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ORDINANCE 2004-041 (6) Any person who commits a violation specified in paragraph (1)(d) above shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and not greater than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) per separate offense. The amount of the fine shall be calculated as follows [sections (a), (b), and (c)]: (a) For low quality vegetation removal, a base fee of^+s rem fifty cents ($0.50) per square foot of area illegally cleared land shall be charged. Low quality vegetation generally consists of plants such as dog fennel, grape vine, goose -foot grass, or non-native vegetation such as Brazilian pepper. (b) For high quality vegetation removal, a base fee of fifty eents (en cn� seventy-five cents ($0.75) per square foot of area illegally cleared land shall be charged. High quality vegetation generally consists of native vegetation such as palmettos, gallberry, or wax myrtle. (c) In the event that the quality of vegetation removed cannot be determined, a base fee of thift seven and one half eents ($0.375) sixty-two and one half cents ($0.625) per square foot of area illegally cleared land shall be charged. (d) In addition to the above penalties enal the area that was illegally cleared or on which protected trees or specimen trees were illegally removed shall be revegetated under the following circumstances: 1. The property on which the illegal land clearing and/or tree removal occurred is five (5) acres or larger and the area of illegal land clearing and/or tree removal was done within native uplands, as defined in section 929.05; or 2. The area of the illegal land clearing and/or tree removal was within a conservation easement, a conservation tract, the Jungle Trail Buffer, or other similar protected area. Under circumstance (6)(d)1. above, the area of revegetation shall be that area that would have been required to have been set aside as detailed in section 929.05. No fee -in -lieu of payment will be accepted. Under circumstance (6)(d)2. above, the area of revegetation shall be that area where the illegal activity occurred within the conservation; easement, the conservation tract, the Jungle Trail Buffer, or other similar protected area. The area shall be revegetated with plant material that is native to Florida, consistent with surrounding plant material, and suitable for the area of revegetation. A revegetation plan must be submitted and approved by environmental planning staff. This plan shall include: •a plan view showing the areas of revegetation, to include location of different species; •the type, size, and spacing of the plants to be used, canopy, subcanopy, ground cover in proportion to that illegally cleared; •a schedule for completion; and •a maintenance plan, to include success criteria for a period of up to three (3) years after revegetation. The purpose of the revegetation plan is to establish a native plant community to replace the plant Underline depicts addition of text; strike t4irougn depicts deletion of text. I .ACn onmi itV Davek>p1nen [,S(TS �)[.AND\I L)Rt 92? I`'uc Old re.isro'1 200" 'ti0" I�r�e C}rtl ?tJt):}_p I.doc