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67 1 TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PROPOSED REVISIONS TO TCRPC POLICIES f 10.1 REGIONAL ISSUE: Policy Cluster, (#43): Protection of Natural Systems Regional Goal 10.1.2: To preserve sufficient natural upland habitat of each community type throughout the Region to maintain viable populations of all native plant and animal species,and representative stands of each habitat type. Policy 10.1.2.1: A= sufficient number of preserve areas of appropriate. size and location shall be established throughout the region to guarantee protection of all native plant and animal populations. To the maximum extent feasible, these preserve areas shall be established consistent with the location of "wilderness islands" and major wildlife corridors. Specific action should be taken to acquire lands of the Pal Mar Drainage District. (TCRPC, Local Governments, DCA, Private Sector.) Policy 10.1.2.2: All development projects 5 acres or larger, excluding agricultural operations, shall set aside, through selective clearing and micro -siting of buildings and construction activities, a minimum of 15 percent of the total cumulative acreage of native plant communities which occur on-site (e.g., flatwoods, xeric scrub, coastal/tropical hammock, etc.). In no case, however, shall the required set aside areas exceed 10 percent of the total project site property acreage. Such set aside areas shall be preserved in viable condition with intact canopy, understory, and ground cover, and shall be protected by the filing of conservation easements. The preserved set aside area(s) shall be allowed as credit toward other county land development regulations such as landscape, buffers, open space requirements, and minimum yard setback requirements. Where preservation of 15% of the native upland plant communities on-site is not feasible given site specific characteristics, the county shall permit off-site preservation and/or habitat creation_ (type -for -type) as an alternative to on-site 15% preservation_. Moreover, as an incentive to preserve contiguous tracts which provide more habitat value than linear buffer set aside areas, the county shall allow a percentage reduction to a minimum of 10% of the cumulative native plant community acreage, for those preserve areas that are set aside as a contiguous tract. Development Droiects proposed for lands currentiv consisting of native upland plant communities may, as an alternative -to 15 percent preservation of the on-site community, pay a fee equivalent to (the average assessed value of one acre of the particular habitat type under consideration) X (the number of acres of habitat type that would otherwise have been set aside). This fee shall be payable to the county prior to commencement of development on - 61