Titusville, FL Tree Protection: Protected Tree Species (2026)
Key Facts
- Agencies referenced
- USFWS, FL Game & Fish, FL DNR
- Operative standard
- Technical Manual Sec. 2.6
- Applies to
- Site plan & subdivision review
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 20-2021, § 8, 9-28-21
Summary
Titusville's Land Development Regulations require development to recognize and protect species listed as threatened or endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state's game and fish commission, and the state's natural resources department. Section 30-38 sends builders to Section 2.6 of the City's Environmental Protection Technical Manual for the actual habitat-protection standards.
(a)The City shall recognize and promote the protection of threatened and endangered species identified by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (FGFWFC) and the Florida Department of Natural Resources (FDNC), as most recently amended. Development shall adhere to the regulations established in Sec. 2.6 of the City's Technical Manual.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 54 Update 1 | Land Development Regulations: Supplement 19 Update 1 | Technical Manuals: Supplement 10 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Section 30-38, titled 'Protection of habitat of endangered and threatened species,' opens Division 2 of Chapter 30's environmental article by directing the City to recognize and promote the protection of threatened and endangered species identified by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (FGFWFC) and the Florida Department of Natural Resources (FDNC), as most recently amended. 6 of the City's Technical Manual, meaning the operative habitat standards, survey triggers, and buffer or avoidance requirements sit in the incorporated Environmental Protection Technical Manual referenced at Section 30-8(b), not in the printed code.
6 criteria as part of the Chapter 34 development review process, in addition to any separate federal Endangered Species Act consultation with USFWS or state permitting through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The ordinance text was adopted by Ordinance No. 20-2021, Section 8, effective September 28, 2021, the same enactment that recodified the surrounding tree-protection framework in Sections 30-31 through 30-40.
Violations & Fines
Failing to address protected-species habitat identified under Section 30-38 during site plan or subdivision review can block plan approval outright, since Section 30-40's tree-survey and site-plan submittal requirements make Technical Manual Section 2.6 compliance a condition of processing the application. Development undertaken without addressing an identified habitat issue is subject to the same stop-work and code-enforcement remedies applied to other violations of Chapter 30.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Titusville have its own endangered species list?
Where are the actual habitat protection standards, if not in the code itself?
Does city review replace federal endangered species permitting?
Sources & Official References
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