Commercial concrete in DeLand, FL and the live oak rule
Trees come first in DeLand. Code Section 33-57 prohibits paving within the tree protection zone of any historic tree. It also prohibits paving more than 50 percent of the protection zone of any other protected tree, unless the city approves a root protection system. Section 33-12 adds a rule for historic trees: nothing gets built within 1.5 times the drip line area unless the city accepts a root protection method.
Pulling a historic tree isn't a form you fill in. It takes a recommendation from the city forester and the tree advisory committee, a City Commission finding, and replacement trees equal to 100 percent of the removed tree's trunk diameter. The city is in its 38th year as a Tree City USA and looks after more than 7,000 right-of-way trees. So our first step on commercial concrete in DeLand is walking the lot with the survey and marking every big trunk and its zone. On paper a dumpster pad looks easy, and it may belong a few feet to the left. Our commercial concrete page explains how we set up pads and walks near roots.




