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• projects which may impact historical and archaeological sites identified on the <br />Florida Master Site File or designated as significant by the Board of County <br />Commissioners. <br />Policv 8.2: Indian River County shall use incentives such as transfer of development rights, tax <br />relief, mitigation, and public acquisitions; and penalties such as fines and imprisonment, to <br />protect and preserve historically and archaeologically important resources. The following <br />criteria are used to determine the historical significance of a resource: <br />• whether or not the resource is at least 50 years old; <br />• whether or not the resource contains significant character, interest or value as part of <br />the historical, cultural, aesthetic and architectural heritage of the county; <br />• whether or not the resource displays historical, political, cultural, economic, or social <br />trends of community history; <br />• whether or not the resource displays unique and/or distinguishing characteristics of an <br />architectural style, design period, construction method, detail, craftsmanship, or <br />material; and <br />• whether or not the resource is a work by a prominent architect, designer, engineer, <br />builder or landscape architect. <br />Policv 8.3: All public and private development or redevelopment proposals shall be reviewed for <br />their impact upon designated historic resources. <br />Policv 8.4: Public and private development and redevelopment activities shall cease, at least <br />temporarily, if historic or archaeological artifacts are discovered, in order to allow for evaluation <br />of historic significance. <br />Policv 8.5: Indian River County land development regulations shall include provisions for land <br />use management techniques such as Transfer of Development Rights, Tax Relief, Mitigation or <br />Public Acquisition to ensure compliance with the provisions of these policies and to minimize <br />the impact on property owners. <br />Policv 8.6: The county shall periodically update its historic properties survey. In addition to <br />providing a more accurate assessment of the condition of historic properties, such updates will <br />also allow the inclusion of newly -eligible properties. <br />OBJECTIVE 9: PROMOTE AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT <br />Through the implementation of land development regulations, Indian River County will <br />have aesthetically pleasing buildings, signs, landscaping, parking areas, and roads. <br />Policv 9.1: By January 20129, Indian River County shall establish guidelines to ensure that all <br />new county buildings and facilities will be compatible with the architectural character of the <br />surrounding neighborhood. <br />Future Land Use Element 165 <br />