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The Wabasso Corridor Plan requirements amendment contained in the attached ordinance is the <br />same amendment presented to the Board at two hearings last spring. Because the amended <br />regulations will differ from development requirements contained in the existing Wabasso Corridor <br />Plan, the Board needs to authorize staff to update the corridor plan document in accordance with any <br />LDR changes. <br />In relation to the private observation/fishing piers amendment, the proposed ordinance contains <br />additional criteria that were not contained in the proposal reviewed by the Board last spring. These <br />criteria are proposed as an amendment to LDR Chapter 932, Coastal Management, and are intended <br />to distinguish private observation/fishing piers from boat docks and to allow private <br />observation/fishing piers in the unincorporated county, but only under certain conditions. The <br />proposed criteria are summarized as follows: <br />• limit private observation /fishing piers to a water depth of two feet mean high water <br />(MIM or less <br />• require appropriate signage on all private observation/fishing piers stating prohibition <br />of boat mooring <br />• limit maximum length/projection of private observation/fishing piers to 35 feet <br />beyond water's edge (MIM line) or 25% of the waterway's width, whichever is less <br />• require railings with pickets or similar bars along the water -ward sections of the <br />access walkway and terminal platform (as a deterrent to boat dockages) <br />• require the deck to be at least five feet above MHW <br />• prohibit private observation/fishing piers in the Pelican Island National Wildlife <br />Refuge (due to overriding public interest) <br />In staffs opinion, the proposed LDR amendments now satisfy concems expressed by the Board at <br />its public hearings last spring. The amendments are now ready for adoption. , <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: <br />1. Adopt the attached ordinance that amends the Wabasso Corridor Plan development <br />requirements and private observation/fishing pier regulations, and <br />2. Authorize staff to revise the Wabasso Corridor Plan document in accordance with the <br />adopted LDR amendments. <br />SEPTEMBER 28,1999 <br />-73- <br />