Land Clearing
We clear house lots and acreage start to finish, with trees and stumps out roots and all. The ground is left level, with the debris hauled off or mulched in place.
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Port St. Lucie was platted as quarter-acre home lots, more than 80,000 of them. Most were sold to buyers across the United States and abroad, and many lots are still vacant. City code makes a vacant lot's owner keep brush and Brazilian pepper cut down along a neighbor's line. If the owner lets it go, the city can do the work and put the cost on the property.
Port St. Lucie is part of our service area, about 64 road miles south of our Melbourne base. BW Clearing handles land clearing here for residential and commercial owners, on single lots and on acreage. Our skid steer runs a disc mulcher for forestry mulching or a brush mower for overgrowth. Call or text (904) 719-0443 for a free quote.
Tell us about the lot or acreage, the work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put a free quote in writing.
The city was incorporated in 1961, when the General Development Corporation owned the land. The company laid out 66 square miles, mostly in single-family lots, with minimal roads and drainage. Buyers paid a small down payment and then monthly payments.
The city had 330 residents in 1970. The Census counted 204,851 in 2020, and the bureau's mid-2025 estimate is 268,062. Census survey data shows more than half of the city's homes were built in 2000 or later. The same data counts 87 percent of homes here as single-family detached houses.
Between 2000 and 2008 the city annexed about 24,000 acres, mostly west of I-95. Tradition and other master-planned areas grew on that land. In the older platted neighborhoods, finished homes and vacant lots still share the same streets. In 2025 the Census Bureau counted 2,814 new single-family homes authorized by permit here.
Pinelands are the largest native habitat in the city, on the state habitat map in the city's plan. Pineda sand is one of the most common soils here. The federal soil survey lists slash pine, cypress, cabbage palm and saw palmetto as its native cover.
New development in the city has to remove the most invasive exotic plants, Brazilian pepper and melaleuca among them. For Brazilian pepper removal, we cut and mulch the thickets with the skid steer. The tree puller lifts the bigger trunks out with the roots.
The survey calls Pineda sand poorly drained. Its water table rises to within 10 inches of the surface for 1 to 6 months a year. Soft ground can rut under heavy machines, so the wet months take more planning.
City code bars clearing a lot without a building permit or a land clearing permit, with a few exceptions. Removing listed invasive plants is one of them. Otherwise the code expects clearing to go with an approved project, during construction.
A gopher tortoise survey comes first wherever native upland plants grow. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lists the tortoise as threatened. Work within 25 feet of a burrow needs its permit first. Parcels of 2 acres or more need an approved environmental site assessment before a clearing permit.
The Planning and Zoning Department issues tree removal permits for trees 12 inches across or more at chest height. Platted single-family lots are exempt from those tree rules while they meet the city's minimum landscape standards. As part of site preparation, we walk you through which permits apply to your lot. The city has the final word.
The city's stormwater system includes 1,200 miles of swales and 200 miles of canals. Canals C-23 and C-24 drain into the North Fork of the St. Lucie River. The city puts swale and driveway culvert upkeep on the property owner.
City code makes it unlawful to fill or block a swale. The city's lot clearing flyer calls for silt control in the swale during clearing. Site work may not change drainage so stormwater flows onto or ponds on a neighbor's lot. The flyer also rules out burying or burning debris, so we haul it off or mulch it.
Part of Savannas Preserve State Park, a freshwater coastal wetland, lies inside the city. Dredging or filling in wetlands takes an environmental resource permit. In St. Lucie County, the South Florida Water Management District reviews developments and farm work. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection reviews single-family home projects.
Communities and areas we serve around Port St. Lucie: Tradition, St. Lucie West, Torino, Southbend Lakes, Becker Ridge, Floresta Gardens, Lyngate, Sandpiper Bay, Paar Estates, Whispering Pines, Crosstown Parkway, Savannas Preserve State Park.
Port St. Lucie ZIP codes served: 34952, 34953, 34983, 34984, 34986, 34987.
Port St. Lucie is part of our service area. We look at the land first, then put a free quote in writing.
(904) 719-0443 We clear house lots and acreage start to finish, with trees and stumps out roots and all. The ground is left level, with the debris hauled off or mulched in place.
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The disc mulcher on our skid steer grinds palmetto and small trees into mulch where they stand. The wood stays on the lot, and the ground stays covered.
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We cut overgrown lots and pasture down with a hydraulic three-blade brush mower on our skid steer. It cuts dense brush and small trees up to about 5 inches.
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New dirt and gravel driveways and access roads for rural lots and job sites. We grade the base, then lay and press the material the way you ask.
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We level lots and dig ponds, and the dirt goes where your plan needs it. All of our excavating stays above ground.
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We cut down the high spots and spread that dirt into the low ones. Lots, pads and pasture end up level and graded so rain runs off.
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We dig earth ponds on lots and acreage with a rented excavator. The dirt can raise a house pad or fill low ground on the same lot.
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We haul off the trees, limbs, root balls and rock that land clearing leaves behind. Storm debris after a hurricane is part of the work too.
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We clear Brazilian pepper thickets and other invasive trees from lot edges and fence lines. The tree puller lifts the trunks out roots and all, so far less is left to resprout.
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We plan the clearing with you before any machine runs. Then we get your raw lot ready for a new house or barn.
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Pole barn shops, garages, barns and barndominium shells, with insulated options and fencing. We clear the land and level the pad before the first post goes in.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Port St. Lucie. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send us the location and what you want cleared, and we will reach out to set a time. You can also call or text (904) 719-0443.
Tell us about the lot or acreage, the work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put a free quote in writing.