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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE No. 74-10 An Ordinance relating to Dune Protection, amend- ing Indian River County Ordinance 79-B, to provide restrictions for, the use of the 50 foot construction setback, providing definitions and providing exceptions and an effective date. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,:. FLORIDA, that Indian River County Ordinance 71_� is hereby amended by adding the following definitions to Section 2: Beach - The word "beach" as used hereinafter means the sandy area lying between the water line of the Atlantic Ocean at mean low tide to a point west thereof where the vegetation grows generally. Natural Vegetation Line - The point on the beach above mean high water where rooted terrestrial vegetation exists. Main Dune Bluff - The seaward edge of the easternmost highest, most prominent dune immediately west of the vegetation line. This dune can be determined by its continuous relationship to the main dune line extending north and south from the point of determination. By substituting the following for Section 3, Paragraph 8: 8. A. Along the Atlantic Ocean, no building or man-made structure, except as provided for herein, shall be located above or below natural grade closer than 50 feet from the main dune bluff, west of the natural vegetation line until a permanent construction setback line shall be established by a survey by the State Department of Natural Resources and duly approved accordingg to law. B. Except as provided for herein, distrubance of the bluff line or vegetation seaward of the construction setback line is prohibited. C. No roadway shall be allowed to cross the area within the 50 foot construction setback, except at specified locations, to be designated by Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners. 12