§ 23-204. Definitions.

The following terms shall have the meanings as follows for the purpose of this article:

AWT. Advance waste treatment which will provide a recovered water product that contains not more than the following concentrations on an annual basis:

(1)

Biological oxygen demand ..... 5 mg/l

(2)

Suspended solids ..... 5 mg/l

(3)

Total Nitrogen, expressed as N ..... 3 mg/l

(4)

Total Phosphorous, expressed as P ..... 1 mg/l

and has received high level disinfection as defined by rule of the Department of Environmental Regulation.

Buffer. An area adjacent to a wetland to be maintained with sufficient stabilizing ground cover to prevent erosion and sedimentation and to provide a medium for absorbing stormwater pollutants.

Bulkhead. Any structure which acts as a restraining wall adjacent to a water body to prevent erosion.

Coastal zone. That area designated as "Conservation" west of U.S. Highway 19 on the Future Land Use Map of the Hernando County Comprehensive Plan adopted June 7, 1989.

Development. The carrying out of any building activity or mining operation, the making of any material change in the use or appearance of any structure or land, or the dividing of land.

Dock. A fixed or floating structure including moorings as measured waterward from the mean or ordinary high-water line.

Exotic species. A plant species which is not indigenous to the geographic area under consideration as determined by the natural range of the plant species.

Finger pier. Any pier extending out from the main dock but not restricted from being a main dock.

Lot of record. A lot which is part of a subdivision and is shown on a plat or map thereof which has been recorded prior to the effective date of this article; or a parcel of land described by metes and bounds which is the subject of a deed or land contract which has been duly executed prior to the effective date of this article.

Marina. A watercraft harbor complex used primarily for boat moorage and/or storage, which may also provide associated accessory facilities and services including, but not limited to, the sale of fuel, lubricants, provisions and boats and the servicing of equipment.

Mitigation. An action or series of actions that will offset the adverse impacts on wetlands and any adjacent buffer due to development activity within the wetland and the buffer. Mitigation does not include cash payments.

Natural buffer. An area adjacent to a wetland retained in a natural vegetative state which serves to minimize the adverse impacts of upland development on the wetland. This zone also provides habitat for water-dependent wildlife.

Point source discharge. Known potential sources of pollution which discharge within the watershed of a water body.

Regulated activity. Any activity which has received all appropriate state, federal and local permits for development within the riverine system prior to the adoption date of the ordinance from which this article derived.

Riverine system. The main body of the river plus all contiguous jurisdictional wetlands.

Vertical seawall. A seawall the waterward face of which is at a slope greater than seventy-five (75) degrees to the horizontal. A seawall with riprap of approximately six (6) inches in diameter installed to a height of one (1) foot above mean high water with a slope no greater than two to one (2:1) shall not be considered a vertical seawall.

Water-dependent activity. An activity which can only be conducted on, in, over or adjacent to water areas because the activity requires direct access to the water body or wetlands for transportation, recreation, energy production or transmission, or source of water and where the use of the water or wetlands is an integral part of the activity.

Wetland. Any area that is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater with a frequency sufficient to support a prevalence of vegetative species that require saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction. The wetlands shall be conclusively presumed to be that land which lies within the wetland jurisdictional line, as defined in this article.

Wetland line. The wetland line is the line of demarcation between a wetland and the adjacent upland. The wetland line as established or approved by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, or an environmental consultant shall be accepted by the county. If a wetland has been established using any of the above methodologies, Hernando County may establish the line using hydric soils as identified by the Soil Conservation Service.

(Ord. No. 90-17, § 4, 8-23-90)