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ORDINANCE NO, 2001- 032 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUN'T'Y, FLORIDA, REGARDING THE THRESHOLD FOR STAFF -LEVEL APPROVAL OF MAJOR SITE PLANS, AMENDING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS): CHAPTER 914 SITE PLAN REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: 1, Site Plan section 914.06(1)(a) is hereby amended to read as follows: "(1) Site plan thresholds (a) Major site plans. The following projects shall constitute major site plan projects and shall require, except as noted in paragraph 4 below, major site plan approval. 1. Residential projects having three (3) or more dwelling units. 2. Nonresidential projects comprised of five thousand (5,000) square feet or more new impervious surface area, or projects comprised of new impervious surface area representing more than ten (10) percent of the site/area of development, whichever is less. 3. Where three (3) or more minor site plan requests or six (6) or more administrative approval requests for a single project area/site have been submitted and approved over any five-year period of time; where potential cumulative impacts exceed the criteria of a major site plan application or together may create a substantial impact, the director of the community development department may require any subsequent minor site plan or administrative approval application to be reviewed pursuant to the criteria of a major site plan. 4. The following major site plan projects shall require the same approval process required of minor site plan projects: a. Residential projects involving four (4) or fewer dwelling units; and b. Nonresidential projects involving less than nehundred fifty thousand (150.000) square feet of new impervious surface area, regardless of new building area amount. " 2. Site Plan section 914.06(5)(f) is hereby amended to read as follows: "(f) Approval of minor site plans. The TRC is authorized to approve, approve with conditions or deny minor site plan applications not requiring administrative permit approval. Within seven (7) working days after the applicant submits to staff a complete response to TRC comments (also known as a resubmittal) the county shall either issue site plan approval or a discrepancy letter. Once all commenting TRC members have reviewed and approved the applicant's responses to comments, the minor site plan shall be signed and approved. All approved minor site plans shall be signed by the community development director or his designee. Appeals of decisions of the TRC may be made by applicants pursuant to the provisions of Section 914.13." OCTOBER 23, 2001 -64-