Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Feb. 19, 1998
Live Oak Plantation No. 1, Ltd. (Live Oak) through Stanford Development Group filed application number 4-117-0464AC-ERP with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) in April 1997, seeking a conceptual approval environmental resource permit. After SJRWMD issued its notice of intent to grant the permit, the Petitioners filed their petitions challenging the intended agency action. The central issue in this proceeding is whether the permit should be issued pursuant to Chapter 373, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 40C-4, 40C-41 and 40C-42, Florida Administrative Code, including specific provisions of the Applicant's Handbook adopted by rule and identified in the parties' prehearing stipulation filed July 8, 1998.Conceptual permit approval should be granted to large multi-phased residential project where mitigation is adequate, impacts have been minimized and public interest test met.
