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ORDINANCE 2012-026 <br />(2) Routine landscape maintenance such as trimming or pruning of protected trees, <br />specimen trees, or other vegetation, mowing of yards or lawns, or undertaking any <br />other landscaping or gardening activity which is commonly recognized as routine <br />maintenance or replacement. <br />(3) The removal, trimming, pruning or alteration of protected trees, specimen trees, or <br />other vegetation in an existing utility easement or right-of-way, provided such work <br />is done by or under the control of the operating utility company and said company <br />has received all necessary licenses or permits to provide utility service within the <br />easement. <br />(4) Any activity conducted by a lawfully operating and bona fide commercial nursery, <br />tree farm, agricultural operation, silvicultural operation, ranch, or similar operation, <br />when the activity occurs on the property owned or lawfully occupied by the person <br />conducting said activity and is done in pursuit of said activity. This exemption shall <br />include the purposeful removal of a tree or trees for their permanent relocation at <br />another site undergoing development. When land -clearing or tree removal has been <br />performed under this exemption based upon the use of the property for an <br />agricultural or silvicultural operation, the following shall apply: <br />(a) No land development order shall be approved for any non-agricultural or <br />non-silvicultural use or improvement on the same site within two (2) years of <br />the completion of such land clearing or tree removal. <br />(b) Pertaining to silviculture, operations shall implement a state division of <br />forestry approved management plan, including a reforestation plan for <br />harvested lands. <br />(c) Pertaining to agriculture, operations shall implement a soil and water <br />conservation district approved conservation plan, including the use of Best <br />Management Practices, as applicable to the specific area being cleared. <br />(5) The removal of any protected tree, specimen tree, or other tree which has been <br />destroyed or damaged beyond saving, or which constitutes an immediate peril to life <br />or property. <br />(6) Tree removal, land clearing, or grubbing of any vegetation, including protected trees <br />and specimen trees, but not including mangroves or dune vegetation, within ten (10) <br />feet of a house. <br />(7) Land -clearing or grubbing of vegetation, except for , <br />mangroves, dune vegetation, or any native vegetation in a conservation easement, <br />upon any detached single-family residential lot or parcel of land having an area of <br />one (1.0) acre or less, provided this exemption shall not be construed to allow land - <br />clearing or grubbing without permit on any such lot or parcel by its subdivider unless <br />Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance 2 <br />StFi a thFOagh: Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance <br />C:\Documents and Settings\tlister\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\QPAZMTU8\2012-026 927 TP and LC.doc <br />