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10A) <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Dylan Reingold, County Attorney <br />DATE: April 18, 2022 <br />SUBJECT: Irrigation Ordinance <br />BACKGROUND. <br />On February 15, 2022, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners ("Board") voted to <br />support adopting a local irrigation ordinance based upon the St. Johns River Water Management District <br />model ordinance, which is attached. The model ordinance includes landscape irrigation schedule <br />requirements for hours and applications amounts for both daylight savings time and standard time and for <br />residential and non-residential landscapes. The model ordinance includes exceptions and waivers in <br />certain circumstances. <br />The model ordinance contained recommendations for enforcement and penalties, noting that local <br />governments could remove or modify these provisions. The Board further directed the County Attorney's <br />Office to draft the ordinance, which would apply in the unincorporated areas of Indian River County, with <br />an enforcement structure with a written warning for the first violation, a $50 fine for the second violation <br />and a $100 fine for subsequent violations. <br />FUNDING. <br />The cost associated with this item was the cost of publication of the notice of public hearing in the amount <br />of $160.74 which is paid from the County Attorney's Budget/Legal Ads; Account No. 00110214-034910. <br />RECOMMENDATION. <br />The County Attorney's Office recommends the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners <br />open the public hearing, take any public input, close the public hearing and vote to approve the draft <br />ordinance. <br />ATTACHMENT. <br />St. Johns River Water Management District Model Ordinance <br />Draft Ordinance <br />132 <br />