§ 118-1331. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Clearance means the alteration of or removal of shoreline vegetation by chemical treatment, mechanical or non-mechanical uprooting or removal or the removal or addition of soil above a shoreline.

Reestablish means the regrowth of shoreline vegetation, where the average height of growth measures more than 14 inches above the exposed shore or normal high water elevation, as appropriate.

Shoreline alteration shall mean and refer to the alteration of a shoreline, including the dredging, filling, and trenching of land located along the shore of a body of water.

Shoreline vegetation means aquatic or wetland vegetation naturally occurring in the waters and shoreline environments of Florida, including, but not limited to, those plants listed in F.A.C. § 62-301.400(2) and (3).

(Ord. No. 11-20, § III, 9-21-11)