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Comprehensive Plan Coastal Management Element In the event that all the required or necessary dredging is determined by the FDEP or the SJRWMD to be maintenance dredging then this subsection [3(c)] does not apply. The determination of maintenance dredging shall be made in writing by the FDEP or SJRWMD and submitted to County Planning staff. It is the responsibility of the applicant, the property owner, or developer to secure this written documentation. If any of the required or necessary dredging is determined to not be maintenance dredging (i.e., new dredging) then that part of the proposed project involving the proposed new dredging and any other activity or structures associated with the proposed new dredging, is prohibited. 4. The siting of new or the rearrangement or expansion of existing boat ramps shall be evaluated using all the following criteria: (a) No more than 100 linear feet of native shoreline vegetation shall be altered (trimmed, cut, removed, killed, or destroyed); (b) A site located within a High Manatee Use area, OR a High Watercraft -related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this MPP shall be subject to site-specific design restrictions to minimize potential adverse manatee impacts, including (but not limited to): restrictions on the total number of boat lanes allowed; restrictions on the maximum size of boats that use the boat ramp; limitations on the size of boat trailer parking spaces; limitations on the depth of the boat ramp and/or the ingress — egress channel, posting of informational signs; installation of navigational aids; re -design of the boat ramp; and/or reduction in the size of the boat ramp. (c) Maintenance dredging, as determined in writing by the FDEP or the SJRWMD, shall be restricted to those areas where maintenance dredging has been determined and shall conform to one of the following situations using the order in which the situations are presented: i. The dredging shall conform with the original dredging permit specifications, if one was issued; ii. The dredging shall conform with the original design specifications, if the existingproject was done prior to the issuance of permits required by federal, state, or local government entities; iii. The dredging shall be no deeper than to a maximum water depth of five (5) feet at mean low water, and no wider, at the top of the submerged bottom, than to safely allow the passage of two boats side- by-side, the size of which the boat ramp was/is designed to Indian River County Coastal Management Element Page 106 Supplement # Ordiance #2005-_ Adopted 2005 Exhibit B Page /q