Citrus County, FL Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)

Under LDC Chapter Three, Section 3409(B), Street Trees, spacing may not fall below 20 feet, and the code calls out driveways, street lights, utility poles, underground utilities and traffic signal poles as obstructions the planting plan must work around, plus room for future trees on adjoining lots. 5 feet deep, covered with a tree grate or similar paver grate, or a planter strip at least 5 feet wide (which may double as parking-stall cover). Species must suit the site's subsurface growing conditions, and native species are encouraged from a county-maintained list referenced elsewhere in the LDC.

Section 3409(A) separately requires that existing 'specimen' trees, a defined LDC term, be retained and worked into the street design where practical; removing one without meeting the standard triggers the LDC's tree mitigation requirements. This entire chapter only applies where a landowner has sought and received Town Center Plan Overlay approval, a Planned Unit Development track under LDC Section 3400 reviewed by the Planning and Development Commission (PDC) and approved by the Board of County Commissioners at public hearing; it does not set a general street-tree rule for every unincorporated subdivision, and it never reaches inside the separately coded cities of Crystal River or Inverness. The chapter is current through Ordinance 2026-A16, adopted June 22, 2026.