Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 2001--Amend Comp Plan — reading text

inspection and Imaintenance, including replacing stormwater piping as needed. Policy D. 3. 2. 3 The City will require a stormwater management plan for all development and redevelopment other than single- family homes. PolicyD. 3. 2. 4 The City will adopt a policy whereby open areas for water retention are encouraged for all municipal projects. LOS STANDARD: Policy D. 3. 2. 5 IThe City will maintain a level of service standard for stormwater management as follows: Retain the first inch of run- off on- site and assure that post development run- off will not exceed the pre- development run- off rate for a 25- year storm event, up to and including an event with a 24- hour duration. 3 Infrastructure Element  Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive P/ an 2018— 2028 Policy D. 3. 2. 6 IThe City hereby adopts the water quality standards referenced in Chapter 62- 25, F. A. C., as its level of service standard for stormwater quality within the City. GOAL D. 4— PROVIDE POTABLE WATER SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CURRENT RESIDENTS AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS TO THE EXTENT OF THE ADOPTED LEVEL OF I SERVICE STANDARD IN A MANNER WHICH WILL PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT OBJECTIVE D. 4. 1— THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES ANNUALLY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE POTABLE WATER FACILITIES FOR THE PRESENT AND I FUTURE SERVICE AREA OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH. Policy D. 4. 1. 1 The City will continue to provide the Northwest Florida Water Management District( NWFWMD) biannual reports on the progress of negotiations with Okaloosa County for a portion of the City' s inland supply sources. Policy D. 4. 1. 2 The City will implement the plan for using the Sand and Gravel Aquifer as a source for potable water. Policy D. 4. 1. 3 The City will continue to give priority to the delivery of potable water to the existing, developed areas within the City over areas outside the existing Water Service Area. Policy D. 4. 1. 4 The City will analyze any proposals to annex properties to the City limits to determine that such annexations may occur in such a manner that the annexation will not place an economic burden on or adversely affect, existing users of the potable water system. Policy D. 4. 1. 5 The City will continue to require that all new development or redevelopment will be required to fund its pro rata share of costs associated with providing potable water facilities for that developmenYs use. Policy D. 4. 1. 6 The City will continue to require that any new development or redevelopment be connected to the central potable water system. LOS STANDARDS: Policy D. 4. 1. 7 4 Infrastructure Element  Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive Plan 2018— 2028 The City will maintain a level of service standard for potable water facilities at a minimum of one hundred twenty-five ( 125) gallons per capita per day. (Note: The NWFWMD requires Consumptive Use Permits ( CUPs) for all ground water withdrawal from the Upper Floridan Aquifer.) OBJECTIVE D. 4. 2— THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PRACTICE CONSERVATION OF ITS POTABLE WATER I RESOURCES. Policy D. 4. 2. 1 The City will continue to support and cooperate with the Northwest Florida Water Management District in carrying out its legislative mandate to manage and protect water resources. Policy D. 4. 2. 2 The City will provide an annual report to the NWFWMD and updates at the time of the five-year CUP renewal regarding water supply, use of reclaimed water, and conservation. Policy D. 4. 2. 3 The City will continue to cooperate with the NWFWMD by implementing the established water conservation strategies and techniques designed to preclude emergency potable water shortages. Policy D. 4. 2. 4 The City will continue to be an active participant and cooperate with the Walton/ Okaloosa/ Santa Rosa Regional Utility Authority in developing a 20-year plan for a raw water supply for this region. Policy D. 4. 2. 5 The City adopted a Water Saving Devices Ordinance in 1991 and will continue to reduce the demand for potable water by enforcing the use of water saving devices in new commercial and residential development and in the retrofitting of existing structures upon redevelopment. Policy D. 4. 2. 6 The City will continue to enforce its wellhead protection ordinance to control development in and adjacent to designated wellheads to protect water supplies from potential contamination. Policy D. 4. 2. 7 The City will continue to enforce emergency water use plan consistent with that of the NWFWMD Plan. Policy D. 4. 2. 8 The City will continue to reuse treated wastewater for the irrigation of the golf courses and other suitable areas. Policy D. 4. 2. 9 The City will maintain a public information program to inform and educate citizens on water conservation techniques, proper irrigation techniques, water shortage notices and other water resource related issues. 5 Infrastructure Element  Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive P/ an 2018— 2028 Policy D. 4. 2. 10 The City will update the Reclaimed Water Master Plan and Water Conservation Report prepared in August 1997 in order to expand reuse subtypes that reduce demand on the Floridan Aquifer. Policy D. 4. 2. 11 The City will continue its program of replacing old, inaccurate water meters, with electronic meters with leak detectors, which will reduce water production losses. I OBJECTIVE D. 4. 3— THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN A TEN- YEAR WATER SUPPLY PLAN. Policy D. 4. 3. 1 The City' s Ten Year Water Supply Plan will include a work plan for building public, private, and regional water supply facilities, including conceptual design or development of alternative water supplies that are necessary to serve existing and new development. Policy D. 4. 3. 2 The City will update the Ten Year Water Supply Plan at a minimum of every five years and within 18 months after the governing board of a water management district approves an updated regional water supply plan. Policy D. 4.3. 3 The City will implement recommendations of the City of Fort Walton Beach Regional Water Supply Plan. Elements of this Plan for infrastructure improvements and water conservation programs are defined and programmed/ projected for funding in the approved Capital Improvement Plan. Policy D. 4. 3. 4 The City will adopt the water resource development recommendations of the Northwest Florida Water Management District' s Regional Water Supply Plan. Policy D. 4. 3. 5 The City will participate in the updates of the NWFWMD' s water supply assessments, and updates of the District Water Supply Plan to enable the City to design and implement an effective water supply plan. Policy D. 4. 3. 6 The City will adopt and maintain a Water Supply Plan for at least a 10- year planning period addressing water supply facilities necessary to serve existing and future development within the City' s water service area and in conjunction with the Cit s Consumptive Use Permit. Policy D. 4.3. 7 The Water Supply Plan will be used to prioritize and coordinate the expansion and upgrade of facilities used Ito withdraw, transmit, treat, store and distribute potable water to meet future needs. Policy D. 4. 3. 8 6 Infrastructure Element  Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive Plan 2018— 2028 The City will maximize the usage of existing potable water facilities through the implementation of management techniques that can enhance sources of supply, sustain water resources and related natural systems, and/ or optimize water supply yields. These techniques may include, but are not limited to, system interconnectivity, reclaimed water usage, and water conservation. Policy D. 4. 3. 9 The City will examine, to the extent possible, the use of interconnectivity with water facilities of other local jurisdictions as recommended by the NWFWMD Regional Water Supply Plan. GOAL D. 5— PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE RECHARGE OF THE NATURAL GROUNDWATER AQUIFER. I OBJECTIVE D. 5. 1— MAINTAIN THE ABILITY OF THE SAND AND GRAVEL AQUIFER TO BE RECHARGED BY I RAINFALLT Policy D. 5. 1. 1 IThe City will continue to provide regulations within the Land Development Code which e+nsure an adequate amount of pervious surface is maintained on each new development or redevelopment site to permit rainfall to recharge the sand and gravel aquifer. Policy D. 5. 1. 2 The City will continue to coordinate with the NWFWMD' s well permitting program that requires the plugging of identified abandoned wells. 7 Infrastructure Element  Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive Plan 2018— 2028 CONSERVATION ELEMENT GOALS, OBIECTIVES AND POLICIES GOAL E— THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH WILL PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND ENHANCE THE CITY' S NATURAL RESOURCES, ENCOURAGING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND BEST LONG- TERM I MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. I OBJECTIVE E. 1- THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT, CONSERVE ANDAf ENHANCE WILDLIFE HABITATS. Policy E. 1. 1 The City will continue to provide standards necessary to protect any identified areas which are habitats for species, both flora and fauna, classified as endangered, threatened or a species of special concern, by the Department of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Policy E. 1. 2 The City will continue to require the preparation and implementation of a habitat management plan as a prerequisite to the approval of any development proposed on a site containing areas designated as Conservation on the Future Land Use Map Series or on land designated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission jFFWCCI as habitat for threatened or endangered species. Policy E. 1. 3 The City will continue to require that any lands included as part of a proposed development site which are to be preserved for use as habitat for flora and fauna classified as endangered, threatened or a species of special concern by the Department of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be located adjacent to existing viable habitat, a significant wetland system, floodplain or a wildlife corridor. OBJECTIVE E. 2— THE CITY WILL PROTECT AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, PROVIDE FOR RESTORATION OF I JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS. Policy E. 2. 1 The City will protect and conserve the natural functions of wetlands and water bodies. In furtherance of this policy, wetlands in the City of Fort Walton Beach will not be removed, altered, or destroyed, except as permitted, mitigated, or provided a de minimus exemption by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection,