Tree Protection in Clay County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Clay County, Florida.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Clay County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Protected Tree Species
Within the Branan Field Corridor and Greater Lake Asbury District, Clay County bans cutting, removing, damaging, or killing any protected tree without a county-approved tree preservation plan. Code enforcement officers can issue a 48-hour warning, then a stop-work order requiring a $250 plan-resubmission fee, and willful violators face up to a $500 fine or sixty days in jail under Sec. 18.5-27 and Sec. 18.5-32.
Clay County Branan Field Tree Protection
Significant RestrictionsClay County Code of Ordinances § 18.5-27
Within the Branan Field Corridor and the Greater Lake Asbury District, no person, organization, society, association or corporation, or any agent or representative thereof, directly or indirectly, shall cut down, remove, damage or destroy, or shall authorize the cutting down, removal, damage, or damage or destruction of any protected tree, or shall commit any act or authorize the commission of ...
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