The Development Review and Monitoring section oversees the review of projects moving through the County's land development process for environmental impacts and compliance with development order conditions of approval, upland preserve, littoral zone and beachfront lighting requirements.
Natural Area (Preserve) Compliance & Planted Littoral Compliance Monitoring
With each new development, native vegetation has been sacrificed as Palm Beach County tries to keep up with its ever increasing growth. On June 16, 1992, the County adopted the Unified Land Development Code, through which each new development would have to make an assessment of their on-site vegetation, eradicate all the prohibited species and set aside 25% of the best native upland vegetation into dedicated preserves to be maintained in peretuity by the property owner.
The long term preserve compliance program was set up to assure that the required 25% preserve set asides are being properly maintained and free of prohibited and invasive non-native plant species. This compliance is based on annual inspections with the necessary follow-up as required. The long term littoral compliance program was put in place to assure that the required 70% coverage of native planted material per their Notice of Intent to Construct 
littoral planting plan and that the exotics are less than 10% in coverage.
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