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Members of the Board DATE: August 10, 1983 FAL: <br />of County Commissioners <br />SUBJECT: Tree Protection . Ordinance <br />Comments and Suggestions <br />for Discussion at Public <br />Hearing <br />FROM: Christ icer J. Paull <br />REFERENCES:. <br />Assistant County Attorney <br />The Tree Protection ordinance Draft recommended by the Planning & <br />Zoning Department appears in your agenda at Pages 117 through 136. <br />During the last several days this office has received numerous <br />comments from several of you concerning the ordinance. The <br />comments have been compiled and are listed below for discussion and <br />possible inclusion in the ordinance, as determined by the Board at <br />public hearing. Those felt most significant are marked with an <br />asterisk. <br />1. Page 1, sixth Whereas paragraph, delete word "coastal;" reword <br />second line to read "caused by effects of storms.and boat <br />wakes," <br />2. Page 2, first Whereas paragraph, to read "...as nesting, <br />roosting and feeding areas..." <br />3. Page 3, definition (d), GRUBBING. first line to read "...any <br />living, rooted..." <br />4. Page 4, Genus and species names to be underlined. <br />* 5. Definition (j), PROTECTED TREE, suggest adding after the phrase <br />"all specimen and historic trees," the following provision: <br />"and all trees of the West Indian.origin, of whatever DBH, such <br />as Eugenia SPP. Torchwood Am ris SP.; Tough Bumelia, Bumelia <br />tenax; gumbo -limbo; lancewood; and others." <br />* 6. Page 7 Section 7 (g), Exemptions, suggestion that exemption for <br />residential lots of one acre or less be somehow limited or <br />deleted. <br />7. Page 8 first paragraph, last sentence to begin "Advertisement <br />or listing..." <br />* 8. Page 8 Section 8 B (1) (a) suggest adding to existing language <br />"and there is no suitable alternate orientation of the <br />building." <br />* 9. Page 8 Section 8 B (1) (b) suggest adding to existing language <br />"and there can be no slight deviation to save the tree." <br />* 10. Section 8 B (1) (f) suggest adding to existing language "which <br />cannot be feasibly rerouted." <br />11. Page 11 Section 9 A (1) suggest limiting this to only black, <br />white or buttonwood mangroves. <br />12. Page 11 Section 9 A (2) revised to read "no prop roots shall be <br />damaged or removed..." <br />13. Page 11 Section 9 A (5) suggest rewording as follows: "To <br />afford a view and to protect the shoreline, the hedging of red <br />mangroves is encouraged. Red mangroves may be hedged to a <br />minimum height of six (6) feet, under the supervision of the <br />Environmental Planner." <br />72 <br />AUG 17 1983 Box 5.4PAc <br />