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Silver Springs State Park: Swimming Area, Kayak Launch, and Sea Hunt Area Improvements - Waiver to Major Site Plan
Parcel #: 31757-001-00 #000067
Mead & Hunt, Inc.
LDC 2.21 - Major Site Plan and LDC 6.13.5 Flood plan and protection
CODE states A Major Site Plan shall be submitted for review and approval prior to the issuance of a Building Permit or prior to the construction of site improvements when proposed improvements exceed any of the following thresholds: (1) Collectively, all existing and proposed impervious ground coverage equals or exceeds 35 percent of the gross site area or 9,000 square feet. (2) The combined driveway trip generation meets or exceeds 50 peak hour vehicle trips. (3) A 24-inch diameter pipe, its equivalent, or larger is utilized to discharge stormwater runoff from the project area.
LDC 6.13.5 Flood plan and protection
CODE states A. This section provides requirements for all land use activities, including single family residences, which materially change the location, elevation, size, capacity, or hydraulic characteristics of the existing one percent (100-year) flood plain as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The intent is to ensure that equivalent flood plain volume and conveyance is maintained. This section also supplements Division 5.3 Flood Plain Overlay Zone. B. Land use activities which materially change the flood plain may be permitted when calculations performed by a licensed professional are provided demonstrating that compensating storage or other hydraulic characteristics are provided on the owner's property or within an easement. The calculations shall be reviewed and approved by the County Engineer or his designee. C. Land use activities that do not meet the thresholds for a stormwater analysis shall minimally be required to demonstrate one-for-one compensating storage, to be reviewed and approved by the County Engineer or his designee. D. When proposed improvements associated with mass grading plans, major site plans or improvement plans encroach into a flood hazard zone, it shall be necessary for the applicant to file a map amendment or revision with FEMA.
APPLICANT - per direction received in the pre-application meeting we are requesting a waiver from the LDC. The project has been issued an ERP from SJRWMD and is in process of receiving a permit from USACE.
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