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' TREE PROTECTION AND LAND CLEARING § 927. 17 (d) In addition to the above noted penalties, success criteria for a period of up the area that was illegally cleared or on to three (3 ) years after revegeta- which protected trees or specimen trees tion. ' were illegally removed shall be revegetated The purpose of the revegetation plan is to under the following circumstances : establish a native plant community to 1 . The property on which the illegal replace the plant community destroyed by ' land clearing and/or tree removal the illegal activity. For the lost of mature occurred is five . (5) acres or larger native plant communities, only the larg- and the area of illegal land clearing est plants that can reasonably be ex- ' and/or tree removal was done within pected to survive ( and can be procured) native uplands, as defined in section will be authorized for revegetation. 929. 05 ; or.., . . ( 7) Any person who commits a violation speci- 2 . The area of the illegal land clearing fled in paragraph ( 1 )(e) above shall be subject to a and/or tree removal was within a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250. 00) per conservation easement, a conserva- day starting on the 61st day after commencement tion tract, the Jungle Trail Buffer, or of the tree removal or land clearing. If the date of other similar protected area. the commencement of activities cannot be deter- mined, the fine shall start ten ( 10) days after the Under circumstance W)(d) 1. above, the landowner and/or agent for the landowner is area of revegetation shall be that area notified in writing that the debris must be re that would have been required to have moved. If an extension has been granted, the fine been set aside as detailed in section 929 . 05 . shall commence on the day after the end of the ' No fee-in-lieu of payment will be ac- extension. cepted. (8) Any person who commits a violation speci- Under circumstance (6)(d)2 . above, the fled in paragraph ( 1)(f) above shall be subject to a area of revegetation shall be that area fine of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250 . 00) per where the illegal activity occurred within day for each saved tree that does not have prop= the conservation, easement, the conserva- erly installed and maintained protective barriers tion tract, the Jungle Trail Buffer, . or installed. The fine shall commence on the date other similar protected area. that any development activity begins on the prop- The area shall be revegetated with plant eTty associated with the project and the protective. barriers are either improperly installed or not material that is native to Florida, consis- installed at all. In the event that the date the tent with surrounding plant material, and development activity cannot be established, the suitable for the area of revegetation. A fine shall commence on the date that Indian River revegetation plan must be submitted and County staff has verified that development activ- approved by environmental planning staff ity has begun and that the protective barriers are This plan shall include: either improperly installed or not installed at all. ' • a plan view showing the areas of (9) permits required by this chapter may be revegetation, to include location obtained after-the-fact for land clearing and pro- of different species; tected or specimen tree removal activities , upon • the type; size, and spacing of the determination by the environmental planner that plants to be used, canopy, such activities were performed in accordance with subcanopy, :ground cover in propor- permit issuance criteria specified in section 927 .07. tion to that illegally cleared; The issuance of an after-the-fact permit abates ' • a schedule _ for completion; and the penalties described in this section for those actions or activities authorized by the after-them • a maintenance plan, to include fact permit. The fee for an after-the-fact permit Supp. No. 45 927/9