Tree Protection - Chapter
17 - Environmental Preservation
Chapter 17 of the City Code is entitled
“Environmental Preservation” with the
following articles: · Article
I- Tree Protection · Article II-
Environmental Preservation Districts
This web page focuses on Article I- Tree
Protection, which is intended to protect,
preserve and restore the tree canopy within
the City of Miami by regulating the removal,
relocation, pruning and trimming of trees.
The purpose of the tree protection article
is to assure that the design and
construction of all development activity within the City of Miami is executed in a
manner consistent with the preservation of
existing trees to the greatest extent
possible.
No person, agent or representative
thereof, directly or indirectly shall remove
or relocate any tree situated on any
property described in section 17.3 without
first obtaining a tree removal permit and
unless exempted by section 17.11.
A
tree pruning permit shall be required for
pruning of more than twenty-five (25)
percent of the canopy, crown or living
foliage of a tree within a one year period.
The tree removal or tree pruning permit
application forms may be obtained from the
City of Miami Department of Code
Enforcement.
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