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40 40 MIndian River County Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Comprehensive Management Plan Proposed Criteria for Siting and Expansion of Boat Facilities In order to minimize adverse impacts to manatees and the resources of the IRL, boat facilities are best located in areas with few natural resources. Based on analysis of maps of the IRL depicting natural resources, areas of the IRL most appropriate for boat facility siting have been identified. The following Zones (1-9) have been established (Figure 12). The purpose of these Zones is to provide the public with some guidance as to the potential for the expansion or siting of new boat facilities. In addition to these Zones specific criteria will be applied to each expansion or new boat facility request. 'These criteria are as follows: The siting of new or the expansion, or rearrangement, of existing boating facilities shall be prohibited in the following areas of Indian River County: • All of the St. Sebastian River west of the U.S. I Bridge; • All of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge; • The area known as Jungle Trail Narrows; • Town Limits of Orchid; • Town Limits of Indian River Shores; « If the proposed site is within a High Manatee Use area au� a High Watercraft - related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this plan. 1 The siting of new or the expansion, or rearrangement, of existing boating facilities shall be prohibited when one or more of the following conditions are met: (a) the footprint of the boating facility (including all docks, access walkways, finger piers, mooring areas, turning basins, and ingress and egress pathways) has a SAV coverage of ten (10) percent or greater using a scientifically acceptable method of coverage determination and such determination is made between the months of May through October; (b) the water depths within the mooring areas, burning basins, and ingress and egress pathways is less than —4 feet, at MLW; (c) there is less than a 154' distance between the waterward most projection of the boat facility (including mooring pilings and boats) and the ICW channel. The siting of new or the expansion, or rearrangement, of existing boating facilities shall be evaluated using all the following criteria: (a) no more than 100 linear feet of native shoreline vegetation shall be altered (trimmed, cut, removed, killed, or destroyed); (b) a site located within a High Manatee Use area, gc a High Watercraft -related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this plan shall be subject to side -specific design restrictions to minimize potential adverse manatee impacts, including (but not limited to), restrictions on the total number of boat slips allowed; use Community Development department Page 50