Fort Lauderdale Landscape and Tree Preservation Requirements

This rule seeks to protect, preserve and enhance the natural environment and beauty of the city and promote better quality of life by creating a safe, healthy, and sustainable landscape. This will be achieved by reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides through the use of Florida-Friendly Landscaping TM principles in landscaped areas containing trees, nectar-producing plants for wildlife pollinators, and other plants and arranging them by irrigation needs in a pleasing manner in relation to paved areas and structures. These regulations are to establish minimum standards for the development, installation, and maintenance of Florida-Friendly Landscaping TM without inhibiting creative landscape design, construction, and management.B.These objectives are defined in general terms and their realization can only be attained by proper design.