The building and development industry has traditionally created developments that preserve trees, yet the homebuilding industry is largely viewed as the responsible party for degrading the environment and destroying trees. As a result, many jurisdictions have enacted punitive ordinances that prohibit tree removal or require expensive recompense fees during the construction process. The Charleston Trident Home Builders Association supports flexible, performance-based, non-prescriptive tree ordinances that balance legitimate development and construction concerns with environmental and aesthetic values that trees can provide. Further, the HBA supports collaboration between local officials, planners, the community and the homebuilding and development industry to create tree ordinances.