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Planning board backs cleanup to rename tree fund, broaden uses to environmental protection fund
Summary
The board recommended that the City Commission approve an amendment to ULDC section 6.13 to rename the tree fund as an Environmental Protection Fund and clarify permissible uses, including tree planting, acquisition/maintenance of environmentally sensitive lands and resiliency projects.
The City of North Port Planning and Zoning Advisory Board on April 16, 2026 unanimously recommended that the City Commission approve a targeted amendment to section 6.13 of the Unified Land Development Code that renames the existing "tree fund" to the "Environmental Protection Fund" and clarifies permitted uses.
Laurie Barnes, deputy director of…
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