diameter. Don't know if he got permission or not or if he plans on replacing it with another tree. It would have provided the rear of our house with some nice shade as it matured. Oh well...

[duffysmom]

Not only no , but hellno ......They won't let you change any topography in the villages...... besides , why would you want too.....We don't have enough trees as it is...........In august you'll beg for one...

fumar with a fan ...

:agree: :agree: :agree: :agree:

[SABRMnLgs]

As always, again and again I keep repeating myself. Look on your deed and see who the house and the property belong to. Is it yours or the yard nazis?
Th anaswer should then be obvious although everyone will say the opposite. A man's home is his castle ........... as long as he does NOT live where the yard nazis lurk.

[senior citizen]

As always, again and again I keep repeating myself. Look on your deed and see who the house and the property belong to. Is it yours or the yard nazis?
Th anaswer should then be obvious although everyone will say the opposite. A man's home is his castle ........... as long as he does NOT live where the yard nazis lurk.
Not sure where to ask this question but my husband was just wondering if a homeowner can install a small generator (just to play it safe in the event inclement weather causes the loss of electricity/power).

We have one in our present home in New England and luckily have never had to use it, although we've been surrounded by winter storm power outages.

If a generator is "allowed" in TV, can it be installed in a new construction home? We were just reading that no changes are allowed while building new......if we should choose a "snow bird" winter getaway place.

Thank you in advance to whomever can respond to this.

[senior citizen]

p.s.
Just one more question. Is there a mayoral system and/or a selectmen, aldermen type town government in TV?

Or, are all villages primarily under the county government?

Hubby was just wondering. We are familiar only with our own yearly Town Meeting Day in March. In our town we only have a town manager plus selectmen. Our town manager is hired by our selectmen, whom we vote in.

Many people do not care for the town manager system because you can't vote him out.........whereas in the mayoral system, when his term is over, if you don't care for him, you can vote for someone else.........which is really true Democracy as my husband just stated.

Just curious who governs the various villages. Thank you.

[Bogie Shooter]

Not sure where to ask this question but my husband was just wondering if a homeowner can install a small generator (just to play it safe in the event inclement weather causes the loss of electricity/power).

We have one in our present home in New England and luckily have never had to use it, although we've been surrounded by winter storm power outages.

If a generator is "allowed" in TV, can it be installed in a new construction home? We were just reading that no changes are allowed while building new......if we should choose a "snow bird" winter getaway place.

Thank you in advance to whomever can respond to this.
Yes.

[dfn8tly]

As always, again and again I keep repeating myself. Look on your deed and see who the house and the property belong to. Is it yours or the yard nazis?
Th anaswer should then be obvious although everyone will say the opposite. A man's home is his castle ........... as long as he does NOT live where the yard nazis lurk.

Perhaps you are repeating yourself because the statement is totally sophomoric. When you purchased a house in TV you agreed to abide by the deed restrictions. Was this a lie? If everyone just did whatever they wanted TV would be destroyed. Grow up!

[ricthemic]

As always, again and again I keep repeating myself. Look on your deed and see who the house and the property belong to. Is it yours or the yard nazis?
Th anaswer should then be obvious although everyone will say the opposite. A man's home is his castle ........... as long as he does NOT live where the yard nazis lurk.


I am relatively new to this site. We have only visited TV once, last month and only for one overnight. It totally exceeded our expectations. I do agree with the above poster to a point. Yes a man's home is his castle but listen to my story...
Twelve years ago at age 48 we bought our future retirement home on Cape Cod (MA). Very nice modest neighborhood made up of mostly two and three bedroom ranches on .25 acre lots. Occassionly we rented it, even year round. We worked our butts off and got the place paid off. About four years ago one small ranch house at the beginning of our road changed hands. They ripped out all the shrubs and dumped crushed stone on the entire front yard.
Why? It became a parking lot for about ten cars of various stages of decline.
Why ten cars? Because about ten adults and twelve little kids live there now. They don't speak english and I heard they are from central america. (I am not a racist so don't bother attacking me, I am merely providing the facts). Anyone coming into our area sees this place first. Two houses next to and across the street from this place went up for sale. Now we have three of them with junk cars, broken doors, dirt landscaping etc. Who is going to invest in this area. We live about twenty houses down and so far our end is OK but if this keeps spreading down the road.....
An earlier post mentioned their town with selectman and town meetings... we have that too and mine is not the only neighborhood affected by this. Our elected officials won't even address the issue (MA, a one party state).
We are not upset with TV exterior housing rules, on the contrary, we love them and look forward to investing in an area that will be protected from people. I guess some feel the rules are to aggressive but where do you draw the line? The operative work here is "respect". Respect for your neighbors investment.

[Fourpar]

ritchemic,
You get it! And most Villagers do as well. But sometimes there is a free spirit that refuses to read the deed restrictions. Unfortunately they cause undue "issues" for the rest of the residents. Restrictions keep up our way of life and property values. They are a good thing! And for those who feel otherwise, don't move into The Villages. Buy elsewhere.

[Bogie Shooter]

ritchemic,
You get it! And most Villagers do as well. But sometimes there is a free spirit that refuses to read the deed restrictions. Unfortunately they cause undue "issues" for the rest of the residents. Restrictions keep up our way of life and property values. They are a good thing! And for those who feel otherwise, don't move into The Villages. Buy elsewhere.
Or, if here, leave!

[Indy-Guy]

If your home is in the town limits of Lady Lake (Lake County) then you would need to check with them at the code inforcement office.

Lady Lake has several codes that address trees.