§ 7.06.01. Local review and approval of stormwater management system.

The water management districts provide exemptions for the need to obtain permits for development projects and land parcels below their respective minimum area thresholds. Specifically, a request for exemption for a project with less than ten acres of total land area must, at a minimum, contain paving and drainage plans and calculations of the project signed and sealed by a professional engineer, which denotes the total land area, the total area of impervious surface, the location of any on-site wetlands, the location and details of the surface water management system including, but not limited to, any lakes, culverts, pipes, exfiltration trench, discharge structures, pumps and related facilities. In addition, an entity requesting an exemption must provide local government approval of the project and an affidavit of ownership, along with the underlying documentation.

Therefore, regardless of whether or not stormwater management permits are required by the water management districts, notwithstanding other exemptions cited in section 7.06.04, all applications for development are required to submit stormwater management plans for review and approval by the county engineer. Those plans are to be based on the standards and criteria of the appropriate water management district, be it the South Florida Water Management District or the St. Johns River Water Management District.