Tree removal in Cumming, Georgia

Who decides about a tree in Cumming

Cumming is an incorporated city, so its own tree and development rules apply rather than Forsyth County’s. Call city hall or the city’s planning office before removing a healthy tree, and ask about a dead one as well: Atlanta, for one, sends an arborist to look at a dead tree before it comes down.

Outside the cities, Forsyth County has its own rules; see Forsyth County. What applies across the metro, and what the counties publish, is in Permits.

A tree that has already fallen, a tree on a line and a tree on a house have their own steps: tree on the house, tree on a line.

If a tree is on a power line

Call the utility before anyone else; your bill says which one it is. Across Forsyth County, federal service-territory records list Georgia Power, Amicalola Electric Member Corp, City of Norcross, Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation.

Georgia Power: 1-888-891-0938, or 911 to have a downed line blocked off. Co-op and city customers: the outage number on the bill.

Georgia Power storm center · EIA-861, 2024

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