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I ORDINANCE NO. 79 - 19 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SIXTY DAY MORATORIUM ON THE REVIEW AND ISSUANCE OF ALL SITE PLANS AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 23 OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ZONING ORDI- NANCE, PROVIDING FOR APPLICATION TO A LIMITED AREA, PROVIDING FOR APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE STUDIES TO BE MADE FOR THE PRO- TECTION OF CURRENT AND FUTURE LAND 014NERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT AREA WHEREAS, the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; FLORIDA, has received recommendations from.the staff, residents and other drainage experts that a critical drainage problem exists within an area defined as follows: That property lying within the area bounded on the South by the South Relief Canal, on the West by the Florida East Coast Railway East right-of-way line, on the North by the South city limits of the City of Vero Beach, and on the East by the West shoreline of Indian River, and WHEREAS, the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER,COUNTY, FLORIDA, in regular session deemed that an emergency existed and that the normal notice requirement for an ordinance should be waived in order to properly plan the drainage requirements within the above defined area prior to additional construction commencing, and WHEREAS, this emergency ordinance shall apply only to those pending and future projects which require site plan approval by the Indian River County Planning and Zoning Commission within the area defined, and WHEREAS, the purpose of this moratorium is to provide time to determine ways of minimizing flooding and define methods of drainage which will best meet the health and welfare needs of the citizens of Indian River County, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that a moratorium of sixty days' duration, terminating sixty days after enactment, is hereby established on the issuance of all J U L 51979 Box • 41 FA1,)f