City of Westlake Hills Tree Ordinance Information

If you hired somebody, yes. Writing in 2010, on the ordinance adopted February 10 of that year: you must have a permit for any tree pruning if you hire a service. If you do the pruning yourself, there are some allowances, but you should contact the city to keep yourself out of trouble.

Writing in 2010: trees up to 6" diameter can be removed without permit. Trees 6" and larger can be removed with permit only and will require mitigation unless the tree is dead or dangerous. Those are Westlake Hills figures, not City of Austin ones — the two are separate ordinances with separate numbers.

Yes, for construction sites. Writing in 2010: City of Austin tree protection requirements for construction sites are adopted by Westlake Hills — very good policy in my personal, professional opinion.

On February 10, 2010 the City of Westlake Hills adopted a new tree ordinance, and everything described in this post is that ordinance as it read at the time. Ordinances in this region are amended, and a stale number about a permit is worse than no number at all, so check the current figures with the city before you rely on one.

That is exactly what the boundary map on this post was for — whether you are inside Westlake Hills jurisdiction. The inline map was retired in the migration, and the link standing in its place points at our tree ordinance finder.