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E.
PUTNAM COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CONSERVATION
ELEMENT
GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
Note:
Strike-through is deleted text and underline is added text since the last
draft dated May 14, 2002 draft that incorporates adopted text amendments to
implement Environmental Lands Study.
GOAL
E.1
[9J‑5.013(2)(a)]: Conserve and protect the natural resources of Putnam County
to help maintain an acceptable quality of life for its citizens.
Objective
E.1.1
[9J‑5.013(2)(b)1]: The air quality in Putnam County shall be maintained with no
further degradation pursuant to federal and state laws and regulations.
Policy
E.1.1.1
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)]: All development in the County shall be required to meet the
ambient air quality standards established by state and federal agencies as a
condition of continued operation or development approval.
Policy
E.1.1.2.
The County will encourage alternatives such as composting and chipping
facilities to the open burning of debris from land clearing.
Policy
E.1.1.3
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)]: The County shall protect and enhance air quality by:
A.
Maintaining adopted roadway levels of service;
B.
Supporting alternative modes of transportation;
C.
Requiring efficient on‑site circulation movement within new
developments.
D.
Promoting mixed‑use communities within new development which
combine living/shopping/working in close proximity.
E.
Establishing
a program to reduce the number of miles of unpaved roads through a paving
program and closing unnecessary roadway rights-of-way.
F.
Providing
incentives to minimize land clearing and planting additional trees.
Policy
E.1.1.4. The
County will work with Federal, State, and local agencies to ensure that when
lead paint and asbestos is removed from structures, it is done in ways that
protect the health of Putnam County’s residents and water quality.
Policy
E.1.1.5.
The County will continue the radon information program that informs the
public about areas where active radon control measures are recommended.
Objective
E.1.2
[9J‑5.013(2)(b)2]: The County shall implement the following policies that are to
conserve, appropriately use and protect the quality and quantity of current and
projected water sources.
Policy
E.1.2.1.
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: The County shall coordinate with and seek assistance from
FDEP in prohibiting the dumping of
raw sewage from live‑aboard vessels, recreational vehicles, passenger
trains and other mobile facilities situated in or transiting through the County.
The County shall require sewage pumpout facilities in the design of all
new or redeveloped marinas and campgrounds allowing RV’s.
The County will assist the public by providing information regarding
FDEP’s Clean Vessel Act program.
Policy
E.1.2.2.
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: The County shall adopt state standards of Chapter 62-761, FAC,
for all underground and above ground storage tanks and attached piping located
within waterfront marinas and shall participate in on‑going inspections of
these facilities.
Policy
E.1.2.3.
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: The Department of Health
shall annually monitor FDEP's routine inspection schedules for all package
treatment plants as a means to ensure that these facilities continue to meet
water quality standards for discharge.
Policy
E.1.2.4.
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: New waterfront development shall be designed so that
stormwater runoff and erosion are retained on‑site or are channeled so as
to not degrade ambient water quality of adjacent waters.
The County will consider a requirement in its Land Development Code
for lot grading plans for all development within 500 feet of a surface water
body.
Policy
A.1.4.12.
[Rev. 93-19; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)3,6; identical
to Policy E.1.2.5]: The
County shall adopt and enforce regulations that require the preservation or
restoration of a vegetated upland buffer or filter for any waterfront
development. The buffer strip shall
provide for sheet flow of the surface runoff, and shall be a minimum of 50 feet
in width, except as provided in Sections A through F below.
In addition, a An minimum average 25-foot,
minimum 15-foot upland buffer of native vegetation shall be
maintained between development and jurisdictional wetlands.
Development and land use activities excepted below in Sections A through
F shall be allowed only when permitted by the land use designation; the impacts
are limited to the minimum necessary to allow the permitted use of the property;
and the site development or use is in compliance with HRS the
Department of Health, DEP, WMD, and COE regulations for permitting and
mitigation. In addition, the County
shall not approve any subdivision plats or non-residential site plans which
would result in encroachment into the required buffers or the creation
of waterfront lots with insufficient buildable area to maintain required
buffers. All new subdivision
plats shall show the jurisdictional wetland line, the vegetated upland buffer
from jurisdictional wetlands and the 50-foot water front buffer strip and
setback. The County shall also
not issue building permits for development of waterfront lots with
insufficient buildable area to maintain required buffers if the lots were
created after adoption of this Policy December 19, 1991.
A.
Resource-based recreational facilities such as trails, boardwalks, piers,
docks and boat ramps. Private
water-related facilities such as boathouses, docks and bulkheads as permitted by
the applicable Federal, State, and local agencies.
B.
Water dependent components of commercial development such as port
facilities, marinas, fish camps, and commercial fishing and shellfishing
operations.
C.
General Agriculture shall follow BMPs as provided in Policies A.1.4.9 and
E.1.3.5 and E.1.2.8.
D.
Silviculture shall follow the most recent editions of the best management
practices and management guideline manuals of the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry, as provided in Policy
A.1.4.9 and identical Policy E.1.3.5.
E.
Mining activities shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from a water
body as currently required by Section 24-5 of the County Zoning Ordinance
88-1, as amended by Ordinance 91-31.
F.
Essential public services
Policy
E.1.2.6
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)3,6]: Residents
of waterfront developments shall be made aware, through public education, of the
various techniques available to protect water quality including maintenance of
vegetated upland buffers, maintenance of littoral zones rather than use of
bulkheads, maintenance of septic tanks, and controlled application of pesticides
and fertilizers.
Policy
E.1.2.7
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: Surface water withdrawals shall not reduce surface water
levels below the minimums established by the St. Johns River and Suwannee River
Water Management Districts. The
County shall coordinate with the water management districts in reviewing land
use requests to prevent excess withdrawals to lakes with established minimum
surface water levels.
Policy
E.1.2.8
[Rev. 93-19; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]:
Agricultural runoff shall meet State Water Quality Standards to maintain
ambient water quality in accordance with the requirements of Rule 62-302, FAC,
and shall meet the Best Management Practices (BMPs), as provided on Pages 7-6
through 7-13 of the "Florida Non-Point Source Management Plan, Volume
Two", May 1989, DER.
Policy
E.1.2.9
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)3,6]: The
County shall adopt and enforce regulations that require that new roads development
and driveways redevelopment be designed so that stormwater runoff
is retained on‑site or is channeled so as to control erosion and maintain
ambient water quality in accordance with the requirements of Rule 62-302, FAC,
which otherwise can adversely affect adjacent surface water bodies and wetlands.
Policy
E.1.2.10
[9J-5.013(2)(c)3,6]: The
County shall recommend to the SJRWMD and the SRWMD that those water bodies
identified as having water quality problems be included in the SWIM program for
further analysis to determine pollution sources and feasible techniques to
upgrade water quality.
Policy
E.1.2.11
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: The County shall continue to enforce its prohibition of
additional sewage wastewater effluent discharges into the St. Johns River
pursuant to criteria in the adopted Land Development Regulations Code.
Policy
E.1.2.12
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)1,4]: Water
conservation measures shall be promoted for all water users including domestic,
public, institutional, industrial, and agricultural.
The County shall make available at County Offices water conservation
materials published by the FDEP, SJRWMD and SRWMD.
Water
conservation measures endorsed by the County include the plugging of unused
flowing artesian wells, landscape watering restrictions during periods of
drought, the use of drought resistant vegetation (xeriscaping) and building code
criteria including the use of water‑saving devices required when upgrading
residential, commercial or industrial plumbing systems.
Emergency
water conservation measures enacted by the SJRWMD and endorsed by the County
include the "Water Shortage Rule" (Chapter 40C‑21, FAC) and the
"Water Conservation Rule" (Chapter 40C‑2, FAC).
Policy
E.1.2.13
[Rev. 02-29; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)1]:
Recharge functions in Areas of High Recharge Potential to the Floridan
Aquifer as defined by the County as 8 inches or more per year and as identified
by the SJRWMD and SRWMD shall be
protected through the establishment of criteria in the Land Development Regulations
Code including retention of runoff and maximum permitted coverage of
impervious surfaces per lot.
Policy
E.1.2.14
[Rev. 02-29; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)1]:
Groundwater quality within Areas of High Recharge Potential to the
Floridan Aquifer as defined by the County as (8 inches or more per year and as
identified by the SJRWMD and SRWMD shall be protected through prohibition of
possible polluting land uses such as: landfills,
hazardous waste sites, and auto salvage and junkyards; along with limitations
for siting septic tanks and underground tanks which store hazardous or
potentially polluting substances through the implementation of Land Development Regulations
Code.
Policy
E.1.2.15
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)1]: Public water wellheads shall be protected from adverse
impacts of new development by requiring a minimum 500‑foot radial setback
(wellhead protection zone) around each wellhead and by limiting or prohibiting
certain uses within this zone consistent with the requirements of Chapter
62-521, F.A.C.
Policy
E.1.2.16
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)1,10]: Existing
non-conforming facilities located within any designated 500 foot wellhead
protection zone of a public water wellfield in the County shall be subject to
the non-conforming use provisions of the Land Development Regulations Code.
Policy
E.1.2.17
[Rev. 93-19; 9J-5.013(2)(c)6; identical to Policy A.1.1.1]:
Putnam County shall use the latest version of the Flood Insurance Rate
Maps provided by FEMA to determine the location of areas of special flood hazard
which include the 100‑year floodplain and floodways within the 100-year
floodplain. The County shall
provide specifications for regulating development and land use activities within
these areas in its Land Development Regulations Code.
The specifications will include the following minimum standards:
A.
Development and land use activities listed below shall be allowed in
areas of special flood hazard and are subject to meeting the requirements
provided in Sections B and C below.
1.
New residential development shall be limited to the lowest density of the
future land use category in which the property is located except for lots
existing on December 19, 1991 at 5:00 p.m. which cannot meet this requirement.
These lots will be considered lots of record and may be developed with
one residence.
2.
The following may be permitted in land use categories that allow
non-residential development or land use activity:
a.
Resource-based recreational facilities such as trails, boardwalks, piers,
and boat ramps. Private
water-related facilities such as boathouses, docks and bulkheads as permitted by
the applicable Federal, State, and local agencies.
b.
Water dependent components of commercial development such as port
facilities, marinas, fish camps, and commercial fishing and shellfishing
operations.
c.
General Agriculture shall protect wetlands and water bodies by following
BMPs as provided in Policies A.1.4.9 and E.1.3.5 and E.1.2.8.
d.
Silviculture shall follow the most recent editions of the best management
practices and management guideline manuals of the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry as provided in Policy
A.1.4.9 and identical Policy E.1.3.5.
e.
Mining activities shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from a water
body as required by Land Development Regulations.
f.
Essential public services.
3.
The following uses shall be prohibited in areas of special flood hazard:
a.
Land uses requiring the storage, disposal, generation or use of hazardous
waste.
b.
Landfills
c.
Underground storage of toxic materials
d.
Auto
salvage yards
e.
Junkyards
B.
The County will incorporate the following requirements into the Land
Development Regulations Code in compliance with FEMA regulations:
1.
Residential structures in all areas of special flood hazard must be
elevated one (1) foot above the base flood elevation.
2.
Non-residential structures in all areas of special flood hazard must
either be elevated one (1) foot above the base flood elevation or
flood‑proofed as certified by a registered professional engineer or
architect.
3.
New construction, fill, and other improvements are prohibited in the
floodway unless certification (with supporting technical data) by a registered
professional engineer is provided demonstrating that encroachments shall not
result in any increase in flood levels of the base flood discharge.
C.
Development in areas of special flood hazard shall comply with the
following:
1.
Applications for subdivision approval shall include a soils map
indicating the location on the property of soil types identified by U.S. Soil
Conservation Service, descriptions and a map showing any portions of the
property located in areas of special flood hazard as required by Land
Development Regulations Code.
2.
Development proposals for sites larger than 5 acres or greater than 50
lots shall provide base flood elevation data as currently required by federal
regulations and the County’s Land Development Regulations Code.
3.
Dredging and filling of lands within floodplains shall not be
permitted to adversely impact upon the natural functions of the 100‑year
floodplain, and shall be carried out, only in strict accordance with state or
federal permits.
4.
All proposed development shall be located or clustered on the portions of
the site outside areas of special flood hazard wherever possible.
5.
No hazardous waste shall be generated, stored, or disposed of within the
100‑year floodplain.
6.
Use of septic tanks in the 100-year floodplain and floodways will be restricted
by the County Health Department in compliance with Department of Health Onsite
Sewage Treatment and Disposal System standards.
D.
Requests for land use changes in the 100 year floodplain shall
demonstrate that the proposed use will not result in any increase in flood
levels of the base flood discharge or reduce other water resources related
benefits of the floodplain.
Policy
E.1.2.18 [New
93-19; 9J-5.013(2)(c)6, identical to
Policy A.1.4.13.]: Subsequent
to Plan adoption Ddevelopment
in and adjacent to wetland and water bodies shall be subject to the following:
A.
All applicable state and federal regulations for permitting and
mitigation must be met prior to the County issuing any construction permits.
This will be enforced through the site plan review process required by
Policy A.1.1.2.
B.
The County through its subdivision regulations shall require all new lots
to have adequate area to meet an average minimum 25-foot, minimum
15-foot upland vegetated buffer of native vegetation as also
required by Policy D.1.6.4 and the water body buffer requirements of Policy
A.1.4.12 and identical Policy E.1.2.5. All
new subdivision plats and non-residential site plans must show the mean or
ordinary high water line of water bodies, jurisdictional wetlands, and the
required buffers of Policy D.1.6.4., and identical Policies A.1.4.12. and
E.1.2.5. If the new lot
will be serviced by an onsite septic system it must comply with the following:
1.
The usable land requirements and wetland and water body setbacks as
required by the Department of Health standards for Onsite Sewage Treatment and
Disposal Systems.
2.
If the new lot is within 500 feet of the mean or ordinary high water line
of a water body, it must have 100 feet of frontage along the water body; and
when developed, the septic system must meet the special design standards
currently provided in Ordinance 87-5 which will be incorporated into the land
development regulations and the system must be set back a minimum of 100 feet
from the mean or ordinary high water line.
C.
The County shall ensure the protection of wetlands by requiring
structures and other site improvements to be located outside of wetlands and the
25 foot upland buffer of native vegetation required by
Policy D.1.6.4. except as provided below. All
exceptions are applicable only when the land use designation on the property
permits the development or land use activity listed below; site characteristics
are such that wetland impacts cannot be avoided; the impacts are limited to the
minimum necessary to allow the permitted use of the property; and the site
development or use complies with DOH HRS, DEP, WMD, and COE
regulations for permitting and mitigation.
1.
Residential lots of record existing on or before the adoption of the
comprehensive plan on December 19, 1991 at 5:00 p.m. which do not contain
sufficient uplands to permit development of a residence without encroaching into
wetlands, may be developed with one residential dwelling.
2.
Resource-based recreational facilities such as trails, boardwalks, piers,
and boat ramps. Private water-related facilities such as boathouses, docks and
bulkheads as permitted by the applicable Federal, State, and local agencies.
3.
Water dependent components of commercial development such as port
facilities, marinas, fish camps, and commercial fishing and shellfishing
operations.
4.
General Agriculture shall maintain the natural hydrology and function of
wetland areas in accord with the most recent version of USDA SCS guidelines
established in the 1985 Food Securities Act and amended in 1990; and by
following BMPs as provided in Policies A.1.4.9 and E.1.3.5 and E.1.2.8.
5.
Silviculture shall follow the most recent editions of the best management
practices and management guideline manuals of the Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry as provided in Policy
A.1.4.9 and identical Policy E.1.3.5.
6.
Mining activities shall be located a minimum of 500 feet from a water
body as currently required by Land Development Regulations Code.
7.
Essential public services.
D.
Transfer of density from wetlands to the upland portion of a site shall
be permitted through approval of appropriate Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Zoning applications and by establishing flexibility in the lot area
requirements in the various zoning districts established in the Land Development
Regulations Code. The
wetland area will be included in calculating the density applicable to a
property if the wetlands are preserved and development occurs on uplands
outside the buffer requirements of Policy D.1.6.4.
Surface water bodies will not be included in calculating the density
applicable to a property.
E.
Wetland and water body protection shall be considered when the County
evaluates variance requests for setback modifications that would move
development away from wetlands and water bodies.
F.
Development in the area adjacent to water bodies shall be limited
according to vegetated buffer and use restrictions of Policy A.1.4.12 and the
50-foot building setback required by Policy A.1.4.17.
Development in water bodies shall be allowed only for uses permitted by
DEP, WMD and COE, as applicable.
Objective
E.1.3
[9J‑5.013(2)(b)3]: The County shall implement the following policies that are to
conserve, appropriately use, and protect minerals, soils, and native vegetation
communities including forests.
Policy
E.1.3.1
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)2]: Existing working mining sites and sites with potential for
future mineral extraction shall be identified and land uses or land use changes
that may diminish the long‑term economic viability of the mineral
resources shall be prohibited within or adjacent to these sites through the
control of development densities and/or intensities as designated within the
Future Land Use Element and Future Land Use Map.
Policy
E.1.3.2
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)2]: The County shall annually review mining operation progress
with FDEP and other federal and state agencies to ensure that lands disrupted by
mining operations are restored to aesthetically pleasing and physically useful
condition at the completion of such operations through enforcement of
Reclamation Rules 62C-37 FAC for heavy mineral mining and all other
applicable rules for other types of mining.
Policy
E.1.3.3
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: Existing agricultural areas shall be protected from premature
conversion to non‑agricultural uses through maintenance of densities as
identified on the Future Land Use Map consistent with Future Land Use Element
Policy A.1.4.2. The County shall
analyze land use changes and development activities proposed adjacent to
existing agricultural areas and ensure compatibility with agricultural uses.
Policy
E.1.3.4
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)6]: Developers shall be required to apply erosion control
practices to reduce soil erosion from wind and water during and after
construction activities. Controls
shall be specified in Land Development Regulations Code and shall
include such techniques as spreading hay or other mulch materials over potential
erosion areas, lining drainage swales with sod, burlap or other appropriate
material, spraying non‑polluting binding materials over the site, etc.
Policy
E.1.3.5:
[Rev. 02-28; Rev. 93-19; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)6, identical to Policy
A.1.4.9] The County shall inform the Division of Forestry, the Department of
Environmental Protection and the Agricultural Soil and Water Conservation
District of violations to ensure that agriculture (row crops, ranching, etc.)
and silviculture follow Best Management Practices (BMPs), as contained in the
following:
A.
Pages 7-6 through 7-13 of the "Florida Non-Point Source Management
Plan, Volume Two", May 1989, DER, applicable to general agriculture.
B.
Silviculture shall follow BMPs provided in the 1993 revision of "Silviculture
Best Management Practices Manual" which replaced the May 1990 revision of
the same document.
Policy
E.1.3.6. [Rev.
02-29; 9J-5.013(2)(c)3., 6.] The
County shall protect environmentally sensitive areas and native vegetative
communities as follows:
A.
Proposed mining activities shall be required to submit their reclamation plan to
the County prior to its approval by the State Bureau of Mines, so that the
County can submit any comments regarding the reclamation plan to the Bureau for
consideration.
B.
In the process of reviewing site plans, the County shall assess the
compatibility of land use activities and development on parcels adjacent to the
Ocala National Forest, Wildlife Management Areas, State or Private Preserves, or
other State and Federal natural resource areas.
C.
The County shall maintain and distribute a recommended native plant
listing and other educational materials available from the Florida Game and
Fresh Water Fish Commission, Water Management District, Florida Department of
Agriculture (Division of Forestry) and other state or federal agencies to
increase public awareness of the need to utilize native plant species in the
developed landscape and eliminate exotic nuisance plants from existing developed
areas.
D.
For all new development at a minimum vegetative buffers and 80 percent of
landscaping of a site required by Comprehensive Plan policies and/or the
implementing land development regulations shall utilize native plant species,
and invasive or exotic plant species shall be prohibited.
Areas required to have vegetative buffers shall preserve all existing
native vegetation if present within the required buffer.
All other unvegetated areas within the required vegetative buffer shall
be planted with native vegetation which is adapted to that particular
environment whether it is xeric, mesic or hydric.
E.
Sites containing tThe following Environmentally Sensitive Lands as identified
in the Putnam County Environmental Lands Study (Slope Forests – Map #4,
Seepage Streams – Map #7, Spring Run Streams – Map #7, and Sandhill Upland
Lakes – Map #7) and the surrounding area within 500 feet of these
Environmentally Sensitive Lands
shall not be designated with a more intense future land use designation than
already exists.
F.
Development proposed on sites containing the longleaf pine-xeric oak
vegetative community shall preserve a minimum of 25 percent of this
communities’ vegetation except for single family residential development on
existing lots of record.
G.
The County will consider tree protection regulations as part of the Land
Development Code by December 31, 2005.
Policy
E.1.3.7.
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)7]: The County
shall ensure that land uses changes or development activities proposed
adjacent to recreational sites are compatible with the recreation land use.
Policy
E.1.3.8.
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)8]: The County shall negotiate interlocal agreements with
adjacent local jurisdictions and state/federal agencies to conserve and protect
unique vegetative communities that are located within and extend beyond the
immediate County line.
Policy
E.1.3.9. Putnam
County shall coordinate with the North Florida Prescribed Burn Council and other
appropriate entities including the U.S. Forest Service, the Florida Division of
Forestry, the St. Johns River Water Management District, and the Nature
Conservancy, in promoting prescribed burns on public lands.
Promotional efforts shall include developing a public education program
for local governments and the public to inform them about the importance of
conducting periodic prescribed burns. Educational
brochures shall be made available to the public at City Halls, the County
Courthouse, Agricultural Extension offices etc., and periodic workshops and
seminars shall be held prior to each burning season.
Objective
E.1.4
[9J‑5.013(2)(b)4]: The County shall implement the following policies that are to
conserve, appropriately use and protect marine and wildlife habitat.
Policy
E.1.4.1
[Rev. 02-29; Rev. 93-19; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)5,6]:
Future development sites in Putnam County containing plant or animal
species listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FFGCC, DEP, or the Florida
Department of Agriculture as endangered, threatened or as species of special
concern, shall comply with the management criteria of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, DEP and the Florida Fish and Game Conservation Commission.
Policy
E.1.4.2
[Rev. 02-29; 9J‑5.013(2)(c)3,5,6,9]:
By December 31, 20025, the County shall request technical
assistance from State agencies to study the feasibility of designating viable
wildlife corridors and greenways in the County including a
corridor between Rice Creek Swamp and the Ocala National Forest.
Once identified, the County shall work with environmental groups and DEP
to acquire corridor properties as conservation designated land or to protect
through other means such as conservation easements, development standards
or maintenance of low density and intensity Agricultural II land uses.
Policy
E.1.4.3
[Rev. 02-29] The County shall post informational signage regarding
manatees at all county owned and maintained public boat ramps.
Policy
E.1.4.4
All proposed development on parcels of land containing 40 acres or more
and located within Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (Map #13 of
Environmental Lands Study) will be required to conduct a listed species (plant
and animal) survey prepared by a qualified professional. If listed species are
found to exist, then a habitat management plan that demonstrates how the listed
species will be protected from the impacts of the proposed development must be
prepared by a qualified professional. The
habitat management plan must be reviewed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission (FFWCC) and/or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
to meet the requirements of federal and state law and approved by the County.
If the survey demonstrates that listed species are not present, then no
further development restrictions or information will be necessary as it relates
to listed species. Bona fide
agricultural and silvicultural activities, single family residential
development, and any development that impacts 10 percent or less of the total
land area of the subject parcel shall not be required to conduct a listed
species survey. A development
agreement will be required to ensure protection of parts of the site that are
not proposed to be impacted (at least 90 percent).
Objective
E.1.5
[9J‑5.013(2)(b)2]: The County shall implement the following policies and
continue to require that large and small quantity generators of hazardous waste
shall properly dispose of their waste in accordance with federal and state law.
Policy
E.1.5.1
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)10]: Commercial
generators of hazardous waste (as defined by the Department of Environmental
Protection) shall have on‑site facilities to contain and store hazardous
waste in a safe manner prior to disposal by a certified handler.
Policy
E.1.5.2
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)10]: County
residents and small quantity generators of hazardous waste shall be informed in
accordance with Sections 403.7234 and 703.7225(16), FS, and through distribution
of public education materials of hazardous waste disposal locations and proper
methods of disposal.
Policy
E.1.5.3
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)10]: Landfills
shall be monitored by the County to eliminate the illegal disposal of hazardous
waste.
Policy
E.1.5.4
[9J‑5.013(2)(c)10]: The
County shall develop an ordinance which would support F.A.C. Rule 62-701 and
State issued Landfill Operating Permit No. SC54-270643 prohibiting landfilling
of waste tires and batteries to be enacted at the same time as the Land
Development Regulations Code which will require the proper
disposal of hazardous waste including used automobile and truck tires and
batteries as well as household hazardous waste so as to halt illegal dumping or
other disposal, and protect the natural resources of the county.