Okaloosa County BOCC — October 15, 2013 — E - Request Letter & Supplemental Documentation for BWB DRI DO Amendment (3 of 3) — reading text

Analysis: Objective 3 The County shall protect natural functions of stormwater management features. This shall be accomplished in part through land development regulations and proper classification of land uses. Policy 3.1 The LDC shall include land use regulations which require site specific development plans to protect natural stormwater management features and incorporate such features into the site planning and site development process. Consistency: x YES NO N/A Analysis: Crown shall provide drainage calculations, although minimal, at the time of site plan review. The tower compound is 100' x100' and shall be covered with cement slabs for tenant equipment or gravel. POTABLE WATER Objective 2 Maximize use of existing facilities and discourage urban sprawl through adoption of land development regulations that restrict installation of private wells for potable water where central facilities are available, coordination of density and intensity of development on the Future Land Use Map with availability of facilities or areas planned for facility expansion, requirement of mandatory hookup where central facilities are available and that unused capacity is committed prior to approval of new facilities. Policy 2.2 The level of service standard for all public and private potable water systems serving unincorporated Okaloosa County shall be a minimum of 100 gallons per capita per day peak demand. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: 24 NATURAL GROUNDWATER AQUIFER RECHARGE Objective 1 The function of natural groundwater recharge to the Sand-and-Gravel Aquifer shall be protected through the regulation of land uses and provision of adequate open space. Policy 1.1 The County shall include regulations that insure the continuation of adequate open spaces within the County so that rainfall may reach the sand and gravel aquifer through percolation. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Policy 1.2 The County shall include wellhead protection area regulations for public supply wells with a permitted capacity of 100,000 gpd or more. The established wellhead protection area shall be a 500’ radius around the public supply wellhead. Consistent with Florida Department of Protection (FDEP) Rule 62.521.200, F.A.C., land uses or activities prohibited within the wellhead protection area are: landfills; facilities for the bulk storage, handling or processing of materials on the Florida Substance List (Chapter 442. F.S.); activities that require the storage, use, handling, production or transportation of restricted substances — agricultural chemicals, petroleum products, hazardous/toxic wastes, industrial chemicals, medical wastes, and the like; feedlots or other concentrated animal facilities; wastewater treatment plants, percolation ponds, and similar facilities: mines; and excavation of waterways or drainage facilities which intersect the water table. Consistency: YES NO _X NA Analysis: COASTAL MANAGEMENT Objective 1.1 Require development to protect beaches or dunes, to restore altered beaches or dunes, and to comply with construction standards which minimize the impacts of man-made structures on beach or dune systems to the maximum extent practicable. Policy 1.1.1 Ensure compliance with FDEP CCCL regulations that require location of construction a sufficient distance landward of the beach to permit natural shoreline fluctuations and to preserve dune stability. Construction may occur to the extent that the natural storm buffering and protection capability of the dunes is not diminished. Consistency: YES NO x N/A 25 Analysis: Policy 1.1.2 If development regulations render a property owner unable to develop the land at the highest intensity and density allowed by the land use category, because such development will degrade or alter beaches or the dune system, then the owner shall be allowed to construct a single-family residential dwelling that limits the extent of disturbance to the minimum area necessary to construct the dwelling and driveway. If more intense development is desired, the County Commission must first approve a plan for the restoration of the altered beaches or dunes. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Policy 1.1.3 For areas south of US 98, all areas within 200 yards of the Choctawhatchee Bay system, including the Sound and all of Okaloosa Island, construction materials that permanently discolor the sand are prohibited. The Munsell Soil Color Charts will determine discoloring materials. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Policy 1.1.4 The removal of white sand from Okaloosa Island shall be prohibited. Consistency: YES NO _X NA Analysis: Policy 1.1.6 New access to the beach will be confined to elevated structures, subject to FDEP approval and compliance with ADA requirements. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Objective 1.2 Preserve and protect the environmental quality of estuarine environments, coastal wetlands, living marine resources, and coastal barriers by prohibiting or restricting development, or by limiting specific and cumulative impact of development or redevelopment. 26 Policy 1.2.5 All sewage treatment and public water supply systems within the CHHA shall be flood-proofed to prevent infiltration of surface water expected under storm conditions or shall otherwise be designed to function when submerged under such storm conditions, consistent with LHMS guiding principles. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Policy 1.2.6 Septic tanks are prohibited within the CHHA, unless prohibition would create a taking. Consistency: YES NO __ xX _ N/A Analysis: Objective 2.3 Limit public expenditures that subsidize development permitted in coastal high hazard areas, and give priority in shoreline development to those land uses that are dependent on or related to water access and to developments that comply with performance standards. Policy 2.3.5 Siting of marinas will be coordinated with all applicable state and federal agencies using the most current available data regarding location of seagrass beds other environmentally sensitive habitats. Before additional marinas are developed they must demonstrate compliance with the following criteria (see Policy 2.3.5 for criteria) Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Objective 2.7 Provide for redevelopment of deteriorating urban waterfronts and protection or sensitive preservation and reuse of historic resources in the coastal planning area. Policy 2.7.3 Establish performance standards for development and sensitive reuse of historic resources that may include at a minimum: a. No identified or known archaeological sites shall be excavated or altered other than by a professional archaeologist using acceptable techniques; b. All known or potential archaeological sites shall be surveyed for significance, and; c. Areas surrounding identified sites of historic resources shall be protected against encroachment of incompatible activities and land uses. ia Consistency: YES NO _X NA CONSERVATION Objective 1 Conserve, appropriately use and protect the water resources for current and projected demands through regulation of landscaping and irrigation activities, reuse of reclaimed water, education, and through cooperation with environmental planning and regulatory agencies. Policy 1.1 Development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and maintenance of all properties located in the “Water Resource Caution Area” shall utilize water efficient landscaping and irrigation methods pursuant to LDC regulations. Consistency: xX YES NO N/A Analysis: Crown shall utilize water efficiently in the irrigation of the planted landscape buffer. See page L-1. Objective 2 Conserve, appropriately use, and protect the quality of waters that flow into the bay, bayous, or Gulf of Mexico through appropriate land use planning, regulation, and education and through cooperation with environmental planning and regulatory agencies. Policy 2.1 Increases in land use density and intensity shall be restricted within wetlands, and development in wetland areas shall be subject to the following provisions: a. Where sufficient uplands exist to locate the proposed development in the upland portion of the site, the County may allow the transfer of development at the future land use densities established on the Future Land Use Map from the wetlands to the upland portion of the site. The transfer of density may occur provided all other plan provisions regarding upland and floodplain resource protection, compatibility of adjacent land use, stormwater management and setbacks, etc. are met. b. Where sufficient uplands do not exist to avoid a taking, development in the wetlands shall be restricted to allow residential density use at a maximum density of one (1) unit per ten (10) acres, one (1) unit per five (5) acres, or one (1) unit per lot of record. c. The dwelling unit shall be constructed so that the lowest floor elevation is at least one (1) foot above the base flood elevation as established by the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps for those wetlands that are also within the floodplains. 28 d. Okaloosa County does not duplicate the rules of other environmental agencies. Therefore, prior to construction in jurisdictional areas, all necessary permits must have been issued by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and/or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as required by the agency or agencies having jurisdiction. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Policy 2.2 When development or redevelopment cannot occur without degrading wetlands, the impacts shall be mitigated pursuant to FDEP permitting regulations. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Policy 2.3 The LDC shall include wellhead protection area regulations for public supply wells with a permitted capacity of 100,000 gpd or more. The established wellhead protection area shall be a 500’ radius around the public supply wellhead. Consistent with FDEP Rule 62.521.200, F.A.C., land uses or activities prohibited within the wellhead protection area are: landfills; facilities for the bulk storage, handling or processing of materials on the Florida Substance List (Chapter 442. F.S.); activities that require the storage, use, handling, production or transportation of restricted substances — agricultural chemicals, petroleum products, hazardous/toxic wastes, industrial chemicals, medical wastes, and the like; feedlots or other concentrated animal facilities; wastewater treatment plants, percolation ponds, and similar facilities; mines; and excavation of waterways or drainage facilities which intersect the water table. Consistency: YES NO x N/A Analysis: Policy 2.4 Channeling runoff directly into surface water bodies shall be prohibited, and natural watercourses shall not be dredged, cleared of vegetation, deepened, widened, straightened, or otherwise altered without appropriate local, state and federal permits. Stormwater facilities shall be designed to protect surface water bodies from the impact of runoff. Best Management Practices shall be utilized to avoid impacts of erosion or sedimentation or high rates of flow. Consistency: YES NO x N/A 29 Analysis: Policy 2.5 Stormwater runoff from parking lots shall be treated to remove oil and sediment before it enters receiving waters. Consistency: YES NO xX NA Analysis: Policy 2.7 A vegetated buffer must be established, providing that appropriate permits can be secured from state and regional agencies, either through retention of the existing native vegetation, planting of new vegetation, or a combination of both, within the following zones of all natural watercourses, water bodies or wetlands to prevent erosion and trap the sediment from overland runoff: a. For both tidal and non tidal wetlands, the first 25 feet from the mean high water line or the ordinary high water line; and b. For tidal influenced wetlands an additional 25 foot buffer zone, with the total 50 foot buffer zone measured from the mean high water line.