Las Vegas Arbor Society
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How One HOA Board Rewrote Its Tree Policy in a Single Meeting
← Notes from the canopy
February 18, 2026
Landscape guidelines in a lot of Las Vegas Country Club Estates HOAs were last substantially revised during the turf-to-gravel conversion push, when the goal was simply reducing water use however possible. The unintended side effect: several of those guidelines cap canopy height, restrict root systems near sidewalks in ways that rule out most shade trees, or don't mention trees at all — meaning any resident who wants to plant one has to petition the board individually.
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