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ST. LUCIE COUNTY LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THREE OR FEWER UNITS
Detached single-family (including individual mobile homes not located in a mobile home
park), two-family, and three-family residences must comply with Sections-17:09.03 and
7.09.04 (1) of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code. Provisions of Section
6.60.00, Vegetation Protection and Preservation, shall always be complied with.
Section 7.09.04 (1) requires that one (1) tree must be preserved or planted for every 2,500
square feet of the subject parcel of land, up to a maximum planting of 17 trees per parcel.
and must meet the following standards:
TREES
One hundred percent (100%) of the trees/palms shall consist of native or drought
a.T-
tolerant species, as listed in section 7.09.04 (L)(2). (see back of this sheet for list)
b. Trees shall be.a species having a minimum average mature crown spread of .
fifteen feet in St. Lucie County. Trees having a mature crown spread of less than
fifteen feet may be arranged or grouped so as to create the equivalent of a fifteen-.
foot crown spread, however, any such group or groups shall only count as one tree
for the purpose of compliance with this code.
C. Tree species shall be a minimum of twelve feet (12') in height and have a
diameter of two and one-half inches (2.5") measured at four and one-half feet (4
V2') above the ground at time of planting.
d. All required trees shall have a minimum of .five feet (5') of clear trunk and a
crown spread measuring minimum of five feet (5') --at time of -planting..
e. None.of the.following trees shall.be planted•in.SLLucie,County. Where.such,,;:,•...,
species�hlreadk exist; theregremoval shall beaiconditiontof any final development(fYt <,
order. Melaleuca (Melaleuca leucandra), Brazilian Pepper (Schinus
j terebinthefolius), Australian Pine (Casaurina spp.).
PALMS
a. I Palm trees shall be clustered in groups of three (3) to count as one required shade
tree.,
b. I All palm trees shall have a minimum clear trunk of ten feet (10') at time of
planting.
` NIINIlVIUMNC7MBER"OR-PLANTED/-PRESERVED„TREES.*REQUIRED:FOR�THIS
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SPECIES MIX
When more than ten (10) trees are required to -be pl_anted Eo-- negVthe-requireme tits of
code, a mix of species shall be provided as follows: ,
REQUIRED NUMBER OF TREES
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIE) ,- {
11-20
2
21-30
3
31-40
4
41+
5
• Fifty percent of the required trees shall be species other than palm trees, excep at on ,NQ` h
and South Hutchinson Islands, the Public Works Director may approve the us8,of a mix of
tree species of more than 50% palm trees, if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Director that the particular site is exposed to high salt impacts or other s"i" I r tatutal
conditions that are not conducive to non -coastal plant species.
TREE PRESERVATION
A preserved, native, healthy tree may be substituted for any of the trees ,required by the
landscaping requirements of this section i..
a Credit Ratio: Preserved native trees shall be credited for required traes, pursuant
to the following ratio
DBH OF PRESERVED NATIVE TREE
CREDIT RATIO TOWARDS UIR�D'. REM
31" — 36"
8
25" — 30"
5 {
19" — 24"
4 f
13" —18"
3
T9 — 12"
2
i. 2.5"-6"
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Bald Cypress
Gerry Laurel
.Crape Myrtle
�' Drake Elm- s . ;
Dahoon Holly
East 'Palatka Holly
Hickory
Laurel Oak
Lippe Oak
Ligustrum
Podocarpus
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Taxodium distichum
Prunus caroliniana
Lagerstroemia indica
Ulmus parvifolia „
Ilex cassine
Ilex attenuata
Carya spp.
Quercus laurifolia
Quercus virginiana
Ligustrum
Podocarpus spp.
it Trees"
Red Maple
Aced' rubrom
Red Bay
Peea boro lit
River Birch .
Befula nigrq.
Slash•Pine.:;
: -,Putts. ellioN
Sand Pine
P/hia clgusu
Southern Magnglia M. gragdiflora
Southern Redcadar Juniperus silicola
Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflya
Sycamore
Platanus occidefgaUS
?f 1VIIJ CHNG STANDARDS -
ulr I,uCiu`�;oyntj►-discourages the .use'of Cypress mulch'on. all°reSidentia prpjeets. r 't ��
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