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ORDINANCE NO 2008-012 WHEREAS, holding workshops with stakeholders and drafting amendments has proven to be challenging and additional time is needed before any amended ordinance is ready to be brought before the various committees and Board of County Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners wishes to maintain the status quo with respect to mining activity during the drafting process to ensure that the community's notice and traffic safety problems are addressed through new regulations rather than exacerbated during the time it takes to formulate any desired modifications to the excavating and mining ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to extend the moratorium put in place on January 10, 2008, for an additional six months; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has considered any information provided by the Florida Department of Transportation regarding the effect this ordinance would have on the availability, transportation and potential extraction of construction aggregate materials on the local area, region and the state, as required by Florida Statute 337 0261, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that: S ECTION 1. PROHIBITION N o applications for mining administrative permit approvals shall be accepted or processed, and no mining permits shall be issued until January 7, 2009. S ECTION 2. EXEMPTIONS The prohibitions of Section 1 above shall not apply to the following: A. Annual renewals of operating permits for existing approved mines, as of the effective date of this ordinance. B All activities currently exempted by by Indian River County Code Section 934.04 "Exemptions". C. Existing operating mines involved in the completion of State Road 60 four-laning west of Interstate 95. D. Staff level administrative approvals for minor changes to existing operating mines including but not limited to on-site moves of construction trailers. This exemption D shall not include expansions to the acreage excavated nor the area of development of existing operating mines nor changes to approved haul routes.