North Redington Beach Tree Removal Permits and Tree Ordinance Guide
Last reviewed October 5, 2026. Next review due April 5, 2027. By Forest, Property Intelligence Specialist, Ken's Tree Service.
Do you need a tree removal permit in North Redington Beach?
No stand-alone Town tree removal permit was found in the reviewed North Redington Beach Code, but that is not a determination that a particular tree can be removed without approval: Section 94-31 excludes the Town from an older county tree-removal provision, while the current county provisions use different chapter numbers and preserve municipal precedence where rules conflict. (Town Section 94-31; county tree protection article)
Start with the city-or-county permit reference, then ask the Town to identify the governing approval for the property and activity. This guide concerns North Redington Beach, not the separate towns of Redington Beach or Redington Shores.
What the Town and county codes say about county tree rules inside the Town
Section 94-31 says: “The area within the corporate limits of the town is hereby specifically deleted from the requirements of county code section 166-36 et seq., pertaining to the removal of trees.” (Town Section 94-31)
County Section 58-809 now applies tree protection within incorporated and unincorporated areas, excluding county-maintained right-of-way from that general coverage, and says municipal ordinances prevail where the provisions conflict. (county tree protection article)
County Section 166-38 likewise applies habitat management inside municipalities but gives conflicting municipal ordinances priority. (county habitat management article)
The county charter's municipal-conflict default has exceptions, including rules required by general law, specified special laws and the charter's special powers; it is not an unrestricted exemption from every county environmental rule. (Pinellas County Charter, Sections 2.01 and 2.04)
The county's tree-code page says the ordinance applies countywide where not superseded by municipal ordinances, whereas its February 2026 announcement names unincorporated Pinellas County, Belleair Bluffs and Belleair Shore as the places where the new rules apply. (county tree-code overview; county announcement)
Those sources do not provide a North Redington Beach-specific determination connecting Section 94-31 to the relocated tree article. Ask the Town and county to identify any applicable county requirement in writing; do not import a county diameter trigger, removal fee, replacement table or damage-as-removal rule into this Town simply because it appears in the county code.
Which trees, palms and dead trees does the Town code address?
The reviewed Town Code does not establish a general protected-tree definition or a diameter-based removal trigger, and it does not establish a species-specific palm removal exemption; mangroves, development landscaping, approved plans and right-of-way activity require separate review. (Town tree article; Town landscaping standards)
Section 94-32 prohibits any Australian pine tree from being allowed to grow over four feet tall. (Town Section 94-32)
That height restriction is not a general tree removal permit or an instruction to undertake work. The tree may be a candidate for removal or pruning, but the responsible office must determine the route.
The Town's landscaping definition includes trees or palms, and its project planting and preserved-palm credit provisions do not limit palms to cabbage palms. (Town Section 78-1, landscaping; Town Section 98-92(b)(9))
Dead trees and a proposed change
The twelve-inch plant-height clause in Section 30-57(a) expressly excludes trees, bushes, flowers and other ornamental plants; that exclusion should not be extended to the section's separate encroachment language or treated as a blanket exemption from other laws. (Town Section 30-57(a))
The July 29, 2026 special-meeting minutes state that the Town lacked a provision against dead trees on private property and that the clerk would send the issue to the attorney for drafting. (July 29 special-meeting minutes)
A drafting direction is not an adopted ordinance. No corresponding reading appears on the posted October 8 agenda checked October 5; confirm later records with the Town Clerk before relying on that finding. (October 8 agenda)
Signs affixed to any tree, living or dead, are prohibited by Section 86-4(25). (Town Section 86-4(25))
How do you measure a tree for this guide?
The Town's preserved-tree credit table uses diameter at breast height, but the reviewed Town Code supplies no numerical measurement height or general removal-size trigger; ask the building official to confirm the accepted measurement method for the applicable plan. (Town Section 98-92(b)(9)d)
For a circular trunk, circumference divided by 3.14 gives an approximate diameter, but that calculation does not choose the legally required measurement height or determine permit applicability. As arithmetic only, a four-inch diameter corresponds to approximately 12.56 inches of circumference; this is a preserved-tree credit boundary, not a North Redington Beach removal threshold.
Does pruning need a permit in North Redington Beach?
No ordinary private-tree pruning permit, topping rule or hatracking rule was found in the reviewed Town Code, but that finding does not clear mangrove trimming, utility franchise work, right-of-way activity or changes to required landscaping, and the unresolved county-applicability issue prevents a blanket no-permit answer. (Town tree article; Town mangrove alteration rule)
The Town's resident guidance asks people to maintain trees and shrubs along property lot lines; it does not state a pruning permit exemption. (Town Be a Good Neighbor page)
Section 98-358(c) excludes shrubbery, trees and hedgerows from the height limitation between front and rear setback lines and allows individual trees, not hedgerows, within setbacks; subsection (d) conditions plantings on not obstructing vehicular visibility at driveways. (Town Section 98-358(c) and (d))
County Section 58-813 regulates removal or effective removal where that article applies; its damage rule should not be represented as an established Town pruning rule without resolving jurisdiction first. (county tree protection article)
Who regulates mangroves in North Redington Beach?
Pinellas County exercises delegated mangrove protection authority within incorporated and unincorporated areas and issues the statutory mangrove permits in lieu of FDEP permits, while the Town retains coastal floodplain and development requirements; an ordinary tree-permit answer does not decide mangrove trimming. (county mangrove article, Sections 58-602 and 58-603; FDEP delegated-authority directory)
The Town's current posted comprehensive plan identifies sporadic mangrove stands on its eastern shore. (Town comprehensive plan)
The Town's definition of a mangrove stand includes black, red and white mangroves and buttonwood, whereas the county mangrove article defines mangroves as red, white and black species. (Town Section 78-1, mangrove stand; county Section 58-604, Definitions)
For coastal high hazard areas, Town Section 82-136 still names FDEP approval for alteration of dunes and mangrove stands and also requires the Section 82-53(4) analysis demonstrating that the alteration will not increase potential flood damage. (Town Section 82-136; Town Section 82-53(4))
Section 82-53 requires the applicable analyses to be signed and sealed by a Florida licensed engineer. (Town Section 82-53)
The AL aquatic land district seeks to prevent further deterioration of natural habitat, and mangrove or native aquatic plantings are among its conditional uses subject to Town review. (Town Section 98-321; Town Section 98-323(a), (b)(4))
Contact the county mangrove program at 727-453-3385 and ask the Town building department how the delegated approval satisfies its older FDEP wording; do not assume two statutory mangrove permits are required. (county mangrove program)
Are undesirable or invasive trees exempt?
The Town's new-project landscaping rule requires removal of undesirable species as defined by Pinellas County, but it names neither a county section nor a tier and does not establish a Town no-permit or no-fee exemption. (Town Section 98-92(b)(9))
County Section 166-53 points to Section 138-3653, which directs readers to the county's published species table and allows listed species to be removed subject to a no-fee permit where the county rule applies. (county habitat management article; county landscaping division, Section 138-3653)
The current county list separates its named species into these tiers; the list's placement does not resolve Town permit applicability. (county undesirable plant species list)
Australian pine is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Brazilian pepper is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Carrotwood is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Catclaw mimosa is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Chinese privet, except the Variegatum and Sunshine cultivars, is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Chinese tallow is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Punk tree or melaleuca is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Shoebutton ardisia is in Tier 1. (county species list)
Citrus is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Ear tree is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Eucalyptus, except the silver dollar variety, is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Ficus, except Ficus citrifolia, is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Jacaranda is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Mimosa is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Norfolk Island pine is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Royal poinciana is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Silk oak is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Trumpet tree is in Tier 2. (county species list)
Tier 2 also includes trees identified as Category I and II on the latest Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council list, and the county page warns that its lists can change according to federal and state guidelines. (county undesirable plant species list)
County Section 138-3653(a)(2)a prohibits Tier 1 planting and requires removal during site development, renovation or new construction to the greatest extent practicable as county staff determine, but exempts existing detached, attached, two-family and three-family dwellings in residential districts RA through R-5 from that removal requirement. (county Section 138-3653(a)(2)a)
County subsection (a)(2)b allows Tier 2 plants to remain or be planted but denies landscaping credit; that county distinction does not resolve what the Town's unqualified undesirable-species removal language incorporates. (county Section 138-3653(a)(2)b; Town Section 98-92(b)(9))
Ask the Town which version and tiers it uses for the project's approved landscape plan. A species appearing on a county list is not, by itself, permission to undertake work in North Redington Beach.
When does Florida Statute 163.045 matter?
Florida Statute 163.045 restricts local notice, application, approval, permit, fee and mitigation requirements only when a qualifying residential owner possesses the specified documentation finding unacceptable risk under the statute's removal-only practical-mitigation test; it does not apply to specifically delegated mangrove protection authority. (Florida Statute 163.045(1) through (4))
Property: A single-family detached building on a lot actively used for single-family residential purposes, with a conforming or legally recognized nonconforming use under local land development regulations, is the statute's defined residential property. (Section 163.045(1)(b))
Documentation: The onsite assessment must follow Best Management Practices - Tree Risk Assessment, Second Edition (2017), be performed by an ISA certified arborist or Florida licensed landscape architect, and be signed by that qualified professional. (Section 163.045(1)(a))
Risk test: The owner must possess documentation of unacceptable risk to persons or property, meaning removal is the only means of practically mitigating the risk below moderate as the named assessment standard determines. (Section 163.045(2))
Replanting: Local government may not require replanting a tree pruned, trimmed or removed in accordance with this section. (Section 163.045(3))
Mangroves: The section excludes specifically delegated mangrove protection authority under Sections 403.9321 through 403.9333. (Section 163.045(4))
Tree health alone is not this statutory test, and the definition does not cover an HOA common area, commercial or institutional parcel, attached dwelling or multifamily project merely because people reside nearby. (Section 163.045(1)(b) and (2))
The statute matters if an otherwise applicable local requirement is at issue; it should not be presented as a mandatory report for every Town tree. Ken's Tree Service does not sign this documentation itself, and this regional guide offers no assessment in North Redington Beach.
What penalties and enforcement remedies are published?
The Town publishes general and code-enforcement penalties rather than a tree-specific per-inch fine: Section 2-98(1) authorizes daily fines up to $250 for a first violation or $500 for a repeat violation under its noncompliance or repeat-violation conditions, and up to $5,000 per irreparable or irreversible violation; the historical effective instruments for those particular figures were not located in the reviewed public records. (Town Section 2-98(1))
A certified fine order can become a recorded lien on the affected land or other property of a violator who does not own that land, and the commissioners may authorize enforcement after an unpaid lien has remained filed for three months. (Town Section 2-98(1))
Section 2-98(2) gives a served violator twenty days to respond and request a hearing on the inspector's noncompliance affidavit. (Town Section 2-98(2))
Where no specific penalty exists, Section 1-12(a) uses the statutory second-degree-misdemeanor penalty and says the county uniform fine schedule controls where it applies, while subsection (b) treats each continuing day as a separate offense. (Town Section 1-12(a) and (b))
Do not equate these ceilings with an automatic invoice or substitute a county tree-damage figure. The codified history for Section 2-98 lists Ordinances 98-501, 2003-570 and 2007-643, but those history dates do not establish which instrument set each amount or its effective date. (Town Section 2-98 history)
What landscaping and preserved-tree credits apply to projects?
Town Section 98-92(b) applies its minimum design standards to new construction, additions and substantial improvements, with Planning and Zoning Board review and Board of Commissioners approval; its landscaping points are project requirements, not a general replacement charge for every removed tree. (Town Section 98-92(b))
The landscaping paragraph requires at least two palm trees for every forty feet of street frontage. (Town Section 98-92(b)(9))
The point system requires at least 480 points per acre of buildable area, prorated for a portion of an acre, with at least half for trees and their associated landscaped area and at least half for general landscaping; sod credits may not exceed half of general-landscaping requirements or one-quarter of total requirements. (Town Section 98-92(b)(9)a)
At least half of the required points must come from native vegetation. (Town Section 98-92(b)(9)b)
One hundred square feet of landscape material earns ten points, while one hundred square feet of sod earns five points. (Town Section 98-92(b)(9)c)
The complete preserved-tree schedule in Section 98-92(b)(9)d is reproduced here; the source groups the first four rows under Large/Medium without supplying a species list for that classification. (Town preserved-tree credit schedule)
Classification | Diameter at breast height or height specified by the table | Credit points |
|---|---|---|
Large/Medium | Up to and including 4 inches diameter | 15 |
Large/Medium | Greater than 4 through 8 inches diameter | 30 |
Large/Medium | Greater than 8 through 16 inches diameter | 45 |
Large/Medium | Greater than 16 inches diameter | 60 |
Small | Minimum 6 feet height | 10 |
Palms | Minimum 6 feet height | 10 |
The reviewed Town Code supplies no general removed-tree replacement ratio, tree-bank payment or fee-in-lieu table. Confirm required planting, credit eligibility and timing through the particular project approval rather than inventing a removal mitigation formula.
What changes for commercial property, multifamily sites and HOA common areas?
No separate Town commercial tree-removal threshold, nonresidential tree-permit fee or replacement-rate table was found in the reviewed Code, but existing landscape approvals and project standards still require review, and these property types do not gain the detached-single-family route merely from Florida Statute 163.045. (Town site-plan article; Florida Statute 163.045(1)(b))
If you manage common areas, Section 98-93(b)(16) requires the development submittal to include the controlling organization's document and adequate means of maintaining common areas and accessory uses. (Town Section 98-93(b)(16))
Section 98-97 treats a decrease in greenspace or a change to a condition imposed by the commissioners as a substantial site-plan amendment, but presumes changes required by a regulatory agency's permit conditions are nonsubstantial; a proposed tree change must be checked against the approved plan rather than presumed to require, or escape, amendment. (Town Section 98-97)
Site-plan applications may be filed by or on behalf of the owner with the building official, with the resolution-set fee and ten site-plan copies after completeness is determined. (Town Section 98-93(b))
The current permit application provides owner or lessee, applicant and contractor fields and separate owner/agent and contractor signature blocks; an association or company should confirm signatory authority and project-specific attachments with the building department. (North Redington Beach permit application, revised June 2025)
What applies when you build, redevelop, clear a site or add a pool?
The Town's development track combines site-plan and landscaping review with erosion-control and, where applicable, floodplain approvals; clearing associated with a project is not cleared merely because the Code lacks a stand-alone tree removal permit. (Town Section 98-92(b); Town Section 18-62)
Submittals, sequencing and clearing
Section 98-91(a) calls for site plans for development in the RM-15, CL and CT districts. (Town Section 98-91(a))
Tree-relevant site-plan content includes the landscape strip and trees, parking-area tree islands, and the calculation of pervious landscaped area. (Town Section 98-93(b)(12), (13) and (7))
The current linked new-construction/addition checklist requires a separate land-clearing or demolition permit application and two survey-based site-plan copies for work disturbing soil; its construction-staging requirements include access, storage, parking and sediment controls. (North Redington Beach new-construction/addition checklist)
For a pool project, the linked pool checklist requires survey-based site plans and construction staging, and identifies sealed design plans; those checklist requirements do not create an ISA arborist credential requirement in the Town Code. (North Redington Beach pool checklist)
Applicable floodplain submittals under Section 82-51 include proposed grading or excavation and mangrove-stand extents, while Section 82-53 separately states the engineer credential for required flood analyses. (Town Section 82-51(5) and (8); Town Section 82-53)
Section 18-32(d) prohibits construction before payment of fees and issuance of the permit. (Town Section 18-32(d))
Section 98-95(c) requires ten revised site-plan copies within thirty days of a conditional approval or the approval becomes null, and Section 98-96 generally requires permits and good-faith construction within twelve months, with separate multiphase and extension provisions. (Town Section 98-95(c); Town Section 98-96)
Vegetation protection, inspections and contractor exposure
Section 18-62(1)b.4 requires natural vegetation to be retained, protected and supplemented whenever feasible. (Town Section 18-62(1)b.4)
The erosion-control provisions apply to owners, occupants, developers, contractors and subcontractors carrying out improvements, including temporary and permanent work. (Town Section 18-62(1)a)
The building official may stop construction, excavation, filling or major grading that violates the erosion requirements until controls are installed and damage corrected, and the Code provides cleanup-cost recovery and possible withholding of final inspections or certificates of occupancy. (Town Section 18-62(2), (3) and (4))
No tree-specific barricade distance, root-pruning specification, protection-fence installation deadline or tree inspection protocol was found in the reviewed Town Code. Ask for the approved project's actual protection and inspection conditions rather than assuming a county detail applies.
For permitted building work, the current building department guidance checks contractor status with the Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board before issuance and says separate insurance and credential documents no longer need to be submitted to its office; that administrative policy is not a tree-contractor exemption from other obligations. (building department contractor-registration guidance)
A bid can be screened for the specific permit documents, signatory authority and vegetation-protection conditions that the reviewing office identifies, without treating Ken's Tree Service as the reviewer.
District greenspace and special buffers
Required pervious area and greenspace vary by zoning district; they are not interchangeable with the preserved-tree credit table. (Town district development regulations)
District and use | Relevant pervious or impervious rule | Greenspace rule | Town authority |
|---|---|---|---|
RS-150 | Minimum pervious area: 50 percent of lot | At least half of required pervious area | |
RS-60 | Impervious surface ratio cannot exceed 70 percent | At least half of required pervious area | |
RM-15 attached and multifamily | Minimum pervious area: 40 percent | At least half of required pervious area; detached single-family uses follow RS-60 | |
CT detached, attached and multifamily | Minimum pervious area: 30 percent | At least half of required pervious area | |
CT tourist dwellings | Minimum pervious area: 30 percent, potentially modified when design standards are met and a negotiated development agreement exists | At least half of required pervious area | |
CL light commercial and office | Minimum pervious area: 30 percent; tourist uses follow CT requirements except stated height and density changes | At least half of required pervious area | |
PO public ownership uses | Minimum pervious area: 40 percent; parks have the separate countywide-plan standards named in subsection (9) | At least half of required pervious area |
For wireless facilities subject to Section 98-403(a)(6), the base and equipment area require a visual landscape buffer with leaf-to-leaf hedges reaching at least six feet at maturity and shade trees at least three inches diameter at breast height every thirty feet along the approved buffer, of species approved by the Planning and Zoning Board, unless safety requirements require otherwise. (Town Section 98-403(a)(6))
Section 98-358(i) also requires new construction in commercial or multifamily zones to create a fence, wall or hedgerow buffer to affected residential zones after application and commissioners' approval; it does not specify a universal shade-tree planting interval. (Town Section 98-358(i))
Other design details and coastal conservation-zone conditions should be checked under Sections 98-92 and 98-325 as part of the project review, not substituted for a tree-removal rule. (Town Section 98-92; Town Section 98-325)
Appeals
For an administrative decision under Chapters 98, 18, 82 or 86, Section 98-71(a) places the appeal with the special magistrate and requires initiation within sixty days; this is not a deadline for every code-enforcement proceeding. (Town Section 98-71(a))
A final variance order has a thirty-day judicial-review deadline under Section 98-76(f), while a final code-enforcement order has the separate thirty-day circuit-court appeal route in Section 2-100. (Town Section 98-76(f); Town Section 2-100)
Section 98-72(a) sets appeal, special-exception and variance filing fees by resolution and excepts matters initiated by Town authority; the current fee instrument was not located. (Town Section 98-72(a))
Variance criteria are stated in Section 98-73, although Section 98-76(c) still points to Section 98-64, which now concerns a housing quality subcommittee rather than variance criteria; ask the Town to resolve that cross-reference rather than treating it as an additional criterion. (Town Section 98-73; Town Section 98-76(c); Town Section 98-64)
How do you apply, and what does it cost?
The building department states that North Redington Beach and Belleair Bluffs have adopted the Pinellas County Fee Schedule, but no Town adopting resolution or effective date was located in the public records checked October 5, 2026. (building department fee guidance) No current Town-specific tree fee, land-clearing fee resolution or development fee resolution was located; the Code sets relevant fees by resolution, and the department links a 2024 fee schedule without establishing here which current Town instrument governs the particular application. (Town Section 18-32(b); Town Section 18-56; building department fee guidance)
Confirm the jurisdiction and decision: Ask the North Redington Beach Town Clerk which office resolves Section 94-31 and any newer tree ordinance, and have the building department identify the site's plan and permit requirements.
Use the Town's current documents: Obtain the North Redington Beach application linked by its building department, not an older search-indexed application or another municipality's form. (current North Redington Beach application)
Submit with authority and plans: The building department's first-time contractor instructions require registration, authorization and permit forms with plan-review documents sent to redington@safebuilt.com; returning contractors may use its permit portal but must still upload a completed application. (building department submission instructions)
Confirm the homeowner route separately: The department's owner-builder guidance is limited to specified owner-occupied single-family or two-family work not offered for sale or lease and says LLC or trust ownership requires a contractor; do not treat this guidance as the eligibility test in Section 163.045. (building department homeowner guidance)
Confirm cost and issuance: Request the applicable resolution number, effective date, fee calculation and written approvals from the reviewing office before relying on a quoted government charge.
The Town identifies its contracted building department as the office issuing building permits, conducting inspections and enforcing building and zoning codes. (Town service providers)
Named office | Contact and location |
|---|---|
North Redington Beach Town Clerk | 727-391-4848; TownClerk@TownofNRB.com; 190 173rd Avenue East, North Redington Beach, FL 33708. (Town contact information) |
North Redington Beach building department, shared Gulf Coast office | 727-202-6825; redington@safebuilt.com; 17985 Gulf Boulevard, Suite 201, Redington Shores, FL 33708. (building department contact information) |
Pinellas County Building and Development Review Services, tree program | 727-464-3888; treepermits@pinellas.gov. (county tree-code contact) |
Pinellas County mangrove program | 727-453-3385. (county mangrove contact) |
The shared building office's address in Redington Shores does not change which Town's law applies. For a client's map, survey or landscape plan, use the responsible government office rather than the website chat.
Where do code and government guidance differ?
The codified provisions, enacted ordinances and state law control their respective legal requirements; a current application or government webpage helps explain administration but should not silently rewrite the law. The important mismatches are specific, not a reason to discard either source.
Issuing office: Section 98-95(d) still says Pinellas County issues the building permit after site-plan approval, whereas the Town's current service-provider page assigns building permitting to its contracted building department. (Town Section 98-95(d); Town service providers)
Mangrove approval: Section 82-136 names FDEP, but the county's delegated article provides the statutory permit in lieu of FDEP; confirm how Town floodplain review accepts that permit. (Town Section 82-136; county Section 58-602)
County species cross-reference: The county removal page still names Section 138-3654 for undesirable species, while that section is now reserved and the operative list provision is Section 138-3653. (county removal guidance; county landscaping division)
Pending measures: The October 8 agenda lists Ordinances 2026-892 on Section 18-58, disturbing the peace, 2026-893 on the capital improvement plan and 2026-894 on elections for second and final reading; those agenda descriptions do not establish adoption, and a construction-related change should be rechecked after the meeting. (October 8 agenda)
Missing numbers identified: The September 18 budget-hearing agenda identifies 2026-890 as the millage ordinance and 2026-891 as the budget ordinance, not as Chapter 94 amendments; agenda identification alone is not proof of passage or the complete adopted text. (September 18 budget-hearing agenda)
Is the property inside the Town, and who controls right-of-way work?
Verify the actual municipality and the road authority before treating a street tree as a private-lot tree; the Town's posted comprehensive plan identifies Gulf Boulevard as FDOT-owned and maintained and other Town roadways as locally maintained. (Town comprehensive plan)
Use the county's My Neighborhood address lookup and confirm the parcel with the Town. A mailing address is not a substitute for a jurisdiction determination.
Section 62-36(b) requires a written application before the improvements covered by its right-of-way damage and drainage provisions, and subsection (c) requires a cash deposit that the Code calls a “compliance bond,” with the amount set by the Town attorney based on improvement cost. (Town Section 62-36(a), (b) and (c))
Section 62-36(d) provides no extra permit charge when that approval is part of a general building permit, but a separate specified access improvement has a resolution-set land-development minimum; the current resolution and effective date were not located. (Town Section 62-36(d))
County Section 58-809 separately requires an approved permit to remove trees from county-maintained right-of-way; do not classify Gulf Boulevard as county-maintained on that basis. (county tree protection article)
The electric franchise grants its grantee tree-trimming rights along its lines subject to the franchise's street-use conditions, while the cable franchise allows its grantee trimming over streets subject to acquiring a permit; neither grants a private owner those utility rights. (electric franchise, Section 10; cable franchise, Section X(I))
What does the reviewed North Redington Beach Code not specify?
Whole-code searches of the reviewed codification found no Town stand-alone tree removal application, protected-tree definition, general removal diameter trigger, ordinary pruning permit, topping or hatracking provision, tree-bank or fee-in-lieu schedule, or tree-specific construction protection distance. These are scoped findings about that Code, not exemptions from state law, county requirements, newer ordinances or a property's approved conditions.
What was searched for but not located in public records?
On October 5, 2026, the Town's agendas and minutes, contact and service-provider pages, resident guidance, public announcements and linked building department documents did not yield a Town Section 163.045 notice or form, a current fee resolution establishing the cited charges, or a Town-specific determination resolving the county tree-article renumbering. The July 29 dead-tree drafting direction remains a reason to obtain later records, not to declare that no newer rule can exist.
Sources and scope
This guide uses the Town Code codified through Ordinance 2026-889 and distinguishes the later agenda material from adopted law; it also uses the county's current tree, habitat and mangrove articles, posted government documents and Florida Statute 163.045. (Town Code; Town agendas and minutes; Pinellas County Code; Florida Statute 163.045)
For related reading, use the Pinellas County reference, Redington Shores guide, Madeira Beach guide and Seminole guide. They are separate-jurisdiction resources, not authority for North Redington Beach.
Where does this leave your tree or project?
Ken's Tree Service has worked since 1996 from Tarpon Springs, across approximately 20 miles covering north Pinellas County, west Pasco County and the northwest corner of Hillsborough County. This North Redington Beach guide is a regional reference, not an offer to perform work or provide an assessment there; for projects within our service area, our number is 727-934-5804.
A tree may be a candidate for removal or pruning, but the Town, county mangrove program or applicable road authority must decide the property's governing route. For questions about the published code rather than a client's map or plan, start a conversation with our website agent, the chat on this page.