An aquatic vegetation free area, 50 feet or less in width, which provides access from the NHWE to open water.

Any plant, including a floating, emergent, submersed, or ditch bank species, growing in, or closely associated with, an aquatic environment, and includes any part or seed of such plant.

The alteration of or removal of shoreline vegetation by chemical treatment, mechanical or non-mechanical uprooting or removal.

County employee positions and employee positions of County Officers who have been designated as Code Enforcement Officers by the Board pursuant to Chapter 53, Code Enforcement, Seminole County Code, or its successor provisions, including Public Works Department staff so authorized.

Aquatic plants rooted below a body of water or in an area that is periodically submerged but extending above the NHWE, as appropriate.

The natural process by which lakes become nutrient enriched and over long periods of time may change from open water to marsh systems. This process may be greatly accelerated by urbanization, Shoreline Alteration, and stormwater runoff.

The addition of materials, including but not limited to dirt, sand, gravel, stone, crushed stone, cement, cement rubble, mulch, wood or railroad ties, which results in changes to the topography or vegetation that exists on the Shoreline and Waterfront areas of Waterfront properties.

A natural body of water of non man-made origins (e.g., not a man-made retention pond).

The definition of Normal High Water Elevation (NHWE) set forth in Section 2.3 of this Code applies to this Chapter 71.

The definition of Person set forth in Section 2.3 of this Code applies to this Chapter 71.

The regrowth of Shoreline Vegetation, where the average growth height is more than twelve (12) inches above the NHWE or water surface, as appropriate.

The planting and establishment of native terrestrial and aquatic grasses and plants, both emergent and non-emergent, associated with waterfront and shoreline environments.

A person who possesses fee title to property that extends to the normal high water elevation of natural waters, or to the bottom of natural waters.

All land or water which is on the water ward side of the NHWE.

Any alteration of the natural condition of the shoreline such as changes in shoreline topography, vegetation, sediment, or structural changes.

Vegetation which grows within the shoreline area; included are semi-woody herbaceous plants (such as shrub species and willow) and aquatic Plants (such as emergent, floating, and submersed) associated with wetlands and including, but not limited to, those plants listed in Sections 62-340.450, Florida Administrative Code (2015), as amended from time to time.

Aquatic plants that live at or below the water surface.

Permanent area of land, contiguous to the shore and proximate to the waterbody contains native vegetation that helps to trap sediment and enhance filtration of nutrients and pesticides by slowing down runoff that could enter a waterbody.

A body of water forming a physiographical feature, for example a lake or a pond, is manmade or natural and may include ditches, canals, creeks, and streams.

The land area abutting a waterbody.

Vegetation which grows or exists at or below the NHWE and includes terrestrial and aquatic plants, both emergent and non-emergent, associated with wetlands.