District Court of Appeal of Florida October 15, 1997, No. 96-4146 (Sun Harbor Homeowners Ass'n v. Broward County Department of Natural Resource Protection)

lead-opinion

FARMER, Judge.

For several years, Broward County has regulated by ordinance the maintenance and cutting of mangroves. In March 1995, it served a notice of violation on petitioner for allegedly trimming the tops of 80 mangrove trees and removing 10 others without a permit from its Department of Natural Resource Protection.