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■ .. n P. ' 4-1, , • • _ ■ • 1• .1. ' . • . .. - :•- ;" , 4 :4 - • Policy 5.3: Indian River County shall require a buffer zone of native upland edge vegetation to be retained around wetland and open water habitats which are constructed or preserved on new development sites. Buffer width and exceptions to this requirement can be found in Land Development Regulations Section 928.07. Policy 5.4: In recognition of the many natural functions and values of estuarine wetlands, and in recognition of the need to protect these resources from incompatible land uses for the sake of the public interest,all the environmentally sensitive estuarine wetlands habitats -: .- : -- -• -• • . ., - • . are designated C-2, . . ., • - - : • _ within the Conservation District, on the comprehensive plan future land use map. Consistent with Future Land Use Policy 1.31,the specific boundaries of estuarine wetlands and the C-2 designation shall be determined on a site-by-site wetland survey basis. Policy 5.5: The eCounty shall continue to accept fee-in-lieu payments as a last alternative for mitigation of wetlands alteration when on-site mitigation is not practicable,but only when consistent with the State's Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM) and only in cases where the affected wetland is a small (less than 0.50-acre), isolated, disturbed wetland with minimal functional value. Funds obtained from fee-in-lieu payments will be earmarked for acquisition, restoration, or management of similar wetlands elsewhere in the eCounty. Objective 6: _ •• ! !: -. _ . . . . . - : _ . . .. _ :, Indian River County shall, by 2020, continue to preserve . • •-• . . !! : : • . • . . - : upland native plant communities to sustain viable populations of native plant and animal species and protect representative stands of each habitat type in Indian River County. Such lands shall be preserved through the establishment of conservation easements and/or fee simple acquisition. Policy 6.2: _ !! : _ . •- •, . . _ _ _ . . ...- - -. .. - . . ! - - - - - - •- - - • _ _ :; ., : • _ _., . _., _ _. • _ . . _.. The County shall restore and manage, or assist in the restoration and management of,xeric scrub vegetation at the North Sebastian Conservation Area Addition, Cypress Bend Community Preserve and the Sand Lake Conservation Area, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission(FWC),to ensure that use and management of the property is compatible with the maintenance of viable populations of endemic plants and/or animal species. Policy 6.4: The eCounty shall continue to pursue their land acquisition process to obtain ecologically valuable parcels. • - . • . •. - • . : _ .' ' •: •:_ - . -_ ., .. • , . . . ... - . . C:\Crranicus\Legistar5\L5\Temp\9ec5cab0-071a-4938-8838-22e53bcab073.docx 56 266