Johns Creek issues no tree removal permits at all — removal is allowed unless the tree sits in a protected area. The catch is that a lot of Johns Creek back yards are in one.
Tree services we provide in Johns Creek
- Tree removal — hazardous, dead, storm-damaged or in-the-way trees, including crane-assisted and tight-access removals.
- Tree trimming and pruning — crown thinning, deadwooding and clearance from roofs, drives and lines, cut to ISA standards rather than topped.
- Stump grinding — ground below grade with surface roots taken out, cleaned up and the grade restored.
- Storm damage response — trees on structures, blocked driveways, hangers and split leaders.
- Tree health diagnostics — an ISA Certified Arborist diagnoses decline, pests and disease and writes a treatment plan instead of guessing.
- Cabling and bracing — structural support for split trunks, weak unions and heavy horizontal limbs worth saving.
- Lot and land clearing — selective or full clearing for building, drainage or reclaiming overgrown ground.
What makes tree work in Johns Creek different
The city fronts thirteen and a half miles of the Chattahoochee, and elevation falls from about 1,180 feet in the Ocee area to 880 feet at the river. That three-hundred-foot drop puts a great many back yards on real slope, with the state-regulated river corridor and stream buffers overlaying the lowest ground. The housing is largely 1980s to 2000s wooded subdivision and golf-course frontage, which means tall drawn-up pines with high centres of gravity and very little room between the trunk and the house.
Tree removal permits in Johns Creek
The City of Johns Creek does not issue tree removal permits. Removal is allowed unless the tree is located in a zoning buffer, stream buffer, the Chattahoochee River Corridor or another protected area. Tree Preservation Ordinance requirements attach only when you are pulling a building or land disturbance permit. The city also notes that HOA covenants may restrict removal independently, and in Johns Creek they frequently do.
Where we work in Johns Creek
We are on jobs across Johns Creek regularly, including the Ocee, Newtown, Sheltonville and Warsaw crossroads communities, Medlock Bridge Road, State Bridge Road, McGinnis Ferry Road, the Atlanta Athletic Club and Autrey Mill Nature Preserve. Johns Creek is in Fulton County.
Why Johns Creek homeowners call us
- Every job is scoped by an ISA Certified Arborist, not a salesperson — so you get a straight answer on whether a tree has to come down.
- Family-owned and working in Metro Atlanta since 1985, from our yard on Nekoma Street in Marietta.
- Fully licensed and insured, and TrustDale certified.
- Written estimates before any work starts, and no charge for the estimate.
- Open seven days a week, 7am to 11pm, including storm days.
- We clean up. Chips, brush and rounds go with us unless you want the wood.
Johns Creek tree service questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Johns Creek, GA?
No city permit — Johns Creek does not issue them. What matters instead is where the tree stands. Zoning buffers, stream buffers and the Chattahoochee River Corridor are all protected, and a large share of Johns Creek property backs onto one of them. Check your HOA too, because covenants here are often stricter than the city. We confirm both before we cut.
How much does tree removal cost in Johns Creek?
Price comes down to height, trunk diameter, what is underneath the tree and how much room we have to work. A straightforward pine in an open back yard is a completely different job from a seventy-foot oak leaning over a roof with no room for a crane. We price on site, in writing, and the estimate is free.
Can you get your equipment into my yard?
Usually yes at the front, less so at the back. The drop toward the river means many Johns Creek back yards fall away steeply, so the debris has to come uphill. We plan those as rigging jobs and bring a crane to the kerb where the reach works.
Free tree service estimate in Johns Creek
Tell us what you are looking at and we will come out, put eyes on the tree and give you a written price. Call (770) 974-3964 or request an estimate online. Financing is available, and new customers get 20% off.
