Tree and Stump Removal
Boynton Beach, FL

Boynton Beach is an incorporated city, not unincorporated county, and that decides who you answer to before a tree comes down. Permits run through the City of Boynton Beach Building Division at City Hall, 100 E. Ocean Avenue, with an online portal for applications and inspections. A crew used to working county land has to relearn that process here, so we ask the permit question at the first look at the lot, before a machine is unloaded.

Then the work itself. The T740 and its 60-inch grapple grip a trunk, lay it down where we want it, and then grip the stump and work the root ball loose, so the stump comes out whole instead of being ground in place. Limbs and brush go to a pile for haul-off. Estimates are free: give us the address, the community and what is standing on the lot, and call (561) 779-3213.

Boynton Beach stump calls tend to sort into two kinds. On the older streets near Ocean Avenue and east of Federal Highway, the stump belongs to a tree that outgrew a small lot, often a ficus or an oak whose roots have found a slab, a wall or a drain line. In the newer subdivisions toward West Boynton, it is usually what is left after a storm or an approved removal, sitting where a pool deck or a new driveway is meant to go.

We pull the stump with the grapple instead of grinding it, so the root mass leaves the ground and the hole can be filled and graded in the same visit. If you want the ground level and ready for sod or a slab, say so on the call and read Bobcat grading in Boynton Beach. If the whole lot needs clearing rather than a few trees, land clearing in Boynton Beach covers it.

The City regulates the removal of trees on private lots, so the first step is to confirm with the City what your tree needs before it is cut. One state rule helps homeowners: under Florida Statute 163.045, a city may not require a permit to remove a tree on residential property when a Florida-certified arborist or licensed landscape architect has documented that the tree is a danger to persons or property, though the owner must keep that documentation. We tell you which path your tree is on, and we do not guess.

The second approval is usually your community. Boynton Beach has a large share of 55+ and active-adult communities, among them Leisureville, Hunters Run and Quail Ridge, and each runs its own architectural review. A tree that shows from the street or the golf course is something the board generally wants approved in writing first. Plan around the board calendar as well as the City desk.

Boynton Beach sits in the Wind-Borne Debris Region, and the coast takes the worst of it: homes east of Federal Highway along the Intracoastal face the Atlantic wind and salt air directly. A tree that has been leaning since last season is the one that comes down on a roof in the next storm, so removal before June is cheaper than cleanup after. After a storm, call (561) 779-3213 and tell us if the trunk is touching a roof, a power line or a pool cage, because that changes how it comes out.

Two checks ride along with every removal. Protected wildlife first: gopher tortoises are a state-threatened species, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission generally requires a permit before a burrow is disturbed. Drainage second: canals and drainage easements cross many Boynton Beach lots, so a machine that has to cross a swale, culvert or easement is planned for ahead of the day and does not improvise on it.

Once the trees are down, the lot usually needs one of four things next: a roof, windows or a remodel that the clearing opened up (construction in Boynton Beach), a new roof over the same ground (roofing in Boynton Beach), association help when the board has to approve the change (property management in Boynton Beach), or food for the crew and the open house afterwards (food truck catering in Boynton Beach).