Does the Tree Preservation Amendment provide credits to developers for saving trees?
Yes. Developers and builders can earn “conservation credits” by leaving smaller trees on the site that wouldnt otherwise be protected. Back to Top What if a protected tree has to be removed during development? Despite even the best planning efforts to save large trees at a development site, sometimes construction does require that a protected tree be removed. If that should occur, the developer or builder has three options to provide for replacement trees; • Plant replacement trees on-site; or • Plant replacement trees at an off-site location; or • Contribute the monetary equivalent of the cost of the replacement trees to the City of Jacksonville’s Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund for planting in Duval County. The developer or builder only has to replace any felled protected tree at a ratio of 1:3, unless the felled tree is a live oak (which often live for 300-500 years) at a ratio of 1:1. For example, if a developer or builder has to remove a protected tree with an 18-i
