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Home My WebLink AboutVegetation Removal Permit Exemption Request FormDATE: SING FEE: OO PERMIT NO:,:-_-:-,?D D % ST. LUCIE COUNTY VEGETATION REMOVAL PERMIT EXEMPTION REQUEST FORM Please complete the requested information and submit all items to the St. Lucie County Public Works Department. For additional information, please contact the St. Lucie County Public Works Department at (561) 462-1553. The activities set forth below do not require the issuance of a Vegetation Removal Permit. The burden of proving entitlement to any particular exemption shall lie, at all times, with the person claiming the exemption. These exemptions shall not apply to the removal or alteration of any mangrove tree or dune vegetation. Applicants claiming exemption MUST submit, photographs of the area to be developed or non -protected vegetation to be removed or an agriculture exemption letter from the SLC Property Appraisers office. PROJECT INFORM TION nWNFR NAMF. A/ Al '11ve � PROJECT LOCATION/ADDRESS: -1 - CITY: r % - Ace - STATE: ,4 0 CONTACT PHONE #: - - 0 - S & 0 ,5` / S-� S6 SUBDIVISION: LOT: BLOCK: SECTION: TOWNSHIP: .3 SS RANGE: 4 b 6-MAP#: 5* ZONING: ,� AND USE: .T U I7 / PARCEL SIZE: 9.44� z�c4f c SPROPERTY TAX ID #: d` �0� .3 2.2 ll OQS-d o LEGAL DESCRIPTION (ATTACH EXTRA SHEETS): LAND CLEARING CONTRACTACTOR INFO TION (IF APPLICABLE): NAME: SS: PHONE NUMBER: FLORIDA REG/CERT ST LUCIE CO. CERT. # DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITTY ON PROPERTY: i GC/, UPDATED 112 V?A00 -_ ,f I am exempt from obtaining a St. Lucie County Vegetation Removal Permit due to the following: {PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING) 1. The removal or alteration of any protected vegetation as necessary for the following activities: A. The clearing of a path not to exceed 4' in width to provide physical access or view necessary to conduct a surveyor site examination for the preparation of bona fide site development plans or vegetation inventories; or B. The clearing of a path not to exceed 10' in width to provide vehicular access necessary to conduct soil percolation or soil bore tests, provided such clearing or removal is conducted under the direction of a Florida registered surveyor or engineer. 2. The removal or alteration of any protected vegetation in an existing utility easement or right-of-way provided such work is done by or under the control of the operating utility company and that company has obtained all necessary license or permits to provide utility service through the easement. 3. The removal or alteration of any protected vegetation undertaken by a lawful operating and bona fide commercial nursery, tree farm, agricultural operation, ranch, or similar operation, provided that the removal or alteration is performed on land owned or lawfully occupied by the person conduction the above operation and is performed pursuant to that operation. When the removal or alteration of protected vegetation, other than routine maintenance, has been performed under this exemption no development order shall be approved for any other use or improvement on the same land within either: A) Two years from the date of completion of such vegetation removal or alteration provided that an agricultural classification has been granted for that land by the St. Lucie County Property Appraiser; or, B) Eight years from the completion of such vegetation _ removal or alteration if no agricultural classification has been granted' land by the St. Lucie County Property Appraiser. 4. The removal of protected vegetation which has been destroyed or damaged beyond saving by natural causes or causes not covered by other sections of this Chapter or by which constitutes an immediate peril to life, property, or other trees. 5. The removal or alteration of protected vegetation upon any detached single family residential lot or parcel of land having an area of one acre or less. This exemption is, however, subject to the following conditions: UPDATED 11/21/2000 A) Nothing in this exemption shall exempt any person from the landscaping requirements set forth in Section 7.09.00 of the Land Development Code (i.e. 1 tree per 2,500 square feet of property); B) No protected tree twenty-four inches (24"), or greater, dbh shall be removed from any residential parcel, regardless of parcel size, except for bona -fide agricultural uses, without an approved Vegetation Removal Permit and an approved mitigation plan, except that the Public Works Director may waive the requirements for mitigation on individual residential lots %2 acre or -less where a protected tree 24" dbh or greater must be removed in order to provide for the reasonable use of the property. 6. Mining activities undertaken pursuant to a valid mining permit issued under Section 11.05.11 of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code. 7. The removal or alteration of any nonprotected vegetation The following species are considered nonprotected for the purpose of this Ordinance: a) Trees that are less than 5 inches in diameter at a point at 41/2 feet above grade; b) Non-native fruit trees including, but not limited to mangoes, avocadoes, or species of citrus; or, Grasses; or, c) Prohibited plant species such as: Australian Pine, Caurina spp. Mimosa, Albizzia julibrissin Brazilian Pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius Chinese Tallow, Sapium sebiferum Melaleuca, Melaleuca quinquenervia Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus spp. Ear Pod Tree, Enterlobium cycocarpum Jacaranda, Jacaranda acutifolia Chinaberry, Melia azedarach Silk Oak, Grevilla robusta Mother's Tongue, Albezzia lebbeck 8. NO VEGETATION BEING REMOVED. NOTE: If the Public Works Director determines that any land development activity was conducted in the absence of a required Vegetation Removal Permit, the Director may issue a stop work order on the development site in question and direct that remedial mitigation through new plantings, relocations or preservation be provided as follows: a. all replacement trees, either preserved, relocated or newly planted, shall be of the same or other native species as the tree(s) removed; b. the quantity of replacement trees shall be at a ratio of 4 inches dbh to 1 inch dbh removed; C. the replanting design shall include adequate understory and ground cover plants as necessary to replicate the existing native habitat that was improperly removed or disturbed; d. when the property being developed is not appropriate for on -site mitigation, the developer may mitigate off -site on public lands either by planting the trees or contributing $200 per inch dbh of required mitigation. UPDATED 1121/2000 PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTARIZED: I CERTIFY THAT: (CHECK ONE) A. (t I AM THE OWNER OF RECORD OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY. B. ( ) I AM NOT THE OWNER OF RECORD OF THE ABOVED DESCRIBED PROPERTY; HOWEVER, I HAVE AUTHORITY TO ACT AS AGENT FOR THE OWNER OF RECORD. (PLEASE PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION). I CERTIFY THAT ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION IS TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. OWNER/ AGENTZSINATURE CONTRACTOR SIGNATURE STATE OF FLOR, STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY OF ST. LUCIE The foregoing instrument as knowledged before me this �fla o .20 , by who is pens Wally know to me or ha produced as identification. The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this _ day of 2C_, by who is personally know to me or has produced as identification. Signature of Notary...... Type or Print Name of Notary Type or Print Name of Notary Notary Public Title Notary Public Title Commission Number Commission Number Kathleen Club * * My Commission CC959482 (SEAL): my Expires August 8.20D4 (SEAL): FOR OFFICE USE ONLY APPROVED DENIED( ) • ZONING TECHNICIAN: DATE: RESOURCE PROTECTION COORDINATOR: 44, 1,i ^- TE: UPDATED I1/21/2000