When removing protected trees, Pinellas Park requires replacement plantings under Section 18-408. Property owners must replace removed inches with new trees from the city's approved species list or pay into the tree mitigation fund.
Pinellas Park's Land Development Code Section 18-408 (Tree Removal/Replacement) requires that protected trees lawfully removed be replaced on a calculated inch-for-inch basis. Replacement species must come from Pinellas Park's approved species list, which favors Florida natives such as live oak, southern magnolia, bald cypress, and slash pine. Where on-site replacement is impractical due to lot constraints, owners may make a payment in lieu to the tree mitigation/tree bank fund, which the city uses to plant trees on public property. Invasive species (Brazilian pepper, melaleuca, Australian pine) are not eligible as replacements and their removal does not trigger replacement.
Failure to replant or pay mitigation can result in fines, code enforcement liens, and refusal of certificates of occupancy or final inspections.
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