Does Miramar regulate how a tree is trimmed?

Yes. Section 25-36 states that any person who administrates tree maintenance practices within the City shall adhere to the standards contained in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A-300, current edition, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Code. Because the standard is written into the Code, the way a tree is pruned is a code question in Miramar rather than a matter of trade practice.

Can Miramar charge me for removing a tree that fell into the road?

Section 25-38 sets a regulatory use fee charged by the city against property owners or other persons found responsible for allowing trees to fall into the public rights-of-way or upon any traffic-control device or traffic regulatory signal, or trees which appear to be in imminent danger of falling. The fee covers removal of each tree by the city or its agents, inclusive of on-site labor, materials and travel time, and it is set and amended by resolution of the city commission. We confirm the current amount with the city before quoting.

Tree Removal Permits in Miramar

Q: Do I need a permit to remove a tree from a right of way in Miramar?

Yes. Section 25-35 of the Miramar Code of Ordinances requires an approved tree removal permit from the community development department before a tree is removed from any public park or public right-of-way. A swale tree or a park tree sits inside that section. What applies to a removal on private property is settled with the same department before work is scheduled.

Q: Which trees may be topped in Miramar?

Section 25-36 names two species and ties the allowance to a technique. Australian Pine and Norfolk Pine remain subject to ANSI A-300, current edition, and the code states that they may be topped provided that the upper branches are progressively tipped so as to duplicate the natural form. The allowance is written around the method, so a contractor should be able to describe how the tipping will be done before the crew arrives.

Miramar charges the owner when the city has to take a tree down. Section 25-38 sets a regulatory use fee against property owners or other persons found responsible for allowing trees to fall into the public rights-of-way. It reaches a tree that falls upon any traffic-control device or traffic regulatory signal, and a tree which appears to be in imminent danger of falling. So the exposure exists while the tree is still standing. 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?

Miramar holds a certified tree ordinance and enforces it in lieu of county enforcement, so the city is the enforcing body for tree work here. That certification is not permanent. Chapter 25, Vegetation, Article II, Trees is written by land and by activity rather than by property type. Section 25-38 reaches property owners or other persons found responsible. Section 25-36 reaches any person who administrates tree maintenance practices within the City. A commercial site, an association common area, a condominium parcel, an industrial yard and an institutional campus are read against the same text.

Two exemptions inside the landscaping standards are written by lot type and by zoning district. The perimeter landscape buffering requirements carry an exemption covering single-family and dual-family lots. The pedestrian landscape zone requirement carries an exemption covering Rural, Single-Family Residential, Conservation and Utility zoning districts. Both address landscape standards rather than tree work, so a property inside either exemption is still read against the tree provisions in Chapter 25.

What Needs a Permit

Section 25-35 requires an approved tree removal permit from the community development department before a tree is removed from any public park or public right-of-way. A swale tree in front of an association or a commercial frontage sits inside that section, and so does a tree in a city park. The section is written by location rather than by property type, so the permit follows where the tree stands.

A second instrument covers planting rather than removal. Section 506 of the landscaping standards states that a landscape permit is required for all landscape installations including new single-family homes that are not part of planned community. Miramar names new single-family homes inside that requirement, with the planned community carve-out as the qualifier. This is a landscape installation permit, and it is a separate instrument from a tree removal permit rather than a substitute for one.

The sections cited here establish three things: the removal permit on public land, the maintenance standard for tree work, and the fee route when the city removes an unsafe tree itself. What applies to a removal on private property is settled with the community development department. We make that call before a scope is priced rather than after a crew is booked.

What It Costs

The number that decides a budget in Miramar is the city's own cost of removal, and the code sets it by resolution rather than publishing it. Section 25-38 provides a regulatory use fee for removal of each tree by the city or its agents, inclusive of on-site labor, materials and travel time. That fee is set and amended by resolution of the city commission. We confirm the operative resolution with the city before quoting, rather than carrying an estimate into a board budget.

The amounts charged for the tree removal permit and for the landscape permit sit outside the sections cited here. Both are confirmed with the community development department before a scope is priced. That is one call, and it settles the permit amount, what the application has to contain, and the current form of the city's tree ordinance at the same time.

One set of published figures reaches irrigation rather than tree work, and it matters on a property running a system. The water conservation division of Chapter 21 adopts the South Florida Water Management District regime and penalizes breaches of it. A first violation is $50.00. Second and subsequent violations carry a fine not to exceed $500.00. Each day a violation occurs is a separate offense, and violators may be given no more than one written warning.

Enforcement of that division runs by citation, summons or notice to appear in county court, by any law enforcement official with jurisdiction. The city manager may delegate it to city departments. The city may also seek injunctive relief in addition to civil penalties. The city recognizes variances issued by the District under rule 40E-21.275, F.A.C. These are water use penalties, and they answer irrigation practice rather than tree work.

What Happens If It Is Done Without a Permit

The consequence written into the tree chapter is the city doing the work and charging it back. The city or its agents may remove a tree that has fallen into a public right-of-way or upon a traffic-control device or traffic regulatory signal. The same applies to a tree which appears to be in imminent danger of falling. The regulatory use fee is then charged against the property owners or other persons found responsible. A leaning tree carries that exposure before anything comes down.

The enforcement route that applies to a tree violation, and the amount that comes with it, are confirmed with the city before we quote one. The sections cited here establish the permit requirement on public land under Section 25-35, the maintenance standard under Section 25-36, and the unsafe tree fee under Section 25-38. We put that question to the community development department at the same time as the permit question.

What to Check With Your Contractor

Miramar writes the maintenance standard into the Code itself. Section 25-36 states that any person who administrates tree maintenance practices within the City shall adhere to the standards contained in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A-300, current edition. Those standards are hereby incorporated by reference into this Code. That makes A-300 a code obligation rather than a matter of trade practice. The words current edition matter, because the standard moves and the obligation moves with it.

The same section names two species and ties an allowance to a technique. Australian Pine and Norfolk Pine remain subject to ANSI A-300, current edition. The code states that they may be topped provided that the upper branches are progressively tipped so as to duplicate the natural form. That allowance is written around the method. A contractor quoting either species should be able to describe how the tipping will be done before the crew arrives.

What to Do Next

Settle three things before tree work is scheduled in Miramar. Whether any tree in scope stands in a public park or a public right-of-way, because that removal takes an approved permit from the community development department. What the department requires for a removal on private property. And whether anything on the site is leaning or appears to be in imminent danger of falling. The city can act on that tree and charge the cost back to the owner.

We settle those before quoting. We inspect the trees, record species, size and condition, prepare the arborist report where the application calls for one, and file the permit. The work is done to the ANSI A-300 standard the Code adopts. TWQ Landscaping handles tree permitting for the properties we maintain across Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade: community associations and condominiums, cooperative and master associations, commercial and industrial sites, medical and senior living campuses, schools, religious campuses, hotels, multifamily rental, self-storage, marinas, mobile home and RV parks, municipal grounds and mixed-use. Call (954) 583-4752 or request a proposal.

TWQ Landscaping maintains commercial and community association property in Miramar. See landscaping services in Miramar.

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

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