When development cannot meet Forsyth County's density of 20 tree units per acre with saved or planted trees, the shortfall is made up by replacement plantings or a payment of $400 per unit into the county Tree Replacement Fund.
Forsyth County's Tree Protection and Replacement Ordinance sets a site density factor of 20 tree units per acre, calculated across the disturbed area of a development. Existing trees are counted first; where they fall short, the developer plants replacement trees to close the gap. When the required density still cannot be met on site, the ordinance requires a contribution of $400 for each unit short, paid into the county's Tree Replacement Fund that finances plantings elsewhere. These requirements attach to land-disturbing development, not to a homeowner replanting a yard, and are administered through the land disturbance permit and tree plan review.
A development that fails to meet the density standard and skips both replacement planting and the fund payment cannot clear its tree plan, holding up the land disturbance permit. Homeowner yard planting carries no such requirement.
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