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EXNIBIT "D"
LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING EXISTING TREES & VEGETATION AND
WATERFRONT BANK STABILIZA'I'ION PLANTINGS: .
I. PURPOSES
The purposes of the~e requirements are to establish rules and
requlations governing the protection of ~rees, waterfront
stabilization plantings and vegeta~ive cover within the limits of Bay
St. Lur.ie Subdivision and to encourage the proliferation and
replacement of trees and vegetation ~rrithin Bay St. Lucie. This noble
purpose is in recogni~ion of their importance and their meaningful
contribution to a healthy, beau~iful and safer community attributable
to their carbon dioxide absorption, oxygen production, dust
filtration, wind and noise reduction, soil erosion prevention, surface
' drainage impravement, beautification and aesthetic enhancement of
~ improved and vacan~ lands, and the gensral promotion of the health,
j safety, welfare and well being of the-community.
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~ II. DEFINITIONS
~ (a) BUILDABLE-AREA shall be defined to mean that portion of a
building site exclusive of the r~quired yard areas on which a
structure or building improvements may be erected. •
(b) DRIP LINE is a vertical line run through the outermost .
' portion of the crown of a tree and extending to the ground, provided
however that the same shall be not less than a ten (10) foot diameter
circle which is drawn from the center of the txunk of a tree.
(c) REMOVAL shall be defined to include any inten~ional or
negligent act which will cause a tree to decli.ne and die within a .
period of three (3) years, including but not limited to such damage
inflicted on the root system of a tree by ~he operation of heavy
machinery; the chan~e of the natural grade above the root system of a
tree or around the trunk of a tree; and the damages from injury or
. from fire infZicted on trees~which results in or permits infections or
pest infestations.
(d) SHRUB shall mean a bushy, woody plant, usually with several
permanent stems, and usually not over fifteen {15) feet high at its
maturity.
(e) TREE shall mean any self -supporting woody perennial plant
which has a trunk diameter of two (2) inches or more when measured at -
a point four and one-half (4 1/2) feet above ground level and which
normally~ attains an overall heigh~ of at lea~t fifte~n {15) feet at
maturity, usually with one main stem or trunk and many branche~. It
may appear to have several stems or trunk~ as in several varieties of
oak.
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