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§ 265-66. - Definitions. DIRECTOR — The Director- of Zoning, Planning and Building Development Services Director of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, or designee. § 265-68. - Minimum landscape requirements for all zoning districts. A. Tree specifications. (1) Required trees shall be of a species, which normally grow to a minimum height of 25 feet and have a mature crown spread of not less than 20 feet with trunks, which can be maintained, with over six feet of clear wood. Emphasis is given to the use of native species. (2) All required trees shall have a minimum caliper or diameter at breast height (D.B.H) of three inches and be a minimum of 12 feet in height at time of planting. A list of approved required trees is available from the Director of the Zoning, Planning and Building Development Services Department. § 265-69. - Maintenance. B. Failure to conform or maintain. If at any time after the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, any landscaping material is found to be in nonconformance, including, but not limited to, dead or dying plant material, notice shall be issued to the owner or his agent that corrective action is required to be in compliance with this article. Such notice shall describe what action is necessary to comply. The owner or his agent shall have a time period, as set forth by the Code Compliance Division of the Zoning, Planning and Building Development Services Department, to fulfill the landscaping requirements. Failure of compliance within the allotted time shall be considered a violation of this section and shall subject the property owner to fines as determined appropriate, by the Special Master Magistrate of the City of Sunny Isles Beach. § 265-70. - Tree removal permit. No existing tree on the site having a trunk diameter of three inches or greater, except for Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian Petter), Metopium toxiferum (Poison Wood), Albizia Lebbeck (Woman's Tongue), Dalbergia Sisoo (Indian Rosewood), Thespesia Populnea (Seaside Mahoe), Hibiscus Tilliaceus (Mahoe), Casuarina spp. (Australian Pine), Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cajeput Tree), Ficus Benjamina (Weeping Fig), Ficus Nitida (Laurel Fig) species, Acacia Auriculiformis (Earleaf Acacia), Bishoffia Javanica or Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island Pine) shall be removed or relocated without a permit from the Zoning, Planning and BuiwkUag Development Services Department of the City. In evaluating whether to grant a tree removal permit, the Director or designee shall consider the size, species (native or not), health, rareness and age of the tree. A