1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Durham County, North Carolina.
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Durham requires a tree survey and protection plan for land disturbance near buffers and protected trees. 'Major specimen trees' get special protection, and a land-disturbance tree survey is required within 30 feet of a buffer.
Durham UDO 17.3 (Major Specimen Tree definition)
Any evergreen canopy tree 18 inches dbh or greater, any deciduous canopy tree 12 inches dbh or greater and any understory tree (deciduous or evergreen) eight inches dbh or greater.
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