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County approves Category 1 wetland waiver for 1313 White Oak Lane with preservation conditions
Summary
The commission approved a Category 1 wetland waiver allowing a single‑family residence plan at 1313 White Oak Lane while preserving all 383 sq ft of Category 1 wetland on site and reserving remaining buffer to a conservation easement; staff recommended approval with monitoring and restoration conditions.
On May 20 the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners approved a Category 1 wetland waiver for a half‑acre parcel at 1313 White Oak Lane in Fort Pierce.
Brian Ingram, senior environmental planner with the county’s Environmental Resources Department, told the board the subject parcel contains approximately 383 square feet of Category 1 wetland hydrologically connected to the North Fork of the St. Lucie River; that wetland will be preserved in place. Ingram said the applicant proposes impacts to roughly 6,348 square feet (about 0.15 acres) of the upland wetland buffer and would place about 7,704 square feet under conservation easement. “All 383 square feet of the category 1 wetland on‑site will be preserved,” Ingram said.
Staff noted a general permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and a jurisdictional determination from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the parcel does not contain waters of the U.S. requiring Corps mitigation. Staff recommended approval of the waiver with conditions including eradication of invasive species, submittal of a preserve area monitoring and maintenance plan, and verification of wetland limits by ERP prior to clearing.
There were no substantive public objections during the hearing. A motion to approve the waiver carried by voice vote.
The approval permits the applicant to proceed toward final site plan and permitting steps provided the applicant meets the board’s conservation and monitoring conditions.
