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CONTINUED <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,FLORIDA <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Joseph A. Baird <br /> County Administrator <br /> DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br /> i <br /> Stan Boling, AICVj <br /> Community Development Director <br /> FROM: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP—0> <br /> Chief, Environmental Planning <br /> &Code Enforcement <br /> DATE: i October 1, 2015 <br /> I <br /> RE: Consideration to Adopt Amendments to County Sea Turtle Protection Lighting <br /> Regulations(Land Development Regulations Section 901.03, Definitions, and Section <br /> 932.09, Sea Turtle Protection) <br /> It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners formally consider the following information at <br /> the Board's regular meeting of October 13, 2015. <br /> This item was considered at a public hearing on September 22, 2015. That public hearing was <br /> continued to the October 13,2015 Board meeting. The staff report prepared for the September 22 <br /> meeting is provided below and has not been changed since the September 22°d meeting. <br /> 1 <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> I <br /> In October 2014, county staff issued a code enforcement citation to an:owner of a residence on the south <br /> barrier island, for violations of County sea turtle protection lighting regulations. More specifically, the <br /> citation was issued for unscreened interior house lighting visible from the beach after 9:00 p.m., in <br /> violation of Land Development Regulation(LDR) Section 932.09(4). Subsection(d)of 932.09(4),which <br /> applies particularly to interior lighting, currently reads as follows: <br /> (4) Exisiing development. To meet the intent of this section, lighting of existing structures which can be seen from <br /> the beach shall be in compliance with the following: <br /> 1. (d) Window treatments in windows facing the ocean [emphasis added] of single and multistory <br /> structures are required so that interior lights do not illuminate the beach. The use of tint or film on <br /> windows or awnings is preferred, however, the use of black-out draperies or shade screens will suffice. <br /> The owner appealed staff's issuance of the citation to the County Code Enforcement Board, which heard <br /> the appeal at the Board's November 24, 2014 meeting(see minutes, Attachment I to this report). Among <br /> other things, the owner's attorney, Mr. Barry Segal, presented evidence at the appeal hearing that the <br /> 1 <br /> 132 <br />