LDRC keeps tree‑replacement cap, tweaks preserved-tree grading and parking‑island sizing
Commissioners debated a 100-inch-per-acre cap on replacement inches, accepted drafting edits to preserved-tree language, and clarified parking‑lot island sizing (interior islands: two parking-space width; perimeter islands: may be reduced to one parking-space width when adjacent to green space). The commission forwarded the changes.
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Jim Cohart, speaking for Marion County staff, raised concerns about a proposed change that reintroduced a cap in the tree-replacement standard: “in no case shall tree replacement inch count exceed a 100 inches per acre.” Commissioners discussed whether that wording restored prior code or reduced protections; after debate, they approved clarifying edits to preserved-tree replacement drafting and the grade-quality standard for preserved trees (moving the accepted grade to Florida Number 2 for small preserved trees under 10 inches in diameter).
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