1 rule for unincorporated Escambia County, Florida.
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For development and land-clearing, Escambia County's Land Development Code (ch. 5, art. 7) requires tree protection, preservation, and mitigation or replacement of removed protected trees. Single-family homeowners removing documented hazardous trees are exempt under state law.
Escambia County Land Development Code sec. 5-7.6
Existing healthy trees shall be preserved to the greatest extent practical to sustain an age-diverse urban forest and to minimize tree canopy cover losses. Removal of protected trees shall be avoided when possible and shall be minimized and mitigated when unavoidable.
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