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PAGE 113 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale MPP, and if the powerboat to shoreline restriction on the existing facility has been in place prior to July 1993, when the countywide speed zone rule was posted. Policy 3.3: The following boat ramp siting criteria shall be used to evaluate any new boat ramp or the rearrangement or expansion of an existing boat ramp. These criteria shall be applied to all boat ramps (e.g., new, existing, private, public, commercial, recreational, multi-family, or individual single-family). 1. The rearrangement of existing boat ramps shall not be subject to the boat ramp siting criteria unless any one of the following are true: a. The rearrangement will result in more lanes than currently exist (i.e., expansion); b. The rearrangement will result in the boat ramp being able to increase the volume of traffic (e.g., increase the number of parking spaces, make the boat ramp more accessible, deepen or widen the access channel); c. The rearrangement will result in the boat ramp being able to be used by larger vessels (e.g., increase the size of the parking spaces, deepen or widen the access channel); or d. The rearrangement or the associated construction will destroy, alter, or disturb any native upland, shoreline vegetation, or SAV. 2. The siting of new or the rearrangement or expansion of existing boat ramps shall be prohibited in the following areas of Indian River County: • All of the St. Sebastian River west of the U.S. 1 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 AND a High Watercraft-related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this MPP. 3. The siting of new or the rearrangement or expansion of existing boat ramps shall be prohibited when one or more of the following conditions are met: a. The footprint of the new boat ramp or the rearrangement or expansion of the existing boat ramp (including all proposed lanes, 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 site, whether new or existing, is located within a High Manatee Use area, AND a High Watercraft-related Manatee Mortality area as defined in the MPP; or c. The site, whether new or existing, is located such that new dredging will be required or necessary to provide access to the ICW or to deeper water AND the site is located within or on land adjacent to a FDEP designated Aquatic Preserve. This does not include manmade waterbodies such as canals or basins, or privately owned submerged bottom. In the event that all the required or necessary dredging is determined by the FDEP or the SJRWMD to be maintenance dredging, then this subsection [3(c)] does not apply. The determination of maintenance dredging shall be made in writing by the FDEP or SJRWMD and submitted to County Planning staff. It is the responsibility of the applicant, the property owner, or developer to secure this written documentation. If any of the required or necessary dredging is determined to not be maintenance dredging (i.e., new dredging) then that part of the proposed project involving the proposed new dredging and any other activity or structures associated with the proposed new dredging, is prohibited. Consolidate/Remove Consolidate with Policy 3.2 or remove from Plan and adopt by ordinance into the LDRs.