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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, this Board has heretofore pursuant to law established
regulations pertaining to the platting and sub -dividing of lands In Indian River
County, Florida, NOW, THEREFORE:
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County, Florida, that in addition to its regulations heretofore established,
the following regulations are herewith established and added to those presently 1
existing which shall be in each instance complied with before approval by this
Board of any plat of lands in Indian River County, Florida, to -wit:
1. All swale ditches on both sides of all roadways shall be seeded,
spriged or sodded with an approved type grass from the area within one foot
of the roadway constructed for travelway outward to the top of the swale ditch
on the outside, all to be done, completed and finished after completion of the
finished grading.
2. Each plat shall dedicate one lot or one acre for each 100 acres
contained in the plat whichever shall be greater for a public park. The word
"park" shall be inserted on the plat designating the lot or area for a public
park and the dedication shall also contain the word "park ".
3. All driveways leading from the travelway portion of any roadway
hall be paved or surfaced, conforming to the drainage swale profile or
rainage pipe of sufficient size which shall be placed underneath each drive -
'ay in the drainage swale to permit proper drainage. The mbtin>um size of
rainage pipe in a roadway swale shall be 8 inches.
4. All streets and roadways shall be numbered on the plat in accord -
Ice with the County's planned numbering system. At each roadway or street
tersection there shall he placed one steel street identification sign naming
id designating both intersecting streets. Each sign shall be G inches by 24
cher with 4 Inch embossed lettering and border of baked enamel finish mounted
MITCHELL, SMITH & MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
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on a painted steel channel post with double twisted bar bracket. Said street
1 intersection sign must have a white background and black lettering and border
with the lettering and border reflectorized.
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5. All plats shall be first submitted in duplicate for tentative approval
and plats submitted for tentative approval shall be drawn on a drawing 24 inches
by 30 inches. When tentative approval is given it shall be so endorsed on both
copies and the County shall retain one copy and the proposed subdivider shall
j retain one copy.
6• In every instance In which the property being platted borders on the
Indian River or the Sebastian River or upon any finger, bay or channel there-
from, then the elevation of the land as it exists or the elevation of the land as
I it shall exist in its finished condition shall be shown on the tentative plat. All
elevations shall be from United States Coast and Geodetic Datum, mean sea
level of the waters opposite the lands proposed to be platted. Prior to final
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i approval of any plat if any part of said lands borders upon the narrows of the
Indian River and is below an elevation of 5 feet, then the land shall be filled to
an elevation of 5 feet. On such lands other than those bordering upon the
narrows of the Indian River, the same shall be filled to a minimum elevation
(! of 4 1/2 feet. If a finger type of development is proposed, then the open river
end of each finger shall be bulkheaded to a minimum elevation of 5 feet with a
sloping or stepdown if desired of the bulkhead from the open river end inland
to a minimum elevation of 3 1/2 feet at the inland end. Where the bulkhead is
lI less than 5 feet in elevation, then the ground elevation shall slope upward on a
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short slope on an even grade to an elevation of S feet. In such finger type
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development, road rights of ways shall be of a minimum width of 60 feet and
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channels or canals separating each finger shall be of a minimum width of 80
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7, 1f deep ditches are located in or alongside roadways, they shall be
of a sufficient distance from the travelway portion of the road in order to main-
tain a natural and gradual side slope and an adequate width for shoulders for
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MITCHELL. SMITH b MITCIIELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA