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Discussion ensued on how builders knock down the trees for their convenience and how to word the ordinance so that it can be enforced without hiring additional staff. Vice Chairman Neuberger pointed out that the way the ordinance is structured, the builder would have to put in two trees per lot . The Chairman opened the public hearing . David Cox , 9495 Periwinkle Drive , thought Commissioner Wheeler ' s suggestion to approach this from the water and sewer point- of- view was good and agreed that homesteaded lots holds back the speculators . He also hoped to see a revised landscape ordinance coming forward in the future . Joseph Paladin , president of Atlantic Coast Construction , suggested creating an incentive for the builders to make it beneficial for them to save trees . He advised that Brevard County has a point system and builders have to plant at least six trees on small lots with septic tanks and well water . Commissioners thought the point system had merit and they hoped Mr . Paladin ' s committee would include that in their recommendations on the LDR amendments . Mr . DeBlois specified that we already have a point system on a development level for single lots and explained how it relates to our current tree requirements . Commissioner Wheeler saw two types of home-building ; a homeowner and developers . He thought this would apply to the developers , not a homeowner building on a single lot. Ray Scent, 1615 71 " Court, expressed concern for people who have purchased a lot 5 years prior to building on it. He recalled the royal palms and coconut palms that used to be in Vero Beach but lost due to blights . He lamented that now we have leaf trees with deep roots that negatively impact roads , sidewalks , and building foundations . He suggested allowance for palm trees and not just leaf trees and urged them not to do anything rash . } February 1 , 2005 16