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<br />~ <br /> <br />.itIII <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Conservation <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br /><<!II <br /> <br />The Conservation section of the plan has been developed in accordance with Chapter 163 F.S. and <br />Rule 9J-5. Its purpose is to promote the conservation and protection of the City's natural resources. <br />This section presents planning time frames of five and ten years in accordance with Rule 9J- <br />5.005(4) F.A.C. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />III Natural Resources Inventory <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />This section of the Plan includes information of the City's natural resources in accordance with Rille <br />9J -5.013( 1)( a). <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Surface Water Bodies <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />The City's boundaries include portions of both the Intracoastal Waterway and the Adantic Ocean. <br />The widest part of the Intracoastal Waterway forms Dmnfounding Bay located between the City of <br />Sunny Isles Beach and the City of Aventura. Sunny Isles Beach also contains a number of finger <br />canals emanating from the Intracoastal Waterway. The waterfront land is heavily developed and <br />only limited natural vegetation remains. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Wetlands <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Wedands are defmed as areas that are poorly drained due to the fact that the water table is near or <br />above the soil's surface for all or part of the year. The inventory did not identify any wedand or <br />estuarine marshes within the City. However, according to County requirements, any newly <br />identified wedands within the City will be protected. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Groundwater <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />The City's drinking water is supplied from the Biscayne Aquifer. The aquifer serves as a regional <br />water source through North Miami Beach's Norwood-OdHer Wellfidd. The County monitors and <br />protects the wdlfidds. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Air Quality <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Miami-Dade County maintains fourteen air quality monitoring stations. There are no monitoring <br />stations within the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Since 1989 there has been one ozone exceeding <br />incident within the County and three instances where total suspended particulates exceeded the <br />allowable limits. All of these cases took place in the western portion of the County and did not affect <br />the City. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />32 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Sunny Isles Comprehensive Plan - E.xisting Conditions I Background Documents <br /> <br />- <br />