PLACEMENT: Consent
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REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT OF A PRESERVE AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE COVE ROAD DEVELOPMENT, AS REQUIRED BY AN UPDATED STATE OF FLORIDA WETLAND DETERMINATION
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Request to amend the existing preserve area under an approved Preserve Area Management Plan (PAMP) that was issued in 2007. Pursuant to Section 4.36.C, Land Development Regulations (LDR), Martin County Code, any alteration to the size, shape, or design of a previously approved preserve area shall be approved by the Board of County Commissioners.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Shawn McCarthy
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Cotleur & Hearing and Advanced Restoration Ecology
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
On March 9, 2007, a Preserve Area Management Plan (PAMP) was established over the 36-acre property owned by the Cove Road Land Trust, as recorded in the Official Records of Martin County OR Book 02232, page 1003. The PAMP was required as part of a settlement agreement between the Cove Road Land Trust and Martin County on March 3, 2006. The protected wetlands identified in the approved PAMP were based on wetland locations established in SFWMD permit # 43-01923-P and shown in the settlement agreement at that time. The wetland boundary was later revised by the state on September 6, 2007, by SFWMD permit modification. As a result, a PAMP amendment is needed to update the western preserve boundary for consistency with the state’s revised wetland jurisdictional determination and conservation easement recorded over the property. The preserve configuration that ultimately was restored and currently exists today is shown and described on the sketch and legal description in the conservation easement and is attached to the PAMP amendment.
In Martin County, wetlands are protected pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan and Article 4, Division 1 o...
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