Updated October 2026
Dunedin is an incorporated city, so its own tree rules apply rather than Pinellas County's code, and a removal permit goes through the city. Common Dunedin jobs are trimming big oaks over older homes, cleaning coastal palms before hurricane season, removing declining laurel oaks and grinding the stumps afterwards.
Small city, big canopy
Dunedin's older neighborhoods sit under mature live oaks and laurel oaks, with palms crowding the streets near the water and the Pinellas Trail cutting through town. Lots are often small and close together, so most removals here are done in roped sections rather than felled.
Waterfront homes add salt wind, sea walls and, along some shorelines, mangroves that follow the state trimming law.
Many Dunedin jobs are about keeping a good tree rather than losing it. A live oak that drops limbs on the roof every storm usually needs thinning and clearance, not removal, and a few hours of careful pruning often settles a problem a homeowner expected to cost a whole tree.
Oaks and palms by the Gulf
Live oaks in Dunedin are usually worth keeping with good pruning: thinning the crown so wind passes through, taking out deadwood and lifting limbs off roofs. Laurel oaks planted decades ago are the common removals, often once decay shows at the base or in big limbs.
Palms near the water need their dead fronds and seed stalks cleaned out before storm season, with the green crown left full.
Dunedin's own tree rules
Dunedin is an incorporated city that sets its own tree rules apart from the Pinellas County code, so the county's January 2026 homestead threshold does not automatically apply inside city limits. We confirm the city's requirement for each tree before scheduling, and documented hazard trees on home lots can still use the state exemption. We confirm the city's requirement first.
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Dunedin tree questions
No, Dunedin sets its own rules as a city.
Yes, in roped sections lowered into the space.
Yes, before and after hurricane season.
They follow the state mangrove trimming law.
Usually yes, with thinning and clearance pruning.
Yes, with care for the trail and neighbors.