In December 2014, Charlotte County was issued an 意外带走许可证(ITP) 和相关的 生境保育计划(HCP) to address impacts to the state and federally protected Florida scrub-jay. 的 HCP was developed as an effort to reduce and streamline the regulatory burden and to provide regulatory certainty to land owners in Charlotte County.
的 HCP defines a reserve network to help ensure the long term survival of the Florida scrub-jay and to establish a development fee system in order to implement the Plan for the 30 year duration of the ITP.
HCP允许
To determine if your property is subject to the conditions of the HCP the County has created a layer via the Charlotte County 政府 Geographic Information System Map. 访问, open the layers folder in the upper right of the map, scroll to the bottom and check the box next to Scrubjay 许可证 Boundary. 边界区域, 如地图上红色部分所示, will remain static for the 30 year duration of the plan.Properties that are located within the Plan Area have 2 options, as the County’s HCP is not mandatory:
- Comply with the conditions of the HCP or
- 请求个人 审查 从物
HCP合规
Properties that are located within the Plan Area that choose to utilize the County HCP must:
- 请填写 擦洗-杰伊(HCP)应用程序
- 支付 HCP开发费
- IF the parcel is cleared prior to March 1st construction may occur during nesting season.
- Acknowledge that NO vegetation clearing is permitted during scrub-jay nesting season which runs from March 1st – June 30th.
- Comply with the minimization requirements for additional covered species as outlined in the HCP.
- If the parcel is over 3 acres the HCP最小化标准 will apply in addition to the HCP开发费.
HCP开发费
对于要发布的ITP，美国.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) requires that funding assurances are provided to fulfill the obligations outlined in the HCP. 的 HCP开发费 provides long-term funding for Land Acquisition, Habitat Assessment Planning & Restoration, Habitat Management, Monitoring & Adaptive Management, Changes Circumstances and Plan 政府.
的 current fee schedule is a tier system based on the total acreage of the parcel as it was originally platted. Total acreage of consolidated parcels do not apply and will be charged based on the original plat acreage. 2016年2月, the County submitted a request to modify the HCP to revise the fee schedule to a density based system that would be based upon the entire allotted density of the parcel per current zoning regulations; FWS is currently 审查ing this modification request.
的 Board of 县委员会ers approved adjusting the Scrub jay development fee which became effective January 1, 2023.
- 欧博体育官网公园 & 自然资源 is required to periodically audit and assess development fees to ensure the fees generated by the HCP adequately cover the costs of maintaining the 储备.
- Adjustments will be made annually to account for inflation, as reflected by changes in the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) 首页 Price Index (HPI) and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Nonresidential Building Maintenance & Repair Producer Price Index (PPI).
- Pre-payments are no longer being accepted as of January 1st, 2023. If you pre-paid your Scrub jay fees prior to January 1st, 2023 and have not have any development permits issued, you will be responsible for the difference in the fees after the effective date.
年度HCP报告