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Indian River County Manatee Protection and 11oating Safety Comprehensive management Plan • Town Limits of Indian River Shores; • If the proposed site. is within a High Manatee Use area 1n a High Watercraft -related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this plan. 2. The siting of new marinas or the expansion, or rearrangement, of existing boating facilities/marinas shall be prohibited when one or more of the following conditions are met: (a) the footprint of the boating facility/marina (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, turning basins, and ingress and egress pathways is less than —4 feet, at ML.W; (c) there is less than 150' distance between the watetward most projection of the boat facility (including mooring pilings and boats) and the ICW channel. 3. The siting of new marinas or the expansion, or rearrangement, of existing boating facilities/marinas 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 lar a High Watercraft - related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this plan, shall be subject to site- specific design restrictions to minimize potential adverse manatee impacts, including (but not limited to): restrictions on the total number of boat slips allowed; use of more upland storage instead of wet storage; restrictions on the maximum size of boats that use the facility (powverboat:sai]boat ratio); re -design of the facilitylmarina; establishment of a powerboat to length of shoreline ration (e,g., one powerboat per 100 feet of shoreline); and/or reduction in the size of the facility/marina; and (c) the following sections of the Action Plan, Objective 1, Boat Facility and Marina Siting and Construction, sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.14. The process of evaluation can be generally represented by Figure 13 which shows a diagrammatic representation of the process. This flow chart is meant to be a guide not an absolute process. 1.3 Within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County, private residential marinas shall be permitted with administrative permit approval it) the following Residential Single-family (RS), and Residential Multi -family (RM) zoning districts: RS -1, RS -2, RS -3, RS -6, RT -6, RM -3, RM -4, RM -6, RM -8, and RM -1Q Community Development Department Page 60