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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element enforce its Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat Protection ordinance (LDR Chapter 928) discussed in the preceding section. o Intergovernmental Coordination Since Indian River County supports efforts by the FDEP and the SJRWMD to minimize the amount of jurisdictional agency overlap regarding permitting and enforcement, the County's Environmental Planning Section (EPS) offers "in-kind" assistance to jurisdictional reviewing agencies. In doing so, the EPS serves in an advisory capacity by reviewing mitigation proposals, reporting wetland violations, and providing information pertaining to properties located throughout the County. For wetland boundary determinations, the EPS defers to the appropriate jurisdictional reviewing agencies. In the future, the EPS should continue to review all proposed mitigation plans and make recommendations on a development -by -development basis. Furthermore, the County's policy should be to continue requiring wetland resource permits for any proposed development project that impacts a wetland. When proposed wetland impacts are less than state or federal thresholds and do not require permits, the County should continue to reserve the right to require wetland mitigation where appropriate. o Wetland Conservation Land Use and Zoning Currently, the Future Land Use Map of the comprehensive plan depicts two conservation land use designations for wetlands: the Public Lands Conservation District (C-1) and the Estuarine Wetlands Conservation District (C-2). Con -1 and Con -2 are the comparable zoning districts for the C-1 and C- 2 land use designations, respectively. While the C-1/Con-1 designation applies to both upland and wetland conservation lands under public ownership, the C-2/Con-2 designation applies only to privately -owned estuarine wetlands found along the Indian River Lagoon and the lower reaches of the St. Sebastian River. Development density within the C-1/Con-1 designation is 0 units per acre. Within C-2/Con-2 designated areas, the allowed development density is 1 unit per 40 acres. In accordance with LDR Section 911.12, all developments located in a Con -2 zoning district must be approved as a planned development (PD). For properties adjacent to the Indian River Lagoon or St. Sebastian River, the location of any proposed development is contingent upon determination of the jurisdictional boundaries of estuarine wetlands by site-specific survey. To minimize wetland impacts, the County should continue to require clustering in Con -2 areas and allow density transfers from the Con -2 zoning district to non -estuarine wetlands. Moreover, the County should continue to prohibit density bonuses on land zoned -Con -2 and prohibit density transfer from off-site lands to PD projects on lands zoned Con -2. Community Development Department Indian River County 108