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Staff flags wetlands buffer, open-space and elevation rules for Amelia Island glamping plan
Summary
County environmental health and building staff told the applicant that jurisdictional wetlands need a 25-foot upland buffer, recreational land-use parcels in the 100-year floodplain require 60% open space, and platform elevations must meet the county floodplain ordinance (BFE+1-foot, NAVD 88). The DRC advised documenting base flood elevation and elevation data in the SEP.
Constance Lake of the building department told the applicant the parcel sits in a special flood-hazard area with a base flood elevation of 8 and that finished- and platform-elevation data should be shown in NAVD 88 on the site engineering plan. "...this is in a special flood hazard area with base flood elevation of 8," Lake said, and that the minimum elevation requirement for a platform would be BFE plus 1 foot, roughly 9 feet NAVD 88 for finished platforms.
Planning staff also noted an impervious-surface cap (50% maximum for the recreational land-use category), a required 25-foot upland buffer for jurisdictional wetlands under LDC section 37.03, and an additional open-space requirement (60%) for properties in the hundred-year floodplain. Staff asked applicants to reference the applicable LDC sections on their SEP and said a formal reviewer will evaluate compliance at submittal.
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