Florida Administrative Code › 28 - ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION › 28 - Departmental › Chapter 28-27 - LAND PLANNING - PART VI BOUNDARY AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GREEN SWAMP AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN - POLK COUNTY › Section 28-27.008 - General Minimum Standards

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
All development within the Green Swamp Area of Critical State
				  Concern shall meet the following standards and criteria:
(1) The developer shall provide for the
				release of surface water runoff, collected or uncollected, in a manner
				approximating the natural, surface water flow regime of the area.
(2) The first floor or basement floor of all
				structures shall be constructed at least one (1) foot above the Regulatory
				Flood Level for the particular area.
(3) Treatment of storm-water runoff shall be
				provided by settling ponds, soil fixatives, control of non-point chemical
				pollutants, or the performance equivalent structures or systems when such
				runoff may contaminate surface or ground water resources.
(4) Except for roads, any nonpermeable
				surface greater than 20, 000 square feet shall provide for release of surface
				runoff, collected or uncollected, in a manner approximating the natural surface
				water flow regime of the area.
(5)
				Soils exposed during site alteration shall be stabilized and retention ponds or
				performance equivalent structures or systems maintained in order to retain
				runoff and siltation on the construction site.
(6) Any altered site shall be revegetated and
				such revegetation shall be subsequently completed within 180 days following
				completion of a development. Revegetation shall be accomplished with
				pre-existing species or other suitable species except that undesirable exotic
				species shall not be replanted or propagated.
(7) Fill areas and related dredge or borrow
				ponds shall be aligned substantially in the direction of local surface water
				flows and shall be separated from other fill areas and ponds by areas of
				vegetation of comparable size. Dredge or borrow ponds shall provide for the
				release of storm waters as sheet flow from their downstream end and into areas
				of vegetation. Access roads to and between fill areas shall provide for the
				passage of water in a manner approximating the natural flow regime and designed
				to accommodate the 50 year storm. Fill areas and related ponds shall not
				substantially retain or divert the total flow.
(8) Man-made lakes, ponds, or other
				containment works shall be constructed with a maximum slope of 30 degrees to a
				depth of six feet of water. Whenever mineral extraction is completed in new
				quarries, shoreline sloping, revegetation, and contouring of soils or tailings
				shall be completed before abandonment. Existing quarry lakes shall be exempt
				from this provision, except that whenever any person carries out any activity
				defined as development or applies for a development permit, as defined herein,
				to develop any existing quarry lake area, these regulations shall
				apply.
(9) Development shall not
				detrimentally change the quantity of ground and surface water available for
				recharge to the Floridan Aquifer. A developer shall not cause storm water from
				the site to discharge or runoff into an existing sinkhole.
(10) The development shall not impair the
				water retention and filtering capacity of wetlands soils or
				vegetation.
(11) New drainage
				facilities shall release water in a manner approximating the natural local
				surface flow regime, through a spreader pond or performance equivalent
				structure or system, either on site or to a natural retention or natural
				filtration and flow area. New drainage facilities shall also maintain a ground
				water level sufficient to protect wetland vegetation through the use of weirs
				or performance equivalent structures or systems. Said facilities shall not
				retain, divert, or otherwise block or channel the naturally occurring flows in
				a strand or slough.
(12) Solid
				waste disposal sites shall meet all the requirements of this code.
(13) Site alteration shall be permitted only
				when such alteration will not cause siltation of wetlands or reduce the natural
				retention and filtering capabilities of wetlands.
(14) Ground water withdrawal shall comply
				with the standards and regulations of the Southwest Florida Water Management
				District or its successor agency.
(15) Placement of structures shall be
				consistent with sound floodplain management practices such as compliance with
				Flood District Disaster Protection Act of 1973.
Rulemaking Authority  380.05 FS. Law Implemented  380.05(8) 
					 FS.
New 7-20-75, Formerly 22F-6.08, 27F-6.08, 27F-6.008,
					 Amended 1-15-14.