TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Follow-up Discussion on the City's Tree Protection Regulations
Recommended Action
Discussion and possible action
Background Information
At the March 4, 2019 Commission Workshop, the following direction was given to staff by the Commission per the approved minutes:
1. There was a unanimous consensus for staff to bring back code examples of other pre-platted communities for comparison.
2. There was a majority consensus to use the county's ordinance as a base for comparison of information.
3. There was a unanimous consensus for staff to bring back information about different mitigations inside the footprint of the home for residential.
4. There was a unanimous consensus for staff to bring back information for using DBH as an automatic point and the use of tree points on page 15 of the presentation.
5. There was discussion to bring back the canopy 2019 landmark designation using i-Tree and aerial photos after information is received.
6. There was a unanimous consensus to have information brought back regarding FEMA versus septic at various floodplains and fill requirements.
7. There was a unanimous consensus for staff to bring back comparable information regarding illegal land clearing, penalties and fines.
8. There was a unanimous consensus to check with other jurisdictions about using rear and front setback areas for planting trees.
Attachments 1 and 2 address Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 above.
* The worksheets in Attachment 1 evaluate the tree regulations in North Port and Sarasota County as well as three pre-platted communities - Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie County), Deltona (Volusia County), and Key Biscayne (Miami-Dade County) -- on 22 separate components.
* The PowerPoint included as Attachment 2 compares the City of North Port and Sarasota County with a beneficial or unique component from one or more pre-platted communities.
Attachment 3 addresses ...
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