Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-330.550 - General Permit for Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Nonproduction-related Agricultural Facilities

(1) A general permit is granted for the construction, operation, maintenance, alteration, or abandonment of minor systems serving any of the following, provided the activities comply with all of the conditions set forth below.

(a) Seasonal or year-round stands and markets selling exclusively or primarily produce and other farm or nursery products grown onsite.

(b) Farm worker housing and ancillary facilities.

(c) Truck loading and staging areas for transporting farm or nursery products grown onsite.

(d) Nonresidential farm buildings and structures used solely for agricultural purposes and located on a farm or on land that is an integral part of an ongoing farm operation.

(e) Roadway and vehicle parking facilities integral to an activity authorized under this general permit.

(2) This general permit is subject to the following limitations:

(a) Total cumulative building, driveway, parking lot, and other impervious and semi-impervious surfaces will not exceed 20 percent of the total land area, up to four acres. This limitation excludes impervious and semi-impervious areas directly related to agricultural production.

(b) No activities will occur in, on or over wetlands or other surface waters.

(c) The activities will not use new surface water drainage facilities larger than one 24-inch diameter pipe or its hydraulic equivalent.

(d) The activities will not use new drainage pumps or other operable structures for stormwater management.

(e) Finished building floors for residential structures will be above the 100-year flood elevation.

(f) All discharge and project runoff locations, excluding runoff from access driveways, will maintain a minimum 75-foot vegetated buffer. This vegetated buffer must include a 25-foot perpetually undisturbed buffer, upland of any wetlands, other surface waters, and drainage ditches.

(g) Impervious and semi-impervious surfaces, excluding access driveways, will maintain a 25-foot vegetated buffer from property boundaries.

(h) Permitted activities are not conducted within the geographic limits of an existing permit issued under Part IV of Chapter 373, F.S.

(3) This general permit is not available if the proposed activities, considered separately or in combination with other activities conducted under this permit, exceed or will exceed any of the limitations in subsection (2), above.

(4) The activities undertaken using this permit shall be taken into account in determining the post-development conditions for any subsequent exemption or permitting decision that includes the same project area.

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Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-330.550

Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.413 1 FS. Law Implemented 373.413, 373.4131, 373.414, 373.416, 373.419 FS.

New 10-1-13, Amended by Florida Register Volume 44, Number 085, May 1, 2018 effective 6/1/2018.

New 10-1-13, Amended 6-1-18.