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•! <br />do <br />0 <br />Although only imposing the tax at the three (3) percent rate, the County has the <br />authority to impose a maximum rate of four (4) percent of the tourist <br />development tax, with the additional one (1) percent available to finance a <br />professional sports franchise facility. However, the revenues derived from the <br />additional one (1) percent are restricted in use and cannot be used for beach <br />improvement prole-cs. Therefore, no additional percentage of the tourist <br />development tax revenue will be available to fund the proposed beach <br />restoration project. <br />5.3 STATE OF FLORIDA BEACH EROSION CONTROL PROGRAM (BECP) <br />FUNDS <br />The criteria for state "BECP" participation in the funding of beach restoration <br />projects depends primarily on the public beach access conditions within the <br />project area and the location and purpose of the beach restoration and, or sand <br />bypassing project. The rules for determining state funding require that eligibility <br />for funding must provide for a public access with at least 100 parking spaces <br />within a one-half (%) mile radius of the access; thus, for a beach to be <br />considered 100 percent accessible there must be one (1) public access with 100 <br />parking spaces, located every one (1) mile. <br />FDEP determines project cost sharing in part based on formula values of beach <br />frontage which is deemed "publicly accessible." For example, a "Primary Beach <br />Access Site" is defined by the state as having a minimum of 100 public parking <br />spaces and restroom facilities on-site. Table 17 provides a summary of all state, <br />county and city owned government property that fronts on the Atlantic Ocean <br />and which is designated for beach improvements in the County's beach <br />restoration program. <br />N %&WHS2RF.P0RT/DWTM01 ^M <br />44 <br />