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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element ➢ A conservation easement shall be established to ensure protection; in addition, Indian River Mosquito Control District (IRMCD) will be granted access easements to allow for mosquito inspection, treatment, and management; and ➢ The restoration and management plan shall be consistent the Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM) utilized by FDEP and SJRWMD, and with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulations, as defined in Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Policy 5.3: Indian River County shall require a buffer zone of native upland edge vegetation to be retained around wetland and open water habitats which are constructed or preserved on new development sites. Polio In recognition of the many natural functions and values of estuarine wetlands, and in recognition of the need to protect these resources from incompatible land uses for the sake of the public interest, all estuarine wetlands habitats shall be deemed environmentally - sensitive and designated C-2, Estuarine Wetlands Conservation, on the comprehensive plan future land use map. Consistent with Future Land Use Policy 1.3 1, the specific boundaries of estuarine wetlands and the C-2 designation shall be determined on a site -by -site wetland survey basis. Policy 5_5: The county shall continue to accept fee -in -lieu payments as a last alternative for mitigation of wetlands alteration when on-site mitigation is not practicable, but only when consistent with the State's Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM) and only in cases where the affected wetland is a small, isolated, disturbed wetland with minimal functional value. Funds obtained from fee -in -lieu payments will be earmarked for acquisition, restoration, or management of similar wetlands elsewhere in the county. Policy 56: The county shall continue to coordinate with jurisdictional regulatory agencies pertaining to wetlands by providing comments to such agencies in a timely fashion, regarding agency dredge and fill permit applications and other wetland alteration projects proposed in Indian River County. Policy 5.7: Development densities for environmentally sensitive wetlands and shallow water habitats shall be limited to a maximum density of one (1) unit per 40 gross acres, with a development density transfer credit of one (1) unit per gross acre. Policy 5.8: Consistent with Policy 8.1 of the Coastal Management Element, Indian River County will participate in the Indian River Lagoon `Blueways" Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC) project to acquire important undeveloped estuarine wetlands bordering the Community Development Department Indian River County 129