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2008- 023 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRs); PROVIDING FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 934, EXCAVATION AND MINING, AND CHAPTER 971, REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES; BY AMENDING SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSE SECTION 934.01, BY AMENDING EXEMPTIONS SECTION 934.04, BY AMENDING SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MINES SECTION 934.05, BY AMENDING MINING STANDARDS SECTION 934.06, BY AMENDING MINING PERMIT REGULATIONS SECTION 934.07, BY AMENDING RESERVED SECTION 938.08, BY AMENDING USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ROADS SECTION 934.09, BY AMENDING DURATION AND COMPLETION OF PERMITS SECTION 934.10, BY AMENDING RESERVED SECTION 93411, BY AMENDING MINING PERMIT FEES SECTION 934.12, AND BY AMENDING THE SPECIFIC LAND USE CRITERIA FOR EXTRACTIVE USES SECTION 971.22, AND BY PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; CODIFICATION; SEVERABILITY; AND EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: SECTION #1: Short title and purpose section 934.01 is hereby amended to read as follows: (1) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Indian River County Excavation and Mining Ordinance." (2) The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners finds that in order to provide for the excavation, processing, production, and transportation of mined materials, to prevent public nuisances, safety hazards and damage to private and public property in the excavation of land, and in order to protect the environment, including the quality and quantity of ground and surface waters, it is necessary to regulate excavation activities, including mining and hauling, in Indian River County. SECTION #2: Exemptions section 934.04, is hereby amended to read as follows: The following activities shall be exempted from the permitting requirements of this chapter, except as specifically indicated: (1) Agricultural use projects including agricultural drainage canals; and irrigation work incidental to agricultural operations and stock watering ponds, provided that: (a) The property is agriculturally zoned, or if the property is not so zoned, the agricultural use project is allowed in accordance with Chapter 904, Nonconformities, of the county land development code regulations; (b) No excavated material is removed from the subject property; Double_Underlinc Text: Non Workshop Changes Bold Underline: Additions to Ordinance Strikeigtr-i-k-e-thfausehi Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance F:ACommunity Development\ Users \CurDevAORDINANCE \2008\2008- 934 Excavation(aIter l2-19-08).RTF 1