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Cc moi els cros he Plan Caastal Management I lemen t <br />INTRODUC IM N <br />Pu rpose <br />Coastal resources offeni uniquca arneni liesi, makir g thlemi high] y dcisiii abllci; hloweameri, they arae fin -'I a and <br />highly) susceptible to dcigradaticinl. Luca to thlesie ckaracicirisiticis, coastal rcisounccis ane gimeni splecial <br />acanssid erations. The pluMose of 111ci C oastal Managcnnenst E l cimenit isi twofold: to plan for and, Whlere <br />al; proplriate, tiesitrlcit devlciloplmenit aetiuiticisi which) would darriage car desitro3j aowilal iiesiouracis, and <br />Va ptiotecd human life and limit public explensditurcis in areas subjcd to desatnications b3ir.iatura:1 forces. <br />Descriptic n oil the C oast a 1 Zone <br />The caoasdal zorie of Indian Mcir County is the area influencad and ditectl3i relatcid to nciieborinsg <br />a,,ituarine and oocianio wasters. <br />In Indian Rlvcni C ounsty, thea ciowital zone bounsdaries ane cotermir.saus with lhase of the Indian Rima <br />Lagacans (HUL watershled. While thle weisaterns baundary of the watershled was origilnallyl dell ir.lciated by <br />the 'Hems Millci Ridges, thea caonstruclions ofl sevleral majar drainaagci canals in thea 15120's artif caia]I131 <br />en] anged thea coasta]I zone tca its ppiesienst arcia. As descriibcid in thea Indian Mcni Lagaon joint <br />Reaonnaisisancci Replort (195A;, the westcirn baundary cif I11.1ea coastal zone aansistsa of the western <br />boundary of lhca Fcllsamere Farms Water Control Disitricl (HHWCL), the western baundary of the <br />Indiarn Riveni Farms Walaii C cintroll District Ill"WCL' Basins, and thea eaxterided weastern boundary of <br />d ca Sebastisan Rivsear hnpromemcnt District (SMID). The coastal agnea isnaludas all aaaas caasat afltHese <br />baunda iicasa, caxlansdinsg 11 the All lant:ia Caean. <br />Bardcmad can the north by Brevard CounstA 1Ihca caoasatal zone of Indian Rivar C ounty exlanids ,ioulih to <br />St. Lucia C ounty. Included in this axplansci auaa both11h1a inicorplorated and urs naorparatcad aneas of the <br />C aunty. Thci coastal zone is depliated in Higuiie 51.1. <br />Ownialll, the acaaastal zonae can bci divided into thrlcica (3; prinoiplal cacaological sylstcnns: thlei barrier <br />island; thea Indian Khmer Lagoon (IRL) sy}stemi; grad the coasataa mainland. <br />C warview <br />Tho C oasilal Mansagcament Elcunanit (CME) is notciworthlyb sincca it basically isi a acamprcahlcrisixci pl]lan <br />ian itself. Because coasta]I rcasources ane hligh lyl affected by m arc's aclimiticis, the CME is siignjfi cantly <br />rclallad to (urrcint and future land use insfrasatrucature I1inaluding, starmwallcui managcament, <br />lransplcarlat7ican, and utill it:icis), recrciatican and oplemi splacci, conisarvation, ecaoncamic conssk maticansi <br />I1includiing capital impltiomements and plublica cixpcnditurcisa; and initergomernmcnlal coordinsallion. <br />Bessaide,s those itemis, the CMF also addresses aaasllal isasnaes ricilating to wateri-dependent and wader- <br />raladed uses, marina/toat facilliticis a:ilinig, thle C aasVal High Halzarad Araa (C HHA) arae constingcricN <br />planning for hlurricane ema(auaation and plost-disaster iiedeme]lapmcrst. <br />Ccimmuinityl Dcvcdcipmeni Ilepanimeni Indian River County) 1 <br />