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� � r wetlands. Any proposed alteration of wetlands on site (as - applicable) will require federal-� state, and county --permitting, including appropriate mitigation. Additionally, the DRI Development Order requires the preservation of an 8.7 acre mixed hardwood wetland. Provisions of the DRI Development Order will actually enhance the quality of this wetland by requiring the following: 1. the enhancement of the hydroperiod as described in the Indian River Mall Application for Development Approval; 2. the removal of all invasive exotic species and the maintenance of the wetland in such a condition; 3. the plugging and abandoning of the Floridan aquifer well located in this wetland; and 4. the establishment and maintenance of a buffer zone of native upland edge vegetation around all preserved and created wetlands. Conservation Element Policy. 6.12 and section 929.05 of the LDRs call for the preservation of at least 15% (10% of one contiguous "clump") of native upland plant community on site. Conservation Element Policy 7.2 and LDR section 929.09 require a developer to conduct an environmental survey for endangered and potentially endangered fauna and flora, and to coordinate with the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect any identified species to the extent feasible. These Comprehensive Plan policies and LDR provisions provide upland habitat regulatory protection, particularly relating to the endangered hand fern documented on site. The protection of native upland habitat and endangered.species is also addressed in the DRI Development Order. In addition to satisfying "normal" federal, state, and county regulations, the Developer will be required to: 1. preserve- and` maintain the 4.7 acre cabbage palm hammock containing the endangered fern colony; 2. remove exotic vegetation from the hammock; 3.- -:enhance the existing hydrology of the hammock; 4. prepare a habitat management plan for the hammock; 5. provide a dense landscaped buffer of 100 percent native vegetation between the preserve area and any development on adjacent parcels; 6. cease all activities and notify the County and the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council if .any additional plant or animal species of regional concern is determined to be living on or significantly dependent on the subject property. In such cases, appropriate protection shall be provided by the developer before work resumes; 7. preserve the Simpson's Stopper stand containing the "Champion Tree"; and 8. remove all Melaleuca, Brazilian from any area of development on planting of these species on the pepper, and Australian pine, the site. There shall be no site, 51 BOOK 3 fA.�;In October 25, 1994