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PAGE 111 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Siting and Construction associated with the development or expansion of boat facilities or boat ramps in Indian River County. Policy 3.1: The siting of new or expansion, rearrangement, or slip conversion of all boat facilities and boat ramps in Indian River County, and in each municipal government with jurisdiction over a portion of the inland waters of Indian River County, shall be consistent with the assessment criteria and policies established in the Indian River County Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Comprehensive Management Plan (MPP). No Change Policy 3.2: "Boat Facility Siting Zones (1-9), as described in the Analysis section of the MPP, are hereby established. The purpose of these Zones is to provide the public with guidance as to the potential for the siting of new boat facilities or for the expansion, rearrangement, or conversion of an existing boat facility. The regulatory criteria to be applied to each zone represent the baseline criteria that all proposed projects must meet. In these Zones, specific criteria will be applied to each request for a new boat facility or the expansion, rearrangement, or conversion of an existing boat facility. These criteria are as follows: 1. The siting of new boat facilities, or the expansion or slip conversion 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. 1 Bridge; and • All of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge. 2. The siting of new boat facilities, or the expansion, slip conversion or rearrangement of existing boating facilities, shal l be prohibited in the following areas: • Within the Town of Orchid; • Within the Town of Indian River Shores; • Within the area known as the Jungle Trail Narrows; and • Within any area designated as both a High Manatee Use area and a High Watercraft-related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in the MPP" Exceptions: The siting of new residential marinas, or the expansion, rearrangement or slip conversion of existing residential marinas, may be allowed in the prohibited areas identified in this Policy Subsection 3.2.2 under the following conditions: a. The proposed new or expanded residential marina is in lieu of single-family docks that could otherwise be built through riparian rights at riverfront lots within the development served by the residential marina, and the residential marina will result in less environmental impact than the alternative single-family docks, provided the residential marina will not breach the 1:100 powerboat slip to linear-foot shoreline ratio set forth in Policy 3.14. Under this section, an applicant for a new or expanded residential marina in lieu of single-family docks shall be required to record a conservation easement, in favor of the County or the State, along the shoreline of the riverfront lots that would otherwise be eligible for single-family docks. b. Slip conversions of existing boat facilities may be allowed on a one-time basis at a density of 1.5 total powerboat slips per 100 feet of shoreline if the facility is not located in an area of high manatee use and high manatee mortality based on the definitions and criteria in the MPP, and if the powerboat to shoreline restriction has been in place prior to July 1993, when the countywide speed zone rule was posted. c. The physical rearrangement of boat facilities may be authorized in the above noted areas of prohibition provided the following criteria are met: i. The number of slips at the boat facility is not increased (i.e., expansion); ii. The number of boats that can moor at the boat facility is not increased; Revise Revise: The County's MPP shall establish the Boat Facility Siting Zones (1-9) and the baseline criteria that all proposed projects must meet. The siting of new residential marinas, or the expansion, rearrangement or slip conversion of existing residential marinas, may be allowed in prohibited areas (defined in the County's MPP) under certain conditions which are outlined in the MPP. Remove remaining items of this Policy