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Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property is zoned RS -3, Single -Family Residential District. The subject property currently consists of three parcels, each containing a single-family residence. All adjacent properties are zoned RS -3; north of the subject property is River Ridge Estates Subdivision, and south of subject property is a sub- station belonging to the City of Vero Beach. The subject property lies between State Road A -1-A and the Indian River. Future Land Use Pattern The subject property and all adjacent (upland) property lie within the L-1 land use designation. she L-1 designation permits residential densities up to 3 units/acre. The County Comprehensive Plan designates all (privately owned) environmentally sensitive estuarine wetlands and deepwater habitat in the unincorporated county as C-2, Conservation land use, (up to 1 unit/40 acres maximum density), with a "density transfer" credit of 1 unit/acre. While the C-2 designation is not depicted in detail on the county's future land use map, Policy 1.31 of the Future Land Use Element provides that the exact boundaries of the C-2 Conservation District shall be determined by environmental survey (on a site -by -site development basis). In this case, preliminary review by county environmental planning staff indicates that the C-2 designation applies to: +1.25 acres of privately owned submerged bottomlands on the Krovocheck and Luther properties; +0.10 acres of disturbed estuarine wetland on the east end of the "Krovocheck lagoon" (described later in this agenda item); and mangrove fringe bordering estuarine waters occurring on and adjacent to the overall property. These C-2 areas are in addition to the ±11 acres of upland on the referenced property, which are subject of.this request. Environment The O'Haire property consists of + 2.74 acres. A single-family dwelling unit is' situated on the riverfront portion of the property, with a meandering driveway extending from S.R. A -1-A to the home. Approximately 60 to 70% of the parcel has been cleared for yard area and landscaped open space. A mangrove fringe exists on the west boundary of the property, bordering the Indian River Lagoon. The Krovocheck property is approximately 6 acres in size (total), including approximately one acre of privately owned submerged bottomlands within a "lagoon". It is unknown whether the lagoon is natural or manmade. A 1943 aerial of the property depicts the area as a wetland, with some open water. Between 1943 and 1951, the area was dredged to create a more formalized canal/basin. A single-family dwelling unit exists on the property and is situated adjacent to the Indian River Lagoon. Approximately 1/2 acre of cleared/ landscaped yard area occurs in the vicinity of the home. The remainder of the +5 acre upland of the parcel, except for an unpaved driveway access, consists largely of dense "nuisance exotic" Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) and Australian pine (Casuarina spp.) vegetation. The north shoreline fringe vegetation of the private lagoon is mostly Brazilian pepper and Australian pine, although mangroves exist in a few isolated clumps. A portion of the private lagoon shoreline is "bulkheaded" with a wooden retaining wall in the area adjacent to the Krovocheck home. The south shoreline of the lagoon consists of a solid vegetative border which is a mixture of mangroves and Brazilian pepper. Mr. Krovocheck's,property boundary extends approximately 10 feet south of the private lagoon's southern shoreline. However, a small basin - extension of the lagoon, located on the Luther property, connects 11 Boor AUG 2'?