Inside Clearwater city limits a protected tree or palm needs a City tree removal permit on every kind of property, and Pinellas County's tree ordinance is not switched off by the city line. The homeowner rules, the $15 fee, the $48 per inch replacement and penalty figures, and the full development and commercial track: building permit sequencing, submittals, barricades, clearing permits, right-of-way work and contractor exposure, read from the code itself.