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Aquaculture - Any activity devoted to the hatching, raising, and <br />breeding of fish or other aquatic plants or animals for sale or <br />personal use. <br />Aquifer - A geological unit in which porous and permeable <br />conditions exist and thus are capable of yielding usable amounts <br />of water. <br />Aquifer, Floridan - (a geological unit) comprised of layers of <br />limestone and dolomite of the middle Eocene through Oglicene ages, <br />underlying the Hawthorn Formation of Miocene age. The Floridan <br />Aquifer underlies the entire county at depths ranging from about <br />250' to more than 2700' below sea level. <br />Aquifer Recharge Area - An area that has soils and geological <br />features that are conducive to allowing significant amounts of <br />surface water to percolate into groundwater. <br />Aquifer, Shallow - See Surficial Aquifer. <br />Aquifer, Surficial - A water bearing stratum which is not covered <br />by a confining (impervious) bed and which can be replenished <br />directly by rainfall. In Indian River County, the surficial <br />Aquifer generally extends from the top of the water table to about <br />one hundred fifty (150) feet below land surface. <br />Artificial Light - Any fixed source of light emanating from a <br />manmade device, including but not limited to, incandescent mercury <br />vapor, metal halide, or sodium lamps, spotlights, street lights, <br />construction or security lights. <br />As -Built Plans - Amended construction drawings specifying the <br />actual locations dimensions, elevations, capacities, and <br />capabilities of structures and facilities as they have been <br />constructed on or under the site; also known as record drawings. <br />Assessment or Assessments - To make an official valuation which is <br />subject to a charge. See also Special Assessments. <br />Atlantic Coastal Sand Ridge - A prehistoric geologic formation <br />located parallel and proximate to U.S. Highway #1 in Indian River <br />County. The Sand Ridge shall be characterized by having a <br />combination of the following attributes: <br />1) The substrate is predominately excessively <br />drained deep sandy soils or associated <br />moderately well drained soils, being one or <br />more of the following: Paloa, St. Lucie, <br />Astatula, Archbold, Pomello, Orsino, and/or <br />Jonathan soil series (as verified by the Soil <br />Conservation Service); <br />2) The land supports predominately sand pine <br />(Pinus clausa) and associated scrub <br />vegetation; and/or <br />12 <br />