1(1) 2It is the intent of the Legislature that Orange, Lake, and Seminole Counties emphasize the Wekiva River Protection Area in their planning and regulation efforts. Therefore, each county’s local comprehensive plan and land development regulations applicable to the Wekiva River Protection Area must meet the following criteria:49(a) 50Each county’s local comprehensive plan must contain goals, policies, and objectives that result in the protection of the:681. 69Water quantity, water quality, and hydrology of the Wekiva River System;
802. 81Wetlands associated with the Wekiva River System;
883. 89Aquatic and wetland-dependent wildlife species associated with the Wekiva River System;
1004. 101Habitat within the Wekiva River Protection Area of species designated pursuant to rules 39-27.003, 39-27.004, and 39-27.005, Florida Administrative Code; and
1225. 123Native vegetation within the Wekiva River Protection Area.
131(b) 132The various land uses and densities and intensities of development permitted by the local comprehensive plan shall protect the resources enumerated in paragraph (a) and the rural character of the Wekiva River Protection Area. The plan must also include:1711. 172Provisions that ensure the preservation of sufficient habitat for feeding, nesting, roosting, and resting so as to maintain viable populations of species designated pursuant to rules 39-27.003, 39-27.004, and 39-27.005, Florida Administrative Code, within the Wekiva River Protection Area.
2112. 212Restrictions on the clearing of native vegetation within the 100-year flood plain.
2243. 225Prohibition of development that is not low-density residential in nature, unless the development has less effect on natural resources than low-density residential development.
2484. 249Provisions for setbacks along the Wekiva River for areas that do not fall within the protection zones established pursuant to s. 270373.415271. 2725. 273Restrictions on intensity of development adjacent to publicly owned lands to prevent adverse impacts to such lands.
2906. 291Restrictions on filling and alteration of wetlands in the Wekiva River Protection Area.
3047. 305Provisions encouraging clustering of residential development if it promotes protection of environmentally sensitive areas and ensures that residential development in the aggregate is rural in density and character.
333(c) 334The local comprehensive plan must require that the density or intensity of development permitted on parcels of property adjacent to the Wekiva River System be concentrated on those portions of the parcels which are the farthest from the surface waters and wetlands of the Wekiva River System.
381(d) 382The local comprehensive plan must require that parcels of land adjacent to the surface waters and watercourses of the Wekiva River System not be subdivided so as to interfere with the implementation of protection zones as established pursuant to s. 422373.415, 423any applicable setbacks from the surface waters in the Wekiva River System which are established by local governments, or the policy established in paragraph (c) of concentrating development in the Wekiva River Protection Area as far from the surface waters and wetlands of the Wekiva River System as practicable. 472(e) 473The local land development regulations must implement the provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) and must include restrictions on the location of septic tanks and drainfields in the 100-year flood plain and discharges of stormwater to the Wekiva River System.
