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9.A.1. PUBLIC HEARING – CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED <br />AMENDMENTS TO LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS <br />CHAPTER 929, NATIVE UPLAND HABITAT PROTECTION <br /> <br />(LEGISLATIVE) <br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR HEARING IS ON FILE IN THE <br /> OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br /> <br />Chief of Environmental Planning & Code Enforcement Roland DeBlois briefly <br />recapped the 1990 adoption of the County’s current Comprehensive Plan and outlined, through a <br />PowerPoint presentation, the set-aside requirements of the County’s Upland Native Plant <br />Community Conservation Areas program, which are implemented through Chapter 929.05 of the <br />Indian River County Land Development Regulations (LDR). The Board was requested to <br />consider proposed amendments that: <br /> <br /> <br />Clarifies exemptions for agricultural operations and single-family home-site <br />parcels. <br /> <br /> <br />Eliminates set-aside cap of 10% of total project site (not supported by <br />PSAC). <br /> <br /> <br />Eliminates the opportunity to reduce the 15% set-aside to 10% if conserved <br />as one contiguous tract. <br /> <br /> <br />Requires that native upland set-aside areas have horizontal dimensions no <br />less than 50 feet. <br /> <br /> <br />Requires that native upland set-asides be conserved as common areas tracts <br />(vs. on private platted lots) <br /> <br /> <br />Requires that set-aside conservation areas be posted, and fenced along <br />portions of the conservation area boundary that abut single-family <br />residential lot(s). <br />February 14, 2006 <br />11 <br /> <br />