Does Haverhill issue a tree removal permit?

Yes. Section 58-422 lists among the penalties for a violation a permit fee for removal of trees without a valid tree removal permit, which establishes that the instrument exists. The provision that creates it, and the size or circumstance that triggers it, were not located in the sections we read, so we confirm the trigger with the town rather than state one.

Who do I ask about a Haverhill tree permit?

Permitting and Licensing, on (561) 689-0370 extension 2. The town publishes a notarized Land Clearing, Land Fill and Tree Removal Permit Application, and notarization is worth knowing about in advance because it puts a step between finishing the form and filing it.

Tree Removal Permits in Haverhill

Q: How does Haverhill count violations?

Section 58-422 treats each tree or shrub not properly installed or properly maintained on site as a separate and continuing violation of the division, and each day in which landscaping is not properly installed or properly maintained as another. The counting reaches maintenance rather than removal alone, so a lapse in upkeep accrues the same way an unpermitted removal does.

Q: What is the fine in Haverhill?

Section 58-422 provides that violations shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.00 per violation, or a permit fee for removal of trees without a valid tree removal permit, or such fines and imprisonment as provided for in Florida Statutes Section 125.69. Read that alongside the counting rule, because per violation is doing the work in that sentence.

Haverhill issues a tree removal permit, and we know that from the penalty section rather than from the permit section. Section 58-422 lists among the consequences of a violation a permit fee for removal of trees without a valid tree removal permit. The provision that creates the permit, and the size or circumstance that brings it into play, were not in the sections we read. This page sets out what is established and says plainly where it stops. TWQ Landscaping prepares and files these applications, and our ISA Certified Arborist (NY-6948A) produces the supporting report where one is required.

Does This Apply to Your Property?

Section 58-422 is written against deficiencies on a site rather than against a class of owner, so a commercial parcel, an association common area and an institutional site are read on the same terms. What we cannot tell you from the sections read is which trees bring the permit into play, because the trigger sits in a provision we did not reach.

The two Palm Beach County articles we read do not create a general permit to remove an ordinary tree, so on a removal here the town rule is the one that governs. A separate county obligation does reach inside town limits, and our Palm Beach County guide sets out what it requires.

On a detached single-family residence, Florida Statutes Section 163.045 remains available on documentation from an ISA certified arborist or a Florida licensed landscape architect, which is the credential our arborist holds. Whether it reaches a particular tree is settled with the town.

What Needs a Permit

We will not guess at the trigger. A permit exists, the town publishes a notarized Land Clearing, Land Fill and Tree Removal Permit Application to obtain it, and what brings a given tree inside it is a question for Permitting and Licensing on (561) 689-0370 extension 2. We make that call as part of preparing a proposal rather than after a crew is scheduled, and we would rather tell a board we are checking than hand them a threshold we cannot cite.

The notarization is worth planning around on its own. It puts a step between finishing the application and filing it, which on a multi-party job with an owner signature in another state is days rather than minutes.

What It Costs

Section 58-422 sets a fine not to exceed $500.00 per violation, or a permit fee for removal of trees without a valid tree removal permit, or such fines and imprisonment as provided for in Florida Statutes Section 125.69. What that state provision produces is not something we state, since it is not a section this project has read.

The figure that matters there is not the $500.00 but the words per violation, and the next section explains why. On the permit fee itself, no amount was located in the sections we read, so we obtain the current schedule from the town before quoting.

What Happens If It Is Done Without a Permit

The counting rule is the part of this code worth reading twice, because it reaches upkeep rather than removal alone. Section 58-422 provides that each tree or shrub which is not properly installed or properly maintained on site, as required by the division, is a separate and continuing violation. So is each day in which landscaping is not properly installed or properly maintained on site. The quoted provision continues past those two items into a third that our source does not carry, so treat the list as at least that long rather than complete.

Put the two together and a maintenance lapse compounds the same way an unpermitted removal does: once for every plant, and again for every day. For a property manager carrying a landscape contract, that makes the standard of maintenance a compliance question rather than a service-level one.

Two further levers apply where work is pending on the site rather than to an established property generally. The town may issue a cease and desist order, and it may withhold a certificate of occupancy or a certificate of completion until the provisions of the section have been met. On a build or a fit-out those reach the handover date; on an occupied commercial property with nothing in permitting, they have less to bite on.

What to Check With Your Contractor

Ask whether the permit has been obtained before a crew mobilizes, and ask to see it. Because the town's own penalty schedule contemplates charging a permit fee for removal without a valid permit, the cheapest version of this mistake is still paying for the permit, and the expensive version adds the fine on top of it.

Ask what the maintenance specification is, in writing, and ask how it maps to the division's requirements. The per tree and per day counting attaches to plant material not being properly maintained, so a maintenance contract that does not state a standard leaves the compliance question open on every plant on the site.

And ask who is notarizing the application and when. It is an easy step to discover late, because it is not tree work and it is not on the crew's list.

What to Do Next

Three things settle a Haverhill job before it is priced. What the permit actually requires for the trees in scope, which we establish with Permitting and Licensing rather than assume. What the town currently charges, since no fee appears in the sections read. And whether the site's existing landscaping meets the division's maintenance requirements, because that is counted per plant and per day independently of anything being removed.

We settle those before quoting. We inspect the trees, document species, size and condition, call the town on the trigger, prepare the arborist report where the application calls for one, handle the notarized filing, and carry out the work to the specification the permit is issued on. TWQ Landscaping handles tree permitting for the properties we maintain across Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade: community associations and condominiums, commercial and industrial sites, medical and senior living campuses, schools, religious campuses, hotels, multifamily rental, self-storage, dealerships, retail outparcels, marinas, mobile home communities, municipal grounds and mixed-use. Call (954) 583-4752 or request a proposal.

The information presented on this page was accurate as of 23 August 2026.

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