Out here the Trees between the sidewalk and the road belong to the City. The City does what they want with them.
They don't want you trimming their trees and you can call them and they eventually come and do it if it actually needs it.
When I move into the house there was a huge Pepper Tree in the City's area. One of the years a large branch broke off; a near miss on my House. I called for them to trim it and they removed it instead (the roots had bucked the side walk and curb).

like 20 years later the City actually asked if they wanted a tree panted there and I got to say no. At My other house the city does not give you a choice and they plant a tree.

For some reason a Tree does not grow well at my other house and it took the City since 1956 to finally plant one that would grow well.

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