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Ift <br />REPORT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF EXISTING TCRPC POLICY RELATIVE TO <br />UPLAND HABITAT PRESERVATION <br />Chairman Eggert <br />referred <br />the Board to <br />the <br />following <br />Policies: Policy <br />10.1.2.2.: <br />All develop ent projects <br />5 acres <br />or <br />larger, <br />excluding <br />agr culture <br />overations, <br />shall <br />set <br />aside <br />through selective <br />clearing <br />an <br />micro -siting <br />of <br />u ld <br />s an const uctio acts <br />sties <br />a in mum <br />o 15 <br />percent <br />of the total—cumulative <br />acreaae <br />of nat<i-ve <br />plant <br />communities which <br />occur on -rite <br />(e.g., <br />flatwoods. <br />xeric <br />scrub ' coastal/trcopiaal hammock, etc.) . In --no case.- <br />however.- <br />ase.hiowever must the require set aside -areas - eggeed 10 <br />....ray <br />percent of the to -t 1 project site proverty acreage.- <br />such—set aside areas shall be preserved in_ viable <br />co it on with intact- cap-o-cap-o-py. undekstory. and ground <br />rover and shall be protected by-' the filincl of <br />conserve iivn easements. The preserved set aside areas) <br />shall be allowed as credit toward other county land <br />development regulations such as landscape. buffers open <br />space requirements and minimum yard setback <br />reguiremepts. <br />where presery tii.on of 15%of th native upland plana <br />rommu sties on site is not feasible dive site"-ecific <br />characte stics the countyshall permit off-site <br />preservatio and/or habitat creation (type -for -type)- as <br />an alte-native to on-site 15% preservation Moreover. <br />as .an incentive to preserve contiguous t—a-0—to which <br />provide more habitat value than 1—in—ear buffer set aside <br />areas. the county shall allow a percent-agLere�etion to <br />A minimum of 10% of_ the cumu ative native plant <br />communit)r--acx_eaae, for trtose -nreserve.--arems tat are set <br />Aside as a contiguous tract. <br />Development projects proposed for lands currently <br />consisting o native upland plant commu ities may, as an <br />alternative to 15 percent preservat on of the—on-site <br />community, pay a'fee equivalent to fthe averag a�.ssessed <br />value of one acre of the pazticula habitat type under <br />consideration) X (the number of acres of habitat type <br />that -would otherwise have been set aside).—This fee <br />shall be payable -to the county prior to commencement of <br />development o site (Local Governments, 'DCA TCRPC <br />Private sector.) 78 <br />AUG 14 1990 <br />