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• BACKGROUND AND CONDITIONS: At its regular meeting of August 22, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners considered a special exception planned development (PD) request for the Seasons Planned Development. The application was submitted by Kimley Hom on behalf of Hovnanian of Florida, to develop 100 single-family residential lots located at the southeast corner of CR 510 and Jungle Trail. At its August 221 meeting, the Board considered several aspects of the development, opened the public hearing, but decided to continue the request to its September 12. 2000 meeting. The request was tabled to obtain more detailed information regarding the project's proposed Jungle Trail buffering. Draft minutes of the August 22. 2000 Board of County Commissioners meeting (including the original staff report) are attached to this report. In addition, the applicant has provided I 1 " x 17" plan sets that include Jungle Trail buffer details for the Board's review. ANALYSIS: Staffs original report, analysis, and recommendation prepared for the August 22nd Board meeting are still applicable, with the exception that the recommended conditions have been revised to specifically require an archeologist on-site during all horizontal and other below grade (i.e. footers, etc.) construction and require that "excess" artifacts found on-site be turned over to the Historical Society. These revisions are based on the Board's August 22nd discussion. In addition to the original report analysis, a more detailed analysis of the project's Jungle Trail buffering proposal is provided below: • Proposed Jungle Trail Buffer The project has approximately 1,100' of Jungle Trail frontage and has three distinct Jungle Trail frontage sections, all located along the east side of the Trail. Although the Jungle Trail Management Plan requirements call for a 30' Jungle Trail buffer area, the proposed PD plan devotes additional area east of the "30' buffer area" for buffer purposes. The first section (northern) begins at CR 510 and runs south to the existing forested (mangrove) wetland area. The second (middle) section encompasses all of the mangrove wetlands adjacent to Jungle Trail. The third (southern) section extends from the mangrove wetlands to the project's south property line. Northern Section: This section is presently vegetated with cabbage palms, scattered oaks, and some Brazilian peppers, and runs approximately 590' from the north property line (CR 510 right-of-way) to an existing mangrove wetland area. The existing cabbage palms are fairly dense for the majority of the northern section. The PD plan proposes removal of all nuisance exotics (e.g. Brazilian peppers) and preservation in place of the existing clusters of cabbage palms and all other native vegetation. The southern 180' of this northern section is an area where few cabbage palms exist and additional canopy trees (gumbo limbo, live oaks, and cabbage palm clusters) are required under the Jungle Trail Management Plan, and are proposed by the PD plan. There is a ditch which runs through the project's northern section, from CR 510 to the mangrove wetland area. The ditch runs parallel to Jungle Trail just east of the travel way within the project's 30' Jungle Trail buffer area. This ditch provides a drainage outfall for the Old Orchid development, a portion of Oceanaire Heights subdivision, and other properties located between Jungle Trail and SR A -1-A. The ditch ends at the mangrove wetlands, where the stormwater in the ditch goes into the wetland and eventually outfalls through a culvert under Jungle Trail to the Indian River Lagoon. Also, this culvert provides a tidal connection to the lagoon for the mangrove wetlands within the project. SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 BK 1 15 PG 088 88 -41- 0