Tree Protection in Flagler County, FL (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Flagler County, Florida.
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Heritage & Protected Trees
Flagler County's Land Development Code singles out its largest trees for extra protection: a 'historic tree' is any protected species with a trunk 36 inches or more in diameter, and site design must save as many specimen and historic trees as practicable before any other layout work happens. Replacing a lost historic tree takes a six-inch caliper replacement, in the unincorporated county only.
Historic and Specimen Tree Protection, Flagler County
Significant RestrictionsFlagler County Land Development Code, Art. VI, §§ 6.01.00, 6.01.01, 6.01.03(1)(D)(3)
Building footprints, drives, stormwater management facilities, and similar activities on all sites shall be designed to save the maximum practicable number of specimen and historic trees. ... D.Historic trees, which are any protected trees with a trunk of thirty-six (36) inches or larger diameter. ... 3.Historic tree replacements shall have a minimum caliper of six (6) inches measured six (6) i...
Protected Tree Species
Flagler County's Land Development Code names 24 native tree species, from live oak and southern magnolia to bald cypress and sweetgum, as protected once their trunk reaches six inches in diameter, and requires most development sites to preserve or replant 50 to 70 percent of that pre-development tree canopy. This preservation duty applies only in unincorporated Flagler County.
Protected Tree Species List, Flagler County
Some RestrictionsFlagler County Land Development Code, Art. VI, §§ 6.01.03(1)(A), 6.01.04
(1)The minimum number of protected trees to be preserved upon any development site is equal to the percentages set forth below for different land uses. ... A.Single-family dwelling lots: Each single-family residential lot must preserve or replant at least fifty (50) percent of the total pre-development caliper inches existing on the site. ... The following protected trees having a caliper of si...
Parkway Planting
Anyone planting landscaping in an unincorporated Flagler County road right-of-way, including a parkway or median strip, needs a right-of-way utilization permit approved by the county engineer first. Median plantings are capped at 24 inches high within 100 feet of a median nose, and the county can refuse to authorize parkway or median landscaping altogether if it would create a safety hazard or block sight lines.
Parkway and Median Landscaping Rules, Flagler County
Some RestrictionsFlagler County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 26, § 26-55(b)(1),(2),(7)
(b)Landscaping.(1)No landscaping or improvement to existing landscaping shall be planted or constructed within the right-of-way unless such landscape construction plans have been approved by the county engineer and a valid right-of-way utilization permit has been authorized and issued by the county.(2)Landscaping in a median island and within one hundred (100) feet of a median nose shall be ins...
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