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_I environmental planning staff prior to the issuance of the land development permit. Since the excavation of the lake will involve the removal of more than 5,000 cubic yards of excavated material from the site, the provisions of Chapter 934 mining regulations apply. The developer is intending to excavate and haul from. the site approximately 27,000 cubic yards. This excavation and hauling activity is considered incidental to project construction. Prior to issuance of a land development permit, the developer must apply for and obtain a mining permit exemption from staff. It is staff's understanding that the developer intends to request a mining permit exemption. In order to qualify for a mining permit exemption, the developer must demonstrate to environmental planning staff, through the land development permit review process, that all of the criteria of section 934.04(7)(b) are satisfied. Since the subject site is, for the most part, surrounded by active citrus groves, staff advised the applicant and Planning and Zoning Commission that some ornamental/exotic house and yard plants typically planted in residential developments may be Caribbean Fruit Fly host plants. Such plants should be avoided in areas near citrus groves to ensure marketability of the citrus. In response to staff's advisory comment, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to add a condition of approval that would require the developer to include in the subdivision covenants a deed restriction on the planting of such host plants. In addition, a prohibition of the plants should be included in the Board's action, as was done with the Trails End PD project. Such a prohibition will give the county the ability to enforce the prohibition via code enforcement action, if necessary. Therefore, the deed restriction requirement and a prohibition are contained in staff's recommendation at the end of this report. 14. Required Improvements: For projects in the RS -3 zoning district, bikeway, sidewalk, and streetlight improvements may be required pursuant to section 911.07(6) of the LDRs. For this project: a. A bikepath is required along the development's 4th Street frontage by the provisions of the county's _Bikeway and Sidewalk Plan. Although not depicted on the plan, a bikepath must be provided by the applicant. b. Sidewalks are not required along the development's 4th street frontage by the provisions of the county's Bikeway and Sidewalk Plan. C. Internal sidewalks are not required, since the project's overall density does not exceed 3 units per acre (reference section 913.079(5)(b)3.b. of the LDRs). d. Streetlighting is a required improvement which must be provided. The applicant has agreed to provide streetlighting in a manner which will illuminate the project's entrance road intersection with 4th Street. The property owners association will own and maintain all streetlighting improvements. These streetlighting provisions will be incorporated into the project's land development permit. 15. Dedications: The applicant intends to dedicate subdivision improvements, via the final plat, as follows: a. Internal Stormwater Easements and Tracts: Private/ Property Owners Association b. Utility Easements: Public/Indian River County C. Street and Right -of -Way: Public/Indian River County 16. Concurrency Management: Long-range planning staff ha4 indicated that a conditional concurrency certificate will be issued for the project prior to the Planning and Zoning Commission consideration of this item. Thus, all concurrency requirements related to the preliminary plat approval have been satisfied. DECEMBER 17, 1996 52