Concrete sidewalk contractor in DeLand: the tree rules come first
Code Sec. 33-57 prohibits paving inside the tree protection zone of any historic tree. It also prohibits paving more than 50 percent of the zone of any other protected tree, unless the city approves a root protection system. Sec. 33-12 adds that nothing gets built within 1.5 times the drip line area of a historic tree unless the city accepts a root protection method.
Getting a tree removed takes more than a phone call. A historic tree needs a recommendation from the city forester and the tree advisory committee, then a finding by the City Commission. Replacements must equal 100 percent of the removed tree's diameter. On the city's tree permitting page you'll find a $0 application for a residential lot, a $100 review fee for five trees or fewer, $200 for historic tree removal, and a $75 replacement reserve per diameter inch.
We walk the lot with a tape and mark the drip lines before we draw anything, the same first step behind every sidewalk job we price. Any trunk in the way means the route bends around it.




