My property is outside the city limits...and believe it or not, San Antonio has become complete jack asses about trees on commercial lots. They mark them & will fine or hold up development if you take down even the shittiest looking scrub brush. I plan on being a commercial property, and in the county I can basically designate myself as such as long as no one says anything and I have appropriate land size. So when the city inevitably annexes me...I'm ready.
Given that I'm not about to ever have a conversation about a $5000 fine to remove a shitty tree...I just clear cut the entire 5 acres. I believe if you love trees that much...you should just buy the place. If you don't want to do that...then STFU.
What I got 'in trouble for' was burning within an hour of dusk...which the county frowns upon. I had the entire place around the fire as dirt. It was cold and wet, I spent $40 on diesel getting it going...and even then it might have taken a couple vitamin T's...I don't really recall.
The little brush jumper truck drove by & then backed up with his lights on first. I just figured they were out doing a tour to get out of the station and were going to check in...not big deal. By the time I pulled the excavator away from the pile & got out...there was the pumper truck.
As I walked over to the Cpt I said "Oh thank God you're here! As you can see...we've got an out of control inferno on our hands"
He smiled back and said 'Yea, I can see that'. "I'm guessing this wasn't what you were expecting from the call to came out here?" ' No sir...no it wasn't'
That's when he told me in the county you've got to stop burning an hour before dusk...and we were there. I told him how much issue I had with getting is started...and then threw in "And if I can't burn after dark...how am I going to get rid of all these tires?"
I burned whenever I wanted after that. I think they realized I knew what I was doing and more than responsible & capable enough to not have problems. They said they were going to come out later that day and put out my fire...or make sure I had it put out...they never came back.