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attachment #4). The PSAC, staff, and the Planning and Zoning Commission agree on all other aspects of the proposed criteria. 2. **Section 2.* Based upon experience with non -conformities and recent discussion at a Board of Adjustment meeting, staff is proposing this amendment to the non -conformities section of the LDRs. This amendment would grandfather -in, as legal, those non -conforming structures which have "passed the test" of previous county approvals and inspections. 3. **Section 3.* This amendment is proposed by staff to make clearer the requirement that three specific criteria must be satisfied in order to reduce the minimum PRO district size from 5 acres to 2.5 acres. 4. **Section 4.* Staff proposes this section in order to update the single-family development chapter (912) in terms of the native vegetation set-aside requirement. The set-aside requirement is already applied to single-family development on large tracts (5 acres or larger) via Chapter 929 regulations. 5. **Section 5.* Planning staff proposes this section to better specify required improvements that are exempted from affidavit of exemption subdivision developments. This amendment maintains and continues the county's local road right-of-way dedication requirements that currently apply to affidavit of exemption projects. 6. **Sections 6* and 7.* Staff proposes these sections which would require the county to mail a courtesy notice to owners of property adjacent to either plats to be vacated or rights-of- way to be abandoned. S. **Section 8.* This section is proposed by staff to better reference the source of handicap parking space requirements applied by the county. 9. **Sections 9.* and 10.* These sections are proposed by staff to clarify that dead Australian pine trees that pose health and safety hazards are nuisances that must be removed from private property._ Although dead Australian pines have been treated as nuisances in past code enforcement cases, the Assistant County Attorney has suggested adding to the LDR's specific references such as the ones proposed in these sections. 10.**Sections 11* and 12.* Staff is proposing language to allow compost piles within rear yard setback areas. 11.**Section 13.* This section is proposed by staff and would allow docks to be located in riparian sideyard setbacks where such location would preserve natural resources such as mangroves and grass beds. 12.**Section 14. In 1990, when the LDRs were comprehensively updated, the open space requirement for developments within the CH, Heavy Commercial zoning District, was increased from 15% to 25% of the site area. Open space requirements in other districts are as follows: MED, Medical District.............30% CL, Limited Commercial............25% CG, General Commercial............25% CH, Heavy Commercial..............25% (20% is proposed) IL, Light Industrial.... .... 4#0 ... 15% IG, General Industrial...... ... ...158 The open space requirement is "stepped -down" from the commercial to the industrial districts. In staff's opinion, the CH district has characteristics of both the CG and IWIG 5 APR 0 8 1992 809K