The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Active development order means an action by the city approving a site development plan, final development plan or subdivision plat or the issuance of a building permit or the approval of a conditional use permit for a borrow pit, commercial borrow pit or manmade lake.
after-the-fact permit means a permit issued after a violation has occurred for the primary purpose of correcting the violation or for bringing the violator into compliance with this division.
agricultural purpose means the bona fide commercial or domestic, agricultural use of a site, parcel or lot which has been classified as green belt, pursuant to F.S. ch. 194, or the use of a site, parcel or lot for forestry, groves, pasture, nurseries, field crops, commercial sod production or combinations of such activities or any other agricultural pursuits within the applicable land use classifications or property located within the productive agriculture land use classification (PA).
barricade means protection for vegetation to be preserved which is erected at the dripline and clearly visible to heavy equipment operators.
diameter at breast height (dbh) means the diameter of a trunk of a tree or the sum of the stems of a multi-stemmed tree, measured four and one-half feet above natural or finish grade.
dripline means an imaginary vertical plumb line that extends downward from the tips of the outermost tree branches and intersects the ground.
Land clearing means the removal of vegetation from any site, parcel or lot; provided, however, it does not include mowing, trimming or pruning, so as to maintain vegetation in a healthy, viable condition.
mangrove means any specimen of the species Avicennia germinans (black mangrove), Laguncularia racemosa (white mangrove) or Rhizophora mangle (red mangrove).
Native vegetation means plant material indigenous to the city, including all those species listed in but not limited to those in section 102-44.
natural cover means trees, brush, roots and other byproducts of land clearing activity.
Recognized knowledgeable person means a person recognized by the city as being knowledgeable in the identification and evaluation of vegetative resources, such as a forester, biologist, ecologist, horticulturalist, landscape architect, licensed landscape contractor, certified nurseryman or person having similar recognizable skills and experience.
tree means a woody or fibrous perennial plant with one or more upright limbs with a minimum dbh of three inches, or a sum of dbh of three inches for multistemmed trees and an average mature height of at least ten feet.
tree removal includes any act which physically removes the tree or its root system from the earth or causes a tree to die or changes the natural grade above or below the root system or around the trunk without special protective measures.
Understory means an underlying layer of low native vegetation usually associated with trees.
undesirable species means any of the species identified in section 102-45.
vegetation means any plant material, including but not limited to trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and grasses.
vegetative communities means a natural association of vegetative plants, including but not limited to both trees and understory.
Viable means having the capacity to live and develop.