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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 88-17 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AFFEC- TING ENCROACHMENT, OR INGRESS ONTO OR ALTERATION OF NATURAL VEGETATION SEAWARD OF A LINE HEREBY ESTABLI- SHED BY AMENDING SECTIONS 23}-10(a)(b), (c), (d) and (e), INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES; BY AMENDING GENERAL PROVISIONS OF APPENDIX A, ZONING, SECTION 25(X), (1), (2), (3)(f), (4), AND (6) COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND SHORELINE PROTECTION, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES, TO PROHIBIT ENCROACHMENT ONTO, OR ALTERATION OF NATURAL VEGETA- TION SEAWARD OF A LINE HEREBY ESTABLISHED: PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE, SEVERABILITY AND INCORPORATION IN CODE. WHEREAS, the State of Florida recently relocated the Coastal Construction Control Line several Hundred feet landward of the location where the line has existed since 1981; and WHEREAS, the County has eliminated the prohibition of construction seaward of the recently relocated Coastal Con- struction Control Line and the State of Florida may, from time to time, authorize construction activity, wholly or in part, to extend seaward of the relocated Coastal Construction Control Line; and WHEREAS, the State will generally prohibit construction seaward of the "old" Coastal Construction Control Line and the "old" line defines the most seaward and therefore most critical segment of coastal dune; and WHEREAS, certain natural dune vegetation on the primary and secondary dunes are invaluable in the prevention of beach and shore erosion; and WHEREAS, the conservation and coastal zone management element of the County's Comprehensive Plan requires the County to enact a native plant community ordinance in order to pre- serve native flora & fauna and to further protect the social, economic, and environmental attributes of the coastal system; and WHEREAS, the protection of dune vegetation within Indian River County is not only consistent with the comprehensive plan, but is essential to the present and future health, safety and welfare of all citizens of Indian River County.