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St. Lucie County
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 7.09.03 and
7.09.04 (I) of the St. Lucie County Land Development Code. Provisions of Section
6,00.00, Vegetation Protection and Preservation, shall always be complied with.
Section 7.09.04 (I) 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`
a. One hundred percent (100%) of the trees/palms shall consist of native or drought
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
/z') above the ground at time of planting:
d. All required trees shall have Ia minimum of five feet (5') of clear trunk and a.
crown -;spread measuring minimum of five feet(5'); at time of planting. .
e. None f the following trees shall be planted in St: Lucie County: Where such
speeie§,already,exist; there°removal shall be a conditiomof any final development t-
order: Melaleuca (Melateuca leucandra), Brazilian Pepper (Schinus
terebinthefolius), Australian Pine (Casaurina spp.).
PALMS
a. Palm trees shall be clustered in groups of three (3) to count as one required shade
tree.
b. All palm trees shall have a minimum clear trunk of ten feet (10') at time of
planting.
TI[NIMUM , UgER O PL''ANTED/.PRESERVED TREES REQUIRED.FOR-THIS.tT:,
PERMIT Lj
SPECIES MIX
When more than ten (10) trees are required to be planted to meet the requirements of this
code, a mix of species shall be provided as follows:
RE UIRED NUMBER OF TREES
MINIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIIIS
I 1-20
2
21-30
3
31-40
4
41+
5 ,.
th t on North
Fifty percent of the required trees shall be species other than palm trees, except a
and South Hutchinson Islands, the Public Works Director may approve the use 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 similar natural
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
a Credit Ratio: Preserved native trees shall be credited for required trees, pursuant
to me iouuwiu taiw
DBH OF PRESERVED NATIVE TREE
CREDIT RATO TOWARDS RE tJIItED TREES
I
31" — 36"
8
25" — 30"
5
19" — 24"
4
! 3" .-18„
3
7" —1T,
2
2.5„ _ 6"
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Section 7 09 04 (L)(2)
"Native and Drought Tolerant Trees"
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
Red Bay
Persea borbonia.
Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
River Birch
Betula nigra
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Drake Elm
Ulmus parvifoha
Slash.Pi<•
ne
•Pnnus elliodi:_,-•
Dahoon Holly
Rexcassine
Sand Pine Pinus clausa
Southern Magnolia M. grandiflora
East Palatka Holly
11ex attenuata
Southern Redcedar luniperus sitic-ola
Hickory
Laurel Oak
Carya spp.
Quercuslaurifolia
Sweetgum
Liquidambarstyraciflua
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
Ligustrum
Ligustrum
Podocarpus
Podocarpusspp. .
MULCHING STANDARDS
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