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<br /> <br /> <br />PAGE 98 <br /> <br />GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale <br /> 4. management considerations, such as feasible multiple public use of the property, compatible with resource <br />conservation; <br /> 5. financial considerations, such as funding availability; <br /> 6. market considerations; <br /> 7. social and economic values, such as historic preservation, environmental education, recreation, and scenic <br />aspects; <br /> 8. agriculture protection, such as preservation of active agricultural use lands through the acquisition of agriculture <br />conservation easements; and <br /> 9. the need for acquisition to protect the natural community where appropriate protection cannot be afforded by <br />land development regulations. <br />b. The land acquisition guide shall identify methods of land acquisition to be considered that may be appropriate, <br />depending on any given proposal, including purchase, donation, exchange, installment sale, and use of intermediaries <br />(e.g. Natural Conservancy). <br />c. Land acquisition shall be considered only after all "non-acquisition" options for environmentally sensitive or <br />environmentally important lands protection have been explored and rejected as inappropriate, including easements, <br />rental (lease), withdrawal (public domain), zoning, acquisition by other entities, cooperative agreement, permit <br />restrictions, administrative regulation, and "no action". <br />Policy 6.5: The county shall require the preservation of native vegetative communities on county-owned land to the maximum <br />extent feasible, unless otherwise in the public interest. Revise <br />Revise: The County shall require the preservation of native vegetative <br />communities on county-owned land to the maximum extent feasible, in <br />accordance with LDR Section 929.05, unless otherwise in the public <br />interest. <br />Policy 6.6: <br />The county shall continue to encourage the preservation of mature trees on land development sites by providing <br />landscape credit for the on-site preservation of mature trees and trees of special concern, and by allowing a reduction <br />in the amount of required parking for the purpose of preserving existing mature trees on site. <br />No Change <br />Policy 6.7: <br />As specific conditions of the site plan approval process, the county shall require the removal of all nuisance exotic <br />vegetation from new development sites, and require that new development sites remain free of nuisance exotic <br />vegetation. Furthermore, the county shall continue to prohibit the planting and sale of nuisance exotic vegetation. <br />No Change <br />Policy 6.8: The county shall continue to require the removal of and restrict the planting of nuisance exotic vegetation identified on <br />the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's (FLEPPC's) Category I list. Revise <br />Revise: The County shall continue to require the removal of and restrict <br />the planting of nuisance exotic vegetation identified on the Florida <br />Exotic Pest Plant Council's (FLEPPC's) Category I list and the Florida <br />Invasive Species Council Plant List. <br />Policy 6.9: <br />The county shall, continue to protect all significant groupings of the following vegetative communities: xeric scrub, <br />coastal strand, and coastal/tropical hammock. These native upland vegetative communities shall be preserved and <br />protected through fee simple acquisition, the establishment of conservation easements under LDR Chapter 929 - <br />Upland Habitat Protection, and by enforcing LDR Chapter 927 -Tree Protection and Land Clearing. <br />No Change <br />Policy 6.10: <br />The county shall utilize G.I.S. computer mapping data of vegetative communities, imperiled species, wetlands, cultural <br />resources and other similar available environmental data in the evaluation and regulation of land development <br />activities. <br />Revise <br />Revise: The county shall continue to utilize G.I.S. computer mapping <br />data of vegetative communities, imperiled species, wetlands, cultural <br />resources and other similar available environmental data in the <br />evaluation and regulation of land development activities. <br />Policy 6.11: <br />Undeveloped tracts of xeric scrub and coastal/tropical hammocks 5 acres or larger shall be deemed environmentally <br />important, in recognition of their scarcity and natural values, and in recognition of the public interest in encouraging the <br />conservation of plants and animals associated with these vegetation communities. The county shall encourage the <br />No Change