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MeT <br />C'C - -11 0 /, - /r a J-' <br />Pot <br />n ORDINANCE 2004-041 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA AMENDING CHAPTERS 901, 912, 926, <br />AND 927 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) RELATING TO TREE <br />PROTECTION AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS; REVISING DEFINITIONS OF <br />"PROTECTED" AND "SPECIMEN" TREES; STRENGTHENING SPECIMEN TREE PROTECTION <br />REQUIREMENTS; REQUIRING A 2 TO 1 REPLACEMENT RATIO FOR THE REMOVAL OF <br />HARDWOOD TREES 12 INCHES OR MORE IN DIAMETER; REQUIRING TREE REMOVAL <br />PERMITS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS MORE THAN 1/4 ACRE IN SIZE; INCREASING <br />PENALTIES AND FINES FOR ILLEGAL VEGETATION REMOVAL; REQUIRING TWO CANOPY <br />TREES ON NEWLY DEVELOPED SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS, AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF <br />CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE, <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THAT THE COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) BE AMENDED AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />1. SECTION 901.03, DEFINITIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, OF CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS, IS <br />HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS. <br />Tree, protected any tree having a diameter -at -breast -height (dbh) of four (4) inches or more, but not including <br />"specimen trees." less than *,..or+ . f (24) inehes. Cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) with 10 feet or more of clear <br />trunk, regardless of dbh, are protected trees. Protected trees This shall also include each tree, regardless of the dbh <br />of the individual tree, within a significant grouping of trees of West Indian or tropical origin. The following trees, <br />regardless of size or location and any other trees listed on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's most current list <br />of Invasive Species, shall not be considered to be protected trees: <br />Casuarina spp. eunninghafni —Australian pine <br />Enterolobium cyclocarpum — Earpod <br />Melia azedarch — Chinaberry <br />Schinus terebinthifolius — Brazilian pepper tree <br />Melaleuca quinquenervia - Melaleuca, punk or paper tree <br />Cupania anacardioides - Carrotwood <br />Gabbai4e palms ia„b„' .'m etto` andCitrus trees of all varieties shall not be considered protected trees_ ,' it sue <br />— <br />tFees shall be ineluded in the tFee sufvey in the event the applieant 60hooses to make tise of said tfees as a er- <br />Tree, specimen a tree that is in good health and sound structural condition and is a species with "wh -g s a <br />diameter -at -breast -height (dbh) as follows: oftwert., f (24) inehes oeater e "'"`""^ hosArevef, the <br />f ii,.:. ing .,,.moss Of SiZe OF i,,ea fi,,,,. <br />Underline depicts addition of text; strike thFetfgh depicts deletion of text. <br />E {;onu; nnity [)evclopincn+ t)scx 1Rt l..ANDd,DR9' I pec:Ord rc�isr���Y ?i�0 .-20i) "II -:c Orel _'qi��-ii _.doc <br />