§ 94-130. Review of site plan.

(a)

During the review of a site plan or any other plan for construction, the city engineer shall use the National Wetlands Inventory maps, the county soil survey, the city and county comprehensive plans, aerial photography, or other applicable data in order to determine the potential existence of wetlands or environmentally sensitive land on or adjacent to the site.

(b)

If a review of the documents listed in subsection (a) of this section indicates that wetlands or environmentally sensitive land may exist on or adjacent to the site, an inspection will be performed by the city engineer.

(c)

Based on the assessment of the site visit, the city engineer may require the developer to have the site inspected by a representative from the St. Johns River Water Management District for a determination of jurisdictional limits of the site. This, also, may require the involvement of the Army Corps of Engineers and the state department of environmental protection.

(d)

No building permit shall be issued by the city until either the site plan has been approved or an exemption letter has been issued by the applicable environmental agency.

(e)

All proposed development adjacent to Lake Apopka or any other lake will automatically be reviewed under the process in this section as well as any parcel of land characterized by any soil found on the Soils Index List prepared by the St. Johns River Water Management District and utilized to identify wetlands or any parcel designated for conservation use and shown on the future land use plan map.

(Code 1988, § 27-5)