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ORDINANCE NO. 85- 17 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING TH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND FLOOD PROTECTION ORDINANCE, CREATING SECTION 21 1/2 - 7(a)(18)(b); ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WHICH DISCHARGE INTO OUTSTANDING FLORIDA WATERS; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS: CODIFICATION; SEVERABILITY; AND EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that: SECTION 1 Section 21 1/2 - 7(a)(18) of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Indian River County, Florida, being a part of the County's Stormwater Mangagement and Flood Protection Ordinance, is hereby amended to read as follows: (18)(a) The stormwater management system shall handle all stormwater that flows into, through, and from the project without creating adverse impacts on other lands served by the Stormwater Management system or by the receiving waters relative to flooding, erosion hazards, or water quality and quantity. (b) No permit required by this Ordinance shall be issued for anv development Droiect which is designed to discharge directly into, or through an outfall discharging into, Outstanding Florida Waters designated by state law, unless the system is designed in accordance with the following criteria, in addition to all those otherwise stated by this section: 1. Runoff from roads, parking lots, roofs, and other impervious surfaces shall be directed to grass swales prior to entering a detention system. 2. Control structures shall filter overflow or discharge through a granular sand or other filter media approved by the Public Works Director prior to discharge from the system. An applicant may be relieved of either or both of the foregoing two additional criteria if it can affirmatively -1- Note: Additions to existing law are underlined; deletions are in strxek-bhresgk-bppe.