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purpose of this objective, "critical habitat" is defined : • - --• •-- - • • : -.-- - - •: - .. : :. : : •: -• : : ' : . . • - ' by the USFWS for each protected species. Policy 7,3: • - _ . . - . .., _ -., .. - - •- - •- •-•- ' ••-- • - . ;: •-- • -: :• _: - .. _ :: '- , : _ . -: - _:, . : . - . . . . . _ _- '- . The County shall continue to implement its adopted Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat Protection Ordinance to ensure maximum protection of wetlands and deepwater habitats by discouraging development activities adjacent to or in such areas that may adversely affect wetlands and deepwater habitats,and to encourage restoration of already degraded or destroyed systems. No alteration of wetlands or deepwater habitat shall be allowed unless a wetlands/deepwater habitat alteration permit has been issued by County environmental planning staff. - • •. -•, . -•- - - -• - - . [Redundant] Policy 7.5: : ! - - _. . • - • .. . . • . . . . - - : - ' ! .. . . . - ._ : - • •- • - - •-. ' - - The County created a Manatee Protection and Boating Safety Comprehensive Management Plan in 2000. The County shall use this MPP when reviewing proposals for new and expanded multi-slip docking. The County shall continue to enforce the Manatee protection rules that are established by FWC, encourage the regulation of designated manatee speed zones, and promote boating safety. Policy 7.8: The eCounty will apply the following criteria when reviewing the lighting plans for beachfront development proposals in the unincorporated county: a. —No light illuminate any area of the beaches during the period of the year when sea turtles nest (March 1 to October 31). Outdoor lighting shall be held to the minimum necessary for security and convenience; b. —Floodlights shall be prohibited; c- . • . •• • •• - • . . - • • . ' ..- .,• . . _ . . ;All exterior light fixtures and pole lights shall be fitted with shields and directed downward so that no light directly or indirectly illuminates the beach. Such lighting shall be lamped with a long wavelength (560 nm) light source such as amber or red-light emitting diodes (LED), low pressure sodium, or true red neon as recommended by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; d. —Low:profile downward directed luminaries, with OF shields shall be used in parking lots, balconies, and along dune crosswalks; : .' . . .. - . •. . •_• • :; e. —Tinted of filmed glass shall be used in windows and glass doors fronting the ocean on single and multi-family structures; and, lbs.Tinted or filmed glass shall be used in windows and glass doors within line-of-sight of an observer standing anywhere on the beach on single and multistory structures. Policy 7.9: By 2015, tThe eCounty, in cooperation with the USFWS, the City of Sebastian, City of Fellsmere, Indian River County School Board,and other appropriate agencies,will adopt a eery-wee C:\Granicus\Legistar5US\Temp\9ec5cab0-071 a-4938-883 8-22e53bcab073.docx 58 268