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Although the county's zoning atlas depicts estuarine wetlands within the county as having various zoning designations, all privately owned estuarine wetlands are deemed to be zoned Con -2, Estuarine Wetland Conservation District (up to 1 unit/40 acres). The subject property and surrounding properties to the north and east are designated L-2, Low - Density Residential -2, on the county future land use map. The L-2 designation permits residential uses with densities up to 6 umts/acre. Land abutting the subject property on the west is designated C-1, Publicly Owned or Controlled Conservation -1. The C-1 designation permits conservation uses and passive recreational uses. As noted previously, public control of land abutting the subject property on the west is ensured through a conservation easement to the county. Although designated L-2 on the future land use map, portions of the subject property and adjacent lands consist of privately owned estuarine wetlands. Future Land Use Element Policies 1.6 and 1.7 state that privately owned estuarine wetlands are deemed to be designated C-2, Conservation -2. The C-2 designation permits conservation uses, limited recreational uses, and residential uses with densities up to 1 unit/40 acres for on-site development or 1 unittacre for transferable development rights. Originally the subject property consisted only of estuarine wetlands with a narrow mangrove fringe along the Indian River Lagoon. In the late 1980's, however, a portion of the wetlands was legally filled and then mitigated. Currently, the subject property is nearly exclusively uplands. The subject property is within an "AE" 100 year floodplain, with a minimum base flood elevation requirement of nine feet NGVD. The subject property is within the Urban Service Area of the county. Water lines from the North County Reverse Osmosis Plant extend along Jungle Trail to within a quarter mile of the site. The nearest wastewater collection lines are more than 2,000 feet from the site. Those lines extend along CR 510 from the North County Wastewater Treatment Plant. The subject property is accessed from Earring Point Drive via Jungle Trail. Earring Point Drive is a two lane marl road that runs west from Jungle Trail and is located within a thirty-five foot wide ingress and egress easement that abuts the site's north boundary. Jungle Trail is a two-lane, unpaved, local road that has been designated by the county as an historic and scenic road with special building setbacks and vegetation protection areas along its entire length. Although the county has a forty foot wide public road right-of-way for this segment of Jungle Trail, the actual width of the traveled way ranges from eight feet to twenty-two feet. Past zoning practices of the county for riverfront land and estuarine wetlands explain why the subject property is currently zoned RS -1 in the county zoning atlas. May 2, 2000 55 BOOK PAGE