Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5I - Florida Forest Service › Chapter 5I-7 - RURAL AND FAMILY LANDS PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 5I-7.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms are
				  defined as follows:
(1) "Agriculture"
				is as defined in Section
				570.02(1),
				F.S.
(2) "Agricultural Cooperative"
				means an established organization where farmers pool their resources in certain
				areas.
(3) "Agricultural Lands"
				means lands on which Agriculture is conducted.
(4) "Aquifer Recharge Areas" means regions
				that provide water to an aquifer that is critical to springs, sinks, lakes,
				rivers, other natural systems, or water supply.
(5) "Baseline Documentation Report" means a
				report used for long term Perpetual Easement monitoring that documents existing
				land conditions at the time of execution of the easement.
(6) "Best Management Practices" or "BMPs"
				means a practice or combination of practices established by rule of the
				Department, based on research, field-testing, and expert review, to be the most
				effective and practicable on-location means, including economic and
				technological considerations, of protecting environmental values.
(7) "Board" or "Board of Trustees" means the
				Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of
				Florida.
(8) "Commissioner" means
				the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture.
(9) "Council" means the Acquisition and
				Restoration Council, pursuant to Section
				259.035, F.S.
(10) "Department" means the Department of
				Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(11) "Division" means the Florida Forest
				Service in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(12) "Natural Floodplain" means Federal
				Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) "special flood hazard areas (SFHA)"
				associated with major rivers. In counties where no FEMA data is available, the
				Natural Floodplain is estimated based on water management district landcover
				data, landsat data, and National Wetlands Inventory data.
(13) "Outparcel" means land within the
				boundaries of a parcel which is not owned or under the control of the parent
				tract owner or is intended to be excluded from the Project by the parent tract
				owner.
(14) "Perpetual Easement"
				means a conservation easement as defined in Section
				570.71(2)(a),
				F.S., or a rural lands protection easement as defined in Section
				570.71(3),
				F.S.
(15) "Program" means the Rural
				and Family Lands Protection Program (RFLPP).
(16) "Project" means the proposed acquisition
				of a Perpetual Easement as provided for in Section
				570.71, F.S.
(17) "Significant Natural Areas" as contained
				in Section 570.71(1)(c),
				F.S., means areas of relatively undisturbed land or water features that promote
				healthy functioning habitats important to native plant and wildlife species and
				hydrology.
(18) "Species Habitat"
				means an environment consisting of an assemblage of plants, animals, soils, and
				associated processes that provide a plant or animal with its physical and
				chemical requirements.
(19)
				"Supplemental Standards" means the Supplemental Appraisal Standards for Board
				of Trustees Land, which contains appraisal requirements that establish public
				policy and add to the standard appraisal procedures and practices of the
				appraisal profession for the development and reporting of all appraisal
				services, including those outlined in Chapters 253 and 570, F.S., and in
				accordance with subsection
				18-1.002(23),
				F.A.C.
(20) "Uniform Standards of
				Professional Appraisal Practices (USPAP)" means the generally accepted and
				recognized standards of real property appraisal practice in the United States
				promulgated by the Appraisal Foundation and used by state and federal agencies
				and others, which is incorporated by reference in Rule
				61J1-9.001, F.A.C.
(21) "Water Resources" means water bodies,
				Aquifer Recharge Areas, aquifers, wetlands, and
				watersheds.
Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23),
					 570.71 (10), 259.105(3)(i) FS.
					 Law Implemented 570.71,
					 570.715,
					 259.105(3)(i)
					 FS.
New 11-3-08, Amended 4-14-15,
					 6-12-23.