§ 13-571. Surface water quality

(a)

Design standards.

(1)

General. Lakes, rivers, canals and other water bodies shall be protected from the adverse effects of development by compliance with applicable requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

(2)

Areas of environmental concern and Lakes Deaton, Miona and Okahumpka. To prevent additional nitrification and/or pollution from stormwater runoff of Lakes Deaton, Miona and Okahumpka, development within two hundred (200) feet of the mean high water line and within the area of environmental concern identified in Map 4-1 of the comprehensive plan, shall:

a.

Provide for additional water quality treatment through the use of "bio-swales" engineered into the stormwater management system before outfall to any of the subject lakes.

b.

Where the soil is rated as having severe limitations for septic tanks and septic tanks are to be used, development shall be limited to a gross density of one (1) dwelling unit per ten (10) acres.

(Ord. No. 2015-17, § 3(Exh. A), 9-22-15)