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Home My WebLink AboutVegetation Removal Permit Exemption Request FormDATE: _ BUILDING PERMIT NO 1L'�/ �Lo a & INSPECTION FEE:.- .Ot� (if required) 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. If it is determined that an inspection is required to verify the submitted information, a fee of $25.00 will be required. 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. PROTECT INFORMATION OWNER NAME: O L. C I N S. PROJECT LOCATION/ADDRESS: F L O R I D A Ty R A/ P I K E CITY: FT. PIERCE STATE: FL ZIP: 34979 CONTACT PHONE #: 561- 4 6 `1- 5 9-77 CONTRACTACTOR INFORMATION (IF APPLICABLE): NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE NUMBER: FLORIDA REG/CERT # ST LUCIE CO. CERT. # SUBDIVISION: LOT: BLOCK: SECTION: 30 TOWNSHIP: 3'/ -�i RANGE: 39 ZONING:AG 5 LAND USE: AG 5 TAX ID#:1330-33(-DOo1-000�I PARCEL SIZE: g l . 4 5 AC PROPERTY TAX ID #: i 330 - 331- 00 01-0 op/I LEGAL DESCRIPTION (ATTACH EXTRA SHEETS): SEE ATTA C HE A SHEET DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY ON PROPERTY: C ONS TK v CT I ON OF O FF- PR EM S E- SE UAI. I am exempt from obtaining a St. Lucie County Vegetation Removal Permit due to the following: (PLEASE CHECK ONE) 1. The removal or alteration of any protected vegetation as necessary for the following activities: A. The clearing of a path not to exceed four feet in width to provide physical access or view necessary to conduct a survey or site examination for the preparation of bona fide site development plans or vegetation inventories; or B. The clearing of a path not to exceed ten feet 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: 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) This exemption shall not be construed to allow the removal or alteration of protected vegetation without a Vegetation Removal permit on any exempted - lot of a parcel of land by its subdivider unless the subdivider intends in good faith to construct a residential unit or units upon the lot or parcel of land by its subdivider intends in good faith to construct a residential unit or units upon the lot or parcel of land prior to its sale. Advertisement or listing the lot or parcel of land for sale without a residential unit shall create a presumption that the subdivider does not intend to construct such a unit and that the intent is for a subsequent purchaser to develop the lot or parcel. C) No protected tree twenty-four inches (24"), or greater; dbh shall be removed from any residential parcel (including those in the AG-5, AG-2.5, AG-1, AR- 1, RE-1, and R/C zoning districts), 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. N 0 q Eb ET,-,-ri oi./ 7-0 B 6 R Eno ov e,D ✓ 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 4 i� 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 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. PLEASE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOTARIZED: I CERTIFY THAT: (CHECK ONE) A. (� I AM THE OWNER OF RECORD OF THE ABOVE DESCI 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 CO LETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. OWNER/ AGENT SIGNA CONTRACTOR SIGNATURE STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF ST. LUCIE STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF ST. LUCIE The foregoing instrument w acknowledged The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this L5'.iJa day of Ncc , . 2QQD before me this _ day of . 20_, by n , nwho is by who is p!*L nal jy k:nm a me or has produced personally know to me or has produced as identification. as identification. Signature of Not Inn I —.L�. 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