Subject:
Title
Public Interest Determination: Wetland Impacts for Wickham Corners
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Fiscal Impact:
None.
Dept/Office:
Natural Resources Management Department
Requested Action:
Recommendation
In accordance with Chapter 62, Article X, Division 4, Section 62-3694(c)(3)b, Atlantic Environmental Solutions of Florida LLC (AES), on behalf of Evans Wickham, LLC, requests that the Board of County Commissioners (Board) grant a Public Interest Determination (PID) for wetland impacts proposed for a commercial project at Wickham Corners.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
AES, on behalf of Evans Wickham, LLC, submitted a Wetland Toolbox analysis (attached) for wetland impacts proposed for a commercial project at Wickham Corners, located immediately west of the existing Taco Bell at 7850 Wickham Road. The 1.73-acre undeveloped property (Tax No. 2601525) contains a wetland system that extends off-site to the north and south via a ditch. The on-site part of the wetland covers approximately 0.96 acres of the property. The applicant proposes to impact the on-site potion of the wetland in order to develop a 4,000 square-foot (sf) commercial building and associated parking lot and landscaping for a fast food restaurant. No-net-loss compensatory wetlands mitigation meeting the criteria of Section 62-3694(e) and Section 62-3696 will be provided through a mitigation bank within the same hydrologic basin approved by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD).
Chapter 62, Article X, Division 4, Section 62-3694(c)(3)b allows wetland impacts for commercial development along mitigation qualified roadways (MQRs):
On properties with frontage on mitigation qualified roadways, commercial or industrial land development activities may be permitted in wetlands if the property is designated for commercial or industrial land uses on the Future Land Use Map. Mitigation qualified roadways are depicted and identified in a table on Map 8 of the Comprehensive Plan Conservation...
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