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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />vegetation, or SAV: <br />2. The siting of new or the rearrangement or expansion of existing boat ramps shall be prohibited in the following areas of <br />Indian River County: <br />• All of the St. Sebastian River west of the U.S. 1 Bridge; <br />• All of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge; <br />• The area known as Jungle Trail Narrows; <br />• Town Limits of Orchid; <br />• Town Limits of Indian River Shores; <br />• If the proposed site is within a High Manatee Use area AND a High Watercraft-related Manatee Mortality area, as <br />defined in this MPP. <br />3. The siting of new or the rearrangement or expansion of existing boat ramps shall be prohibited when one or more of <br />the following conditions are met: <br />a. The footprint of the new boat ramp or the rearrangement or expansion of the existing boat ramp (including all <br />proposed lanes, docks, access walkways, finger piers, mooring areas, turning basins, and ingress and egress pathways) <br />has a SAV coverage of ten (10) percent or greater using a scientifically acceptable method of coverage determination and <br />such determination is made between the months of May through October; <br />b. The site, whether new or existing, is located within a High Manatee Use area, AND a High Watercraft-related Manatee <br />Mortality area as defined in the MPP; or <br />c. The site, whether new or existing, is located such that new dredging will be required or necessary to provide access to <br />the ICW or to deeper water AND the site is located within or on land adjacent to a FDEP designated Aquatic Preserve. <br />This does not include manmade waterbodies such as canals or basins, or privately owned submerged bottom. <br />In the event that all the required or necessary dredging is determined by the FDEP or the SJRWMD to be maintenance <br />dredging, then this subsection [3(c)] does not apply. The determination of maintenance dredging shall be made in writing <br />by the FDEP or SJRWMD <br />and submitted to County Planning staff. It is the responsibility of the applicant, the property owner, or developer to secure <br />this written documentation. If any of the required or necessary dredging is determined to not be maintenance dredging <br />PAGE 117