MelbourneCity tree permit rules, invasive species exemptions and what to know before a removal.
Palm BayPalm Bay's 2024 tree code, the 6-inch rule and what a permit application asks for.
TitusvilleThe existing-home exemption, its one-year wait and Titusville's three protected tree classes.
Merritt IslandCounty tree rules for an unincorporated island, canal-front buffers and storm-removal records.
RockledgeThe four-tree rule for home lots, the exempt species list and why vacant lots are different.
CocoaCity rules that skip home lots, Cocoa's reading of the dangerous-tree law, and county rules for Cocoa West and Sharpes.
West MelbourneSingle-family lots need no city tree permit here. What still does, and the invasives worth pulling.
Viera & SuntreeCounty rules for house lots, HOA approvals, pond-edge trees, eagle nests and queen palms.
Satellite BeachProtected-tree permits, the 60-day dead-tree rule, the invasive deadline and dune vegetation.
Cocoa BeachTight beachside access, palms that handle wind, condo limits under the state hazard-tree law, and mangroves.
Melbourne Beach & IndialanticTown rules in Melbourne Beach and Indialantic, and the county's 1.5-inch threshold on the south beaches.
Port St. John & MimsCounty rules for bigger lots, the small-scale clearing permit, and eagle and scrub-jay checks.
Malabar & Grant-ValkariaTown or county rules, gopher tortoise buffers, calling 811 before stump work, and burn rules.
Why each area page is different
Tree rules here follow city limits, and the differences are real. West Melbourne's code says no permit, fee or mitigation is required to prune, trim or remove a tree on a lot actively used for single-family homes (West Melbourne s. 71-110). Rockledge exempts single- and two-family lots only if the lot keeps at least four non-invasive trees from the city list, or a substitute goes in within 30 days for each tree removed (Rockledge LDR s. 108-51).
Cocoa's tree protection rules don't apply to single-family or duplex lots at all (Cocoa code, Appendix A s. 22). Satellite Beach goes the other way on dead trees: owners must remove dead or severely damaged trees within 60 days (Satellite Beach Code Ch. 30). Pick your area below for the rules that apply to you.
North, central, south and beachside
The north end runs from Mims and Port St. John through Titusville, where slash pines and big laurel oaks share lots with older ranch houses. Central Brevard takes in Cocoa, Rockledge, Merritt Island and Viera: riverfront oaks, canal lots and newer subdivisions where HOA rules sit on top of the code.
South county is Melbourne, West Melbourne, Palm Bay, Malabar and Grant-Valkaria, where Port Malabar house lots sit a few miles from acreage with pasture and palmetto. Across the causeways, the barrier island runs from Cocoa Beach down through Satellite Beach and Indialantic to Melbourne Beach, with salt air, sabal palms and sand that drains fast. A crew that works one end of the county doesn't always drive to the other, so tell us the street or neighborhood when you call.
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