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�T NOV 18 1 BOOK45 ,,.. but pine trees and palmettos; the only trees taken out were in the house pad area; and he did not tell his operator to take out the pine trees, just to underbrush. They did get permits for -- burning. Mr. Ward stated that he did realize you have to get permits to take out trees, but believed Indian River County is about the only county requiring that. He mainly works in St. Lucie County, and their company basically does large scale clearing and very little lot clearing. Mr. Ward emphasized that he is very familiar with land clearing; he does know what he is authorized to do; and they did not go there to clear out a bunch of trees. Discussion ensued at length regarding the location map submitted by staff, what locations were cleared, whether the 16 pine trees were all removed just from the building site, and whether there was a requirement to do a drainage ditch. Planner DeBlois advised that he saw groupings of trees laying in various locations, but possibly they could have been moved there in preparation for burning. Director Keating noted that the only drainage requirement is that you don't impact your neighbor's property with your drainage. Chairman Scurlock asked if trees were removed when they cleared for the drainage ditch, and Mr. Fuster stated that some were, but they stopped when they got the letter from staff. The Chairman asked if the Fusters have a building permit which sets out what they are going to do. Mr. Fuster advisred that they do not have a building permit yet; they are just clearing. They did not get the permit because the property is so dense they didn't even know exactly where they could put the house, and they had to clear in order to get a survey. Planner DeBlois advised that the Tree Protection ordinance has an exemption.for clearing of a path for a survey; however, 80 s � s