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1.2 TtnO si6fig of - --- s •litie, itt I"dio_ n:..__ C-eeftly -hall be su c n Marina Siting Zones (1-9) have been established as identified in the Plan The purpose of these Zones is to provide the public with some guidance as to the potential for the expansion or siting of new boat facilities In addition to hese Zonesspecific criteria will be applied to each expansion or new boatfacility regrequest. These criteria are as follows: 1. The siting of new marinas or the expansion or rearrangement of existing boatimg facilities/mannas shall be prohibited in each of the following areas of Indian River our : • All of the St Sebastian River west of the U.S. 1 Bridge: • All of the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge: • The area known as Jungle Trail Narrows., • Town Limits of Orchid: • To Limits of Indian River Shores: 2 The siting of new marinas or the expansion. or rearrangement of existing boating facilit�es/marinas shall be prohibited when one or more of the following conditions are met: (a) the footprint of the boating facility/marina (including all docks access walkways. finger piers. mooring areas turning basins res and ingress and egress pathways) has a SAV coverage to ten (10) percent or greater using a scientifically acceptable method of coverage detennination and such determination is made between the months of May through October (b) the water depths within the mooring areas turning basins and ingress and egress pathways is less than -4 feet at MLW (c) there is less than 150' distance between the waterward most projection of the boat facility (including mooring. pilings and boats) and the ICW channel 3• The siting of new marinas or the expansion or rearrangement of existing boating facilities/marinas shall be evaluated using the following criteria (a) no more than 100 Unm feet of native shoreline vegetation shall be altered (trimmed cut removed_ killed or destro,ygd)• (b) a site located witbini a High _Manatee Use area, or a High Watercraft Related Manatee Mortality area, as defined in this plan shall be subject to site specific design restrictions to minimizejotential adverse manatee impacts including (but not limited to): restrictions on the total number of boat slip allowed• use of more upland storage instead of wet storage restrictions on the maximum size of boats that use the facility/marina: restrictions on the number Of powerboats that use the facility (powerboat•sailboat ratio) mnd—esign oft e facili /manna: establishment of a powerboat to length of shoreline ratio (e.g.. one powerboat per 100 feet of shoreline) and/or reduction in the size of the facih /manna. AUGUST 229 2000 -82- 0