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determining additional funding sources for public beach stabilization projects, including consideration of establishing a beach taxing district. The County should also continue to use the Tourist Development Tax and the Local Option Sales Tax to match State funds for financing future Indian River County beach projects, coordinating with the Sebastian Inlet Tax District and the City of Vero Beach on beach restoration projects; and continuing meetings of a beach preservation and restoration advisory committee concerning recommendations unrelated issues. Policy 10.4: To protect existing dune communities and reduce shoreline soil erosion, the eCounty shall continue to prohibit development encroachment :__. • ., . . • _ _. - . . _ . .• ' . •. _ .. _ (DSSL),excavation or manmade structure seaward of the county dune stabilization setback line(DSSL), with the exception of dune approved dune walkovers and or other similar minor structures �e mal as defined by the FDEP - -. 1: . - _. _• _ .,• . _ _ . - ! _ _. . - . Policy 103: The eCounty hereby adopts the following specific criteria pertaining to shoreline stabilization within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County and all oceanfront properties lying Rigid permanent shoreline protection structures shall be permitted if: The bulkhead or seawall is necessary to protect real property improvements from a twenty-five-year or less intensity storm event, utilizing methods approved by the Division of Beaches as Shores of the Florida Department of Natural Resources; Rigid structures may be permitted if the County engineering department and the Division of Beaches and Shores of the Florida Department of Natural Resources recommendations include the utilization of a rigid structure over other alternatives; All shoreline stabilization projects shall be approved by the Planning and Development Services Department, excluding those projects eligible for an emergency permit under Chapter 161,F.S., as authorized by the Public Works Director; Rigid shoreline stabilization structures shall not be permitted on vacant properties; The subject property owner(s) shall -beassume responsibility for and agree to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts attributed to the stabilization project, including increased down-drift erosion to the adjacent property, throughout the life of the stabilization project; Construction activity oceanward of the County's DSSL ` = _ . . __ .. _ (D.S.S.L.) shall be avoided to the maximum extent possible; and prohibited during sea turtle nesting season(March 1 to October 31)unless expressly approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection(FDEP). The County should continue to enforce its sea turtle protection ordinance in order to protect sea turtles along the County's beaches. Efforts shall be made to make beachfront lighting ordinances within the County uniform; It is the policy of the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) that no light illuminate any area of the beaches of unincorporated Indian River County, Florida, during the period of the year when sea turtles nest (March 1 to October 31). Lighting associated with such construction or development must be in compliance with FWC recommendations, C:\Granicus\Legistar5\L5\Temp\9ec5cab0-071a-4938-8838-22e53bcab073.docx C0 270