Residents of an Arizona town filed a restraining order against a home owners’ association after it refused to stop removing their beloved Sissoo trees from their neighborhood. 

The Silverleaf Arcadia area of North Scottsdale is known for its large multi-million dollar homes that fill the community. 

While the large properties dominate the neighborhood, it is also known for the 917 Sissoo trees that line the sidewalks and adorn people’s properties. 

Despite being loved by residents, with some of them declaring they moved to the area specifically for the trees, the local home owner’s association has been engaged in a bitter feud with the residents to have the trees removed. 

The HOA, DC Ranch, have been trying for three years to have the trees inside the gated community removed due to them damaging roads and underground pipes.

Now residents, have filed a temporary restraining order against the group stopping them from removing any more trees.  

In total there are 917 Sissoo trees that line the sidewalks and adorn people’s properties in the neighborhood

DC Ranch had planted the trees in the neighborhood during its development in 2005, despite not native to the Sonoran Desert. 

According to DC Ranch, the Sissoo has an ‘invasive, destructive, and thirsty root system’ that can run for 50 feet or more in order to find water. 

In an informational seen by DailyMail.com, the HOA continued: ‘After 15 years, the neighborhood streets and sidewalks show signs of damage.

‘The trees will continue to pose a threat of property damage to homes, patios, pools, and utilities. 

‘Ranch Association stopped watering the trees two years ago, with no material impact on growth.’

Last August, DC Ranch requested permission to remove the trees from the Scottsdale Development Review Board. 

This request was then denied by the board, and the HOA had then said it was going to appeal that decision to the city council, but didn’t. 

The HOA then adopted a resolution in September saying that they would not create difficulties for those who choose to remove the trees from the front of their homes. 

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Those against the removal were okay with that until January of this year when each homeowner received an assessment from the HOA that said they owed $3,000 for Sissoo tree removal in the neighborhood. 

The Silverleaf Arcadia area of North Scottsdale is renowned for its large multi-million dollar homes that fill the community

The HOA, DC Ranch, have been trying for three years to have the trees inside the gated community removed due to them damaging roads and underground pipes

Resident Barry Chasse told 12news that the trees had been the primary reason he had moved to the neighborhood in the process.

Homeowner Paul Petelin reiterated this point, saying that: ‘Everybody knew this was the tree neighborhood. 

Angered by the continuous move by the HOA to have them removed, Tom La Porte decided to file a civil lawsuit against DC Ranch. 

Citing in the lawsuit that the trees were part of the original development plan when it was built. 

La Porte told the outlet that the whole saga had been: ‘A nightmare for three years.’

Angered by the continuous move by the HOA to have them removed, Tom La Porte, seen here, decided to file a civil lawsuit against DC Ranch

The lawsuit was postponed when DC Ranch agreed to mediation with the homeowners to figure out if common ground could be reached, according to La Porte.

He said that despite the postponement, the removal continued, adding: ‘The tree cutting continued on when we were supposed to be negotiating so we decided to go to court and stop this.’ 

It was after this that La Porte then set out to have a restraining order held against the HOA, so they could not remove the trees without the homeowners agreement. 

His wife Juli La Porte said: ‘I didn’t take my trees out. I don’t know why I should have to pay for anybody else?

‘For me to have to pay for that is just not right.’ 

DailyMail.com approached DC Ranch for comment on the ongoing disputes.