Palm BayPalm Bay's clearing and grubbing permits, scrub-jay lots, and what the city expects before a lot is cleared.
Port MalabarQuarter-acre Port Malabar lots readied for a house: what gets cleared, why burning is out, and the order of steps.
MelbourneInfill lots, commercial pads and West Melbourne tracts, under two different city tree codes.
Grant-ValkariaAcreage, pasture and fence-line clearing in two rural towns, with the wildlife checks that apply out here.
TitusvilleTitusville's tree survey rule, county permits in Mims and Scottsmoor, and acreage work up north.
CocoaBrush clearing and firebreaks in central Brevard, where Cocoa, Rockledge and the county each set their own tree rules.
VieraSite prep and selective clearing in Viera and Suntree under the county code, with the trees you keep protected.
Merritt IslandUnderbrush and selective clearing on the island, with county tree sizes, lagoon buffers and mangrove limits.
MiccoRural lots and acreage at the south end of the county, under the county's permit limits and FWC timing.
Whose rules apply to your parcel
The rules follow the parcel. Palm Bay, each city and the unincorporated county write their own, and the gaps between them are real: the county's protected-tree size for a mainland hardwood is 10 inches (Brevard s. 62-4332), while Palm Bay's permit line is 6 inches (Palm Bay s. 175.014). If you aren't sure which one governs your land, ask before anyone starts.
- Palm Bay: residential lots under 1 acre need a permit for any land clearing (s. 175.014)
- Unincorporated Brevard, including Merritt Island: a permit before land clearing unless the property is exempt (s. 62-4337)
- Melbourne: vegetation in designated occupied scrub-jay or gopher tortoise habitat can't be trimmed, removed or altered until USFWS approves (LDC s. 9.272)
- Titusville: a city permit to remove any tree unless state or federal law preempts it (LDR s. 30-39)
- Cocoa: tree and land clearing permits on vacant and undeveloped property (Appendix A, Art. XIII, s. 22)
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