Florida Administrative Code › 28 - ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION › 28 - Departmental › Chapter 28-26 - LAND PLANNING - PART V BOUNDARY AND PRINCIPLES FOR GUIDING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GREEN SWAMP AREA OF CRITICAL STATE CONCERN › Section 28-26.003 - Principles for Guiding Development

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Objectives
				to Be Achieved
(a) Minimize the adverse
				impacts of development on resources of the Floridan Aquifer, wetlands, and
				flood-detention areas.
(b) Protect
				the normal quantity, quality and flow of ground water and surface water which
				are necessary for the protection of resources of state and regional
				concern.
(c) Protect the water
				available for aquifer recharge.
(d)
				Protect the functions of the Green Swamp Potentiometric High of the Floridan
				Aquifer.
(e) Protect the normal
				supply of ground and surface water.
(f) Prevent further salt-water intrusion into
				the Floridan Aquifer.
(g) Protect
				or improve existing ground and surface-water quality.
(h) Protect the water-retention capabilities
				of wetlands.
(i) Protect the
				biological-filtering capabilities of wetlands.
(j) Protect the natural flow regime of
				drainage basins.
(k) Protect the
				design capacity of flood-detention areas and the water-management objectives of
				these areas through the maintenance of hydrologic characteristics of drainage
				basins.
(2) Elements
Requiring
Regulatory
Regulation
Guidelines
(a) Site Platting
The platting of land should be permitted only when
							 such platting commits development to a pattern which will not result in the
							 alteration of the natural surface water flow regime and which will not reduce
							 the natural recharge rate of the platted site.
(b) Site Alteration
Site alteration should be permitted only when such
							 alteration will not adversely affect the natural surface-water flow regime or
							 natural recharge capabilities of the site. Site alteration should be permitted
							 only when such alteration will not cause siltation of wetlands or reduce the
							 natural retention and filtering capabilities of wetlands. All site alteration
							 activities should provide for water retention and settling facilities; should
							 maintain an overall site runoff equivalent to the natural flow regime prior to
							 alteration and should maintain a runoff rate which does not cause
							 erosion.
(c) Soils
All soil exposed as a result of site alteration or
							 development activities should be located and stabilized in a manner to prevent
							 the alteration of the natural flow regime. All soil exposed as a result of site
							 alteration or development activities should be restored with suitable
							 vegetation.
(d) Ground Water
Ground water withdrawal should not exceed the safe
							 yield per acre as determined by the Southwest Florida Water Management
							 District, or its successor agency.
(e) Storm-Water
Storm-water runoff should be released into the
							 wetlands in a manner approximating the natural flow regime.
(f) Solid Waste
Solid waste disposal facilities should be located in
							 areas and operated in a manner that will not adversely affect the ground-water
							 system.
(g) Structures
Structures should be placed in a manner that will not
							 adversely affect the natural flow regime and which will not reduce the recharge
							 capabilities. Placement of structures should be consistent with sound flood
							 plain management practices such as compliance with the Flood Disaster
							 Protection Act of 1973.