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±20. 11 AcREs, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ±1 .300 FEET SOUTH OF 65TH <br /> STREET AND WEST OF THE FEC RAILROAD, FROM CAI, COMMERML <br /> AND INDUSTRIAL, TO L-2, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTLIL-2 (UP TO 6 <br /> UNITS/ACRE) (LEGISLATIVE) <br /> 10. C. I. B. COUNTY INmATED REQUEST: TO AMEND TEXT OF SEVERAL <br /> ELEMENTS OF THE COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (LEGISLATIVE) <br /> 1 <br /> County Attorney Alan S . Polackwich, Sr . read the notices into the record . <br /> 11 . COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS - NONE <br /> 12 . DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br /> 12.A. COMMUNiTYDEyELoPMENT <br /> 12.A. 1. REPORT ON INDL4N RIVER COUNTY TREE REMOVAL VIOLATION <br /> PENALTIES <br /> Roland DeBlois , Chief of Environmental Planning and Code Enforcement, recalled that <br /> on August 16 , 2011 , the Board considered a matter involving a code enforcement fine for the <br /> removal of three cabbage palm trees , and staff had been directed to return with a report on the <br /> County ' s tree removal penalties . Through a PowerPoint Presentation (copy on file), he reviewed <br /> the history of the County ' s tree removal and land clearing ordinance, and compared the County ' s <br /> fines, mitigation requirements , and after-the-fact (ATF) permit regulations with those of the City <br /> of Vero Beach, and St . Lucie and Brevard Counties . He reported that the penalty for the illegal <br /> removal of protected trees, including cabbage palms (not protected prior to 2004) , is $ 1 , 000 per <br /> ,t <br /> palm tree . He thereafter presented staff' s recommendation for the Board to direct staff to initiate <br /> October 4 , 2011 20 BK 141 PG 493 <br />