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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element Policy 10.5: The county hereby adopts the following specific criteria pertaining to shoreline stabilization within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County and within the municipal limits of the City of Vero Beach: ➢ Only structures vulnerable to erosion from a 15 year or less storm event shall be permitted to construct rigid shoreline stabilization structures; ➢ All shoreline stabilization projects shall be approved by the Community Development Department, excluding those projects eligible for an emergency permit under Chapter 161, F. S., as authorized by the Public Works Director; ➢ Rigid shoreline stabilization structures shall not be permitted on vacant properties;- The roperties; The property owner(s) shall be required to assume responsibility for and agree to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts attributed to the stabilization project, including increased down -drift erosion to the adjacent property, throughout the life of the stabilization project; ➢ Construction activity oceanward of the County's Dune Stabilization Setback Line (D.S.S.L.) shall be avoided to maximum extent possible, and prohibited during sea turtle nesting season (March 1 to October 31) unless expressly approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). ➢ Daily monitoring of sea turtle nesting activity shall be conducted by an individual certified by the FDEP in conjunction with any construction activity oceanward of the D.S.S.L. during sea turtle nesting season. In the event a nest is discovered, the FDEP Bureau of Protected Species Management and the Environmental Planning Section shall be notified immediately. The individual responsible for sea turtle monitoring shall submit a nesting activity report to the Environmental Planning Section and FDEP Bureau of Protected Species Management on a weekly basis. ➢ All dune vegetation oceanward of the D.S.S.L. removed or damaged as a result of construction activity shall be replanted with native dune vegetation material capable of obtaining a minimum height of four (4) feet above the existing grade within two (2) years of planting; ➢ The contractor shall be required to meet on-site with the County's Coastal Engineer or a designee assigned by the Public Works Director prior to commencing construction; ➢ Prior to commencing construction, the applicant shall have received a Notice to Proceed from the FDEP's Bureau of Beaches and Coastal Systems; Community Development Department Indian River County 139