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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 reve eta- which protected trees or specimen trees g were illegally removed shall be revegetated tion. ' under the following. circumstances : The Purpose of the revegetation plan is to 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 petted to survive (and can be procured) ' native uplands, as .defined in section will be authorized for revegetation. 929.05; or : . ( 7) An y 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 (6)(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 detailedin 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 ems' associated with the project and the protective material that is native to Florida, consis- barriers are either improperly installed or not ' tent with surrounding plant material, and installed at all. In the event that the date the suitable for the area of revegetation. A development activity cannot be established, the , revegetation plan must be submitted and fine shall commence on the date that Indian River ' ' approved by environmental planning staff. County staff has verified that development activ- This plan shall include: ity has begun and that the protective barriers are a plan view showing the areas of either improperly installed or not installed at all . • ' revegetation, to include location (9) Permits required by this chapter may be of different species; obtained after-the-fact for land clearing and pro- 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 afterAhe- • a maintenance plan, to include fact permit. The fee for an after-the-fact permit ' Supp. No. 45 927/9