Board of County Commissioners Land Use
4/3/2025 9:00:00 AM


19. PA-25-01 / Ordinance No. 25-14 County-Initiated Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment Wetland Protection Reversion PLN2501-0039, Legislative, Rachel Layton, AICP, Planning Division Manager/Impact Fee Administrator - Countywide Providing for a County-Initiated Text Amendment to Element 3-Conservation, Amending and Restating Goal 3.3, Objective 3.3.1, Wetlands Protection, Policy 3.3.1.1. To Require an Impact Avoidance and Minimization Analysis to Justify Wetland Impacts, Acknowledging Cases Where No Other Practical Alternatives Exist to Permit a Reasonable Use of The Land or an Overriding Public Benefit; Policy 3.3.1.2, Requiring The Delineation of The Extent of Wetland Areas on a Development Site Plan; Policy 3.3.1.3, Requiring All Development-Related Impacts to Wetlands be Mitigated by Complying With Both The State of Florida Wetland Mitigation Standards and The County’s Mitigation Standards, Policy 3.3.1.5, Providing for Natural Area Buffers Adjacent to All Post-Development Wetlands and Watercourses as Stated in A Schedule Of Minimum Buffer Widths; Policy 3.3.1.6, Allowing for a Variable Width Wetland Buffer Under Limited Circumstances; Policy 3.3.1.7, Providing for The Monitoring of Federal, State and Regional Dredge and Fill Permits; Amending and Restating Element 4-Coastal Management; Goal 1, Policy 4.1.2.5., Providing for Minimum Buffer Widths Adjacent to Environmentally Sensitive Coastal Wetlands and Discouraging The Trimming of Mangroves; Providing for Amendments as Necessary to Maintain Internal Consistency; Repealing Ordinances in Conflict Including Ordinance No. 23-66.