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CEVR20180005925 Ordinances The Collier County Land Development Code, Ord. 04-41, as amended Section 3.05.01(B) It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, association, joint venture, partnership, estate, trust, syndicate, fiduciary, corporation, group, or unit of federal, state, County, or municipal government to remove, or otherwise destroy, vegetation, which includes placing of additional fill, without first obtaining a vegetation removal or vegetation removal and fill permit from the County Manager or designee, except as hereinafter exempted. Section 3.05.04(D) Unless otherwise authorized by a vegetation removal permit, no soil is to be removed from within the drip line of any vegetation that is to remain in its original location. Section 3.05.02(G)(5) A vegetation removal permit is not required for the following situations: Hand removal of prohibited exotic and non-native vegetation. See LDC Section 3.05.05 for mechanical removal of prohibited exotic and non-native vegetation. Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(a) The County Manager or his designee shall be responsible for determining whether applications for building or land alteration permits, as required by the Collier County Building code or this Code are in accord with the requirements of this Code, and no building or land alteration permit shall be issued without written approval that plans submitted conform to applicable zoning regulations, and other land development regulations. For purposes of this section a land alteration permit shall mean any written authorization to alter land and for which a building permit may not be required. Examples include but are not limited to clearing and excavation permits, site development plan approvals, agricultural clearing permits, and blasting permits. No building or structure shall be erected, moved, added to, altered, utilized or allowed to exist and/or no land alteration shall be permitted without first obtaining the authorization of the required permit(s), inspections and certificate(s) of occupancy as required by the Collier County Building Code or this Code and no building or land alteration permit application shall be approved by the County Manager or his designee for the erection, moving, addition to, or alteration of any building, structure, or land except in conformity with the provisions of this Code unless he shall receive a written order from the Board of Zoning Appeals in the form of an administrative review of the interpretation, or variances as provided by this Code, or unless he shall receive a written order from a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction. Section 10.02.06(B)(1)(e) - Improvement of property prohibited prior to issuance of building permit. No site work, removal of protected vegetation, grading, improvement of property or construction of any type may be commenced prior to the issuance of a building permit where the development proposed requires a building permit under this Land Development Code or other applicable county regulations. Exceptions to this requirement may be granted by the County Manager or his designee for an approved subdivision or site development plan to provide for distribution of fill excavated on-site or to permit construction of an approved water management system, to minimize stockpiles and hauling off-site or to protect the public health, safety and welfare where clearing, grading and filling plans have been submitted and approved meeting the warrants of section 4.06.04 A. of this Code; removal of exotic vegetation shall be exempted upon receipt of a vegetation removal permit for exotics pursuant to Chapters 3 and 10.