Jupiter, FL Tree Protection: Parkway Planting (2026)
Key Facts
- Max spacing, street trees
- 50 feet on center
- Minimum installed height
- 14 feet
- Minimum caliper
- 2½ inches
- Minimum clear trunk
- 6 feet
- Applies to
- MXD Common Use Subdistrict only
- Plant grade required
- Florida Number One or better
Summary
Within the Common Use Subdistrict of Jupiter's Mixed Use Development District, the neighborhoods built out under the Abacoa master plan, the Code requires native shade street trees in the right-of-way abutting common use areas, spaced no more than 50 feet apart at planting.
b.Street tree planting requirements. Native shade street trees shall be planted within the right-of-way abutting the common use areas subject to the following regulations at time of installation:1.One tree at a maximum interval of 50 feet.2.Minimum height of 14 feet.3.Minimum caliper size of 2½ inches.4.Minimum clear trunk of six feet.5.Overall canopy spread of six feet at the time of planting.
Full Breakdown
Sec. 27-1103 sets the design standards for the Common Use Subdistrict (CU), the civic and park land every neighborhood in the Mixed Use Development District (MXD) must set aside. Subsection (d)(6)b requires native shade street trees within the right-of-way abutting those common use areas, planted at a maximum interval of 50 feet, with a minimum installed height of 14 feet, a minimum caliper of two and one-half inches, a minimum clear trunk of six feet, and an overall canopy spread of six feet at the time of planting.
The same subsection separately requires a minimum of 60 trees per acre, or one tree per 750 square feet, inside the common use area itself, with at least 45 percent of that interior planting being native or ornamental shade trees of two to four inches caliper and no more than 15 percent palm trees. All installed plant material must meet Florida Number One grade or better under subsection (d)(6)c, and the plantings must be completed before the certificate of occupancy is issued for half of the residential units or nonresidential square footage abutting two sides of the common use area, per subsection (d)(6)d.
This rule sits inside the MXD zoning district's own subdivision of the Code rather than the townwide landscaping chapter, so it governs the Abacoa-style neighborhoods specifically rather than every street in Jupiter.
Violations & Fines
A developer who fails to install the required street trees before the certificate of occupancy threshold in Sec. 27-1103(d)(6)d, or who installs undersized stock, is subject to code enforcement referral to the town's code enforcement board or a special magistrate under Sec. 8-40(a), with fines up to $1,000 per day for a first violation and $5,000 per day for a repeat violation until the landscaping is brought into compliance.
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