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county's Public Works Department and the Community Development Department, in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), have reviewed permit applications for seawalls and rigid shoreline stabilization methods within the municipal limits of the City of Vero Beach. This LDR change is needed to make LDR section 932.04 consistent with the current arrangement that the county review and permit seawalls in the City of Vero Beach. Sections 932.06 (dune and shoreline protection) and 932.09 (sea turtle protection) are referenced in the proposed change and are contained in attachment #4. 5. Setbacks for Fruit Spreading Int nnittent spreading of fruit (e.g. citrus) on agricultural property for livestock feed or as a soil additive is an historical and accepted practice in the county. However, recent dumping near roadways has created nuisance situations and raised aesthetic concerns. County staff from solid waste, environmental health, planning and the county attorney's office recently met with Commissioner Adams in whose district some of the nuisance has occurred. At the meeting there was a consensus that the practice of fiwt spreading should be allowed to be continued, that the fruit should not be placed in the landfill, and that setbacks for fruit that is dumped and spread need to be established from public roads and occupied structures (to avoid nuisances) and from waterways and wells (for health reasons). The various setback figures contained in the proposal are based upon relevant environmental health standards and nuisance abatement setbacks used in the county's existing debris burning ordinance. Also, it should be noted that the proposed amendment treats fluit spreading as an allowable accessory use on agriculturally zoned property, subject to the special setbacks. No planning approval or permitting approval would be required in order to dump and spread the fiuit. However, the proposed setbacks could be enforced through code enforcement procedures and the environmental control board. During the AAC (Agriculture Advisory Committee) meeting at which this proposal was reviewed, county extension director Dan Culbert stated that his research indicates there are no negative health or environmental impacts from fruit spreading. Even so, AAC members believe that the proposed 200' setbacks (from public roads, private wells, and water bodies) should be increase to 500'. PSAC Recommendation: The PSAC recommends approval of the proposal. PZC Recommendation: The PZC recommend approval of the proposal. AAC Recommendation: The AAC recommends approval of the proposal with a change: that the 200' setbacks referenced in the proposal be increased to 500'. 6. Vehicles Ancillary to Office Uses This amendment is proposed at the request of the Planning and Zoning Commission. At its October 23, 1997 meeting the Commission, after voting to uphold a staff determination that a limousine service is principally an office use that is allowed in the OCR (Office, Commercial, Residential) district, directed staff to codify the determination into the LDRs. In response to that directive, staff has drafted an LDR amendment that establishes criteria for vehicles that are part of an office use or a transportation use that involves only the types of vehicles allowed in residential areas by the zoning code. The criteria will restrict materials kept on site (e.g. prohibiting storage of construction materials) and will restrict the types of vehicles kept on site to only the types of vehicles allowed in residential areas (see attachment #5). Another of the criteria involves the "25% rule", which reflects a long-standing staff policy on traffic impact fee determinations, whereby secondary uses are allowed to occupy up to 25% of a structure while the overall use of the structure is determined based on the remaining 75+0/o. The proposed criteria will limit the total number of "residential" vehicles kept on site to 25% of the number of spaces required for the site's office use. PSAC Recommendation: The PSAC recommends approval of the proposal. PZC Recommendation: The PZC recommends approval of the proposal. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: Direct staff to make any necessary changes to the proposed ordinance; and 2. Announce its intentions to take final action on the proposed ordinances at the Board's hearing scheduled for 9:05 am. on December 16, 1997, to be held in the County Commission Chambers. DECEMBER 1, 1997 -5- HOOK PAGE 551