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Policy 6.6: Residential projects created via the affidavit of exemption process shall be limited to nineteen or fewer lots. Policy 6.7: The county shall maintain its land development regulations requiring additional public notification of mining applications in agricultural areas. Policy 6.8: To facilitate the preservation of agricultural land, the county shall allow the transfer of development rights from agriculture property to eligible receiving sites. Density credits eligible for transfer shall not exceed 1 unit per acre for AG -1 sending areas, 1 unit per 2 acres for AG -2 sending areas, and 1 unit per 4 acres for AG -3 sending areas. Additional density allowances up to 1 unit per 2 acres may be allowed for environmentally significant portions of AG -3 designated land. Eligible receiving sites are new town projects, Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) projects, and projects within the urban service area which are located on land suited for high density. Receiving sites within the urban service area shall be within or adjacent to a commercial/industrial node; shall be designated L-2, M-1, or M-2; and shall not be located within the Coastal High Hazard Area. Individual sending and receiving sites shall be approved through the PD rezoning process. With the exception of new towns, transferred density shall not increase a receiving site's density by more than 20% of its base density. In cases where transferred density is being used in conjunction with other density bonuses (e.g. TND, affordable housing), the combined density bonus may exceed 20% of the base density. Policy 6.9: By 2011, the county shall adopt development regulations allowing small-scale biofuel processing plants as accessory agricultural uses in areas designated AG -2 and AG -3. The equipment, processing areas, and transport facilities of accessory biofuel-processing plants shall occupy no more than 20 acres or 10% of a site, whichever is less. Such facilities shall be subject to staff -level site plan approval and shall be located at least 300' away from nearby residential uses. Larger scale biofuel processing plants shall be allowed in areas designated AG -1, AG -2, and AG -3 if approved through the special exception process. Polices: Because reservoirs and water farming allow the reuse of stormwater for irrigation or other uses while also attenuating the flow of stormwater into the Indian River Lagoon, the county's land development regulations shall permit the development of reservoirs and water farming in agricultural areas. The county acknowledges that public or private utilities may be a necessary mechanism for water farming to occur. OBJECTIVE 7: PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES By 2015, there will be at least 108,500 acres of environmentally important land under federal, state, or county ownership or control within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County. In 2007, there were 105,186 acres of conservation land in public ownership. Future Land Use Element 162