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~ - Coastal ManageInent - .. - .. The entire City of Sunny Isles Beach is located upon a barrier island and is within the Coastal Management area. Inclusive of water bodies and right-of-ways, the Coastal Management Area contains approximatdy 800 acres. This section of the plan is designed to: provide the background for a plan for devdopment within the coastal area that would restrict devdopment that would damage coastal upland and marine resources; protect citizens from tropical hurricanes and storm tides; and limit expenditures in areas and locations subject to destruction by potential natural disasters. .. - .. - - .. Existing Land Use - .. Existing land use information was presented in verbal and table form in the Land Use Element. As found in that section: .. - ./ Excluding water, 43.7% of the land is used for residential purposes. The remainder includes road right-of-way (8.9% or 150 acres); business activity (6.2%); beach area (5.8%); vacant parcels (3%); and parks, recreation and open space (about 1%). ./ About 73% of the residential category is medium to high density devdopment, with 10,800 of the 11,674 units being multi-family. Some of the mid-rise and some of the established waterway residential devdopments have densities ranging from 50 to 75 dwdling units per acre. ./ Less than 1% of the area is associated with public uses. ./ Approximatdy 17 acres, excluding waterways, are associated with public, semi-public and private recreation and open space. ./ About 50 acres of land is undevdoped, with most having been cleared of indigenous vegetation, except for about an 8.7 acres mangrove site situated north of Sunny Isles Boulevard on the Intracoastal Waterway. ./ About 737 acres, or 43.7% of the coastal management area is associated with canals and the Intracoastal Waterway. .. .. .. .. .. - .. .. .. - Economic Base of the Coastal Area - .. A significant portion of the City's economic base is direcdy rdated to the City's two most important natural resources, the Adantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway. The Florida Administrative Code (Chapter 9J-5) defines water dependent and water rdated uses as: .. .. - . Water Dependent Uses - means activities which can be carried out only on or adjacent to water areas because the use requires access to water body for transportation including ports or marinas, recreation, dectrical generating facilities or water supply. . Water Rdated Uses - means activities which are not directly dependent upon access to a water body, but which provide goods and services that are directly associated with water dependent or waterway uses. - - .. - Sunny Isles Comprehensive Plan - Existing Conditions I Background Documents 13 . ..