| AADT |
Average Annual Daily Traffic |
| AASHTO |
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials |
| ACLF |
Assisted Congregate Living Facility |
| AC |
Acre Feet |
| ADA |
Americans With Disabilities Act Of 1990 |
| ADA |
Application For Development Approval |
| ADM |
Administration Department |
| ADT |
Average Daily Traffic |
| AFDC |
Aid to Families with Dependent Children |
| AHAC |
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee |
| AHTF |
Affordable Housing Task Force ( active in1991, produced Affordable Housing Study ) |
| AIA |
American Institute of Architects |
| AICP |
American Institute of Certified Planners |
| AIP |
Airport Improvement Program |
| ALUP |
Airport Land Use Plan |
| APA |
American Planning Association |
| APFO |
Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance |
| APT |
Aquifer Performance Test |
| ARDP |
Active Residential Development Preference Planning System |
| ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASCS |
Agricultural Stabilization And Conservation Service |
| ASD |
Administrative Services Department |
| ASLA |
American Society Of Landscape Architects |
| ASR |
Aquifer Storage Recovery |
| AVR |
Average Vehicle Ridership |
| BARM |
Bureau of Archives and Records Management (State of Florida) |
| BCC |
Board of County Commissioners |
| BDB |
Business Development Board |
| BEBR |
Bureau of Economic and Business Research (Univ. of Fla.) |
| BG |
Block Group (Census geographic unit) |
| BLD |
Building Department |
| BMP |
Best Management Practices |
| BOA |
Board of Adjustment |
| BPAC |
Bicycle / Pedestrian Advisory Committee |
| C&D |
Construction & Demolition Waste |
| C&SF |
Central & Southern Florida |
| CAC |
Citizens Advisory Committee |
| CARL |
Conservation and Recreation Land Committee (State of Florida) |
| CATF |
Citizen's Advisory Task Force |
| CA |
Control of Access Lines (Sometimes written C/A) |
| CBD |
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT |
| CCCL |
Coastal Construction Control Line |
| CCNA |
Consultant Competitive Negotiation Act |
| CCTP |
Coordinated Community Transportation Provider |
| CDBG |
Community Development Block Grant |
| CEB |
Code Enforcement Board |
| CESQG |
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator |
| CFC |
Capital Facility Charge |
| CFS |
Cubic feet per second |
| CGMP |
Comprehensive Growth Management Plan |
| CIE |
Capital Improvements Element (Of the CGMP) |
| CILB |
Construction Industry Licensing Board |
| CIP |
Capital Improvements Program |
| CIR |
Citizens Involvement Roundtable |
| CMP |
Corrugated Metal Pipe |
| CMSA |
Critical Movement Summation Analysis |
| CMS |
Concurrency Management System |
| COA |
Council on Aging |
| COE |
(Army) Corps of Engineers |
| COE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers (also COFE and USCOE) |
| COG |
Council of Governments |
| COLD |
Computer Output to Laser Disk |
| COMP PLAN |
Comprehensive Growth Management Plan |
| COR |
Commercial Office/Residential land use and/or zoning district |
| COR |
Commercial/Office/Residential Land Use and/or Zoning District |
| CO |
Certificate of Occupancy |
| CPG |
Community Planning Group |
| CRA |
Community Redevelopment Agency |
| CSD |
Community Services Department |
| CTC |
Community Transportation Coordinator |
| CT |
Census Tract |
| CUP |
Consumptive Use Permitting |
| CWA |
Clean Water Act |
| DBPR |
Department of Business & Professional Regulations (State of Florida) |
| DCA |
Department of Community Affairs (State of Florida) |
| DEP |
Department of Environmental Protection (State of Florida) |
| DHSMV |
Department Of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles |
| DOC |
Department of Corrections (State of Florida) |
| DOPA |
Designated Official Planning Agency (for Transportation Disadvantaged) |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DO |
Development Order |
| DRC |
Development Review Committee (Martin County) |
| DRI |
Development of Regional Impact |
| DWMP |
District Water Management Plan |
| EAA |
Everglades Agricultural Area |
| EAR |
Evaluation and Appraisal Report (of the CGMP) |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| EI |
Engineering Intern |
| ELMS |
Environmental Land Management Committee |
| EMF |
Electro-Magnetic Fields |
| ENCON |
Environmental Control District For Loxahatchee River |
| EPA |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERC |
Equivalent Residential Connection (Utilities) |
| ESD |
Emergency Services Department |
| ET |
Evapotranspiration |
| EVT |
Environmental Services Department |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FACTS |
Florida Action Committee on Tall Structures |
| FAC |
Florida Administrative Code |
| FAPA |
Florida Chapter of American Planning Association |
| FAR |
Floor Area Ratio |
| FAS |
Florida Aquifer System |
| FAW |
Florida Administrative Weekly |
| FBO |
Fixed Base Operator |
| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
| FCEPA |
Florida Committee on Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals |
| FDACS |
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| FDCA |
Florida Department of Community Affairs |
| FDOT |
Florida Department of Transportation |
|
FEC
FEMA |
Florida East Coast Railway
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FES |
Florida Engineering Society |
| FHSRT |
Florida High Speed Rail Transportation |
| FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
| FIG |
Florida Innovation Group |
| FIND |
Florida Inland Navigation District |
| FLUE |
Future Land Use Element |
| FLUM |
Future Land Use Map |
| FQDP |
Florida Quality Development Program |
| FRDAP |
Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program |
| FR |
Federal Register |
| FSUTMS |
Florida Standard Urban Transportation Modeling Structure |
| FSUTMS |
Florida Standard Urban Transportation Modelling System |
| FS |
Florida Statutes |
| FTDC |
Florida Transportation Disadvantaged Commission |
| FWG |
Florida Women in Government |
| FWPCOA |
Florida Water & Pollution Control Operators Association |
| FY |
Fiscal Year (FY98 is from October 1, 1997 to September 30, 1998) |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLA |
Gross Leasable Area |
| GMD |
Growth Management Department |
| GPCD |
Gallons per capita per day |
| GPD |
Gallons per day |
| GPM |
Gallons per minute |
| GP |
General Permit, for uses of < 100,000 gpd in non-RTA areas |
| GSD |
General Services Department |
| HFA |
Housing Finance Agency |
| HHW |
Household Hazardous Waste |
| HP |
Horse Power |
| HSNWR |
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge |
| HSR |
High Speed Rail |
| ICE |
Intergovernmental Coordination Element |
| IFAS |
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences |
| IFCD |
Indiantown Future Community Development Plan |
| IND |
Individual water use permit |
| INPHI |
Indiantown Non-Profit Housing, Inc. |
| IRCC |
Indian River Community College |
| IRLNEP |
Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program |
| IRLRFS |
Indian River Lagoon Restoration Feasibility Study |
| IRL |
Indian River Lagoon |
| ISD |
Information Services Department |
| ISTEA |
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act Of 1991 |
| JBCRA |
Jensen Beach Community Redevelopment District (no longer exists) |
| JBNAC |
Jensen Beach Neighborhood Advisory Committee (repaced the JBCRA) |
| JDSP |
Johnathan Dickinson State Park |
| JEP |
Jobs & Education Partnership |
| JPA |
Joint Participation Agreement |
| KIVA |
A type of Land Information Software |
| KPA |
Kissimee Planning Area |
| LASC |
Land Acquisition Selection Committee |
| LCBTD |
Local Coordinating Board for the Transportation Disadvantaged |
| LCB |
Local Coordinating Board |
| LDRA |
Land Development Regulation Act |
| LDRO |
Land Development Regulations Organization |
| LDR |
Land Development Regulations |
| LEG DEL |
Legislative Delegation |
| LEG |
County Attorney's Office |
| LF |
Landfill |
| LGCP |
Local Government Comprehensive Planning |
| LIB |
Library Systems Department |
| LOGIN |
Local On-line Government Information Network |
| LORSS |
Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study |
| LOTAC |
Lake Okeechobee Technical Advisory Committee |
| LO |
Lake Okeechobee |
| LPA/P&Z |
Local Planning Agency/Planning and Zoning Board |
| LPA |
Local Planning Agency |
| LSE |
Land Surface Elevation |
| LWCF |
Land and Water Conservation Fund |
| MCA |
Martin County Airport |
| MCCGMP |
Martin County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan |
| MCUD |
Martin County Utilities Department |
| MC |
Martin County |
| MG/L |
Milligrams per liter |
| MGD |
Million gallons per day |
| MGM |
Million gallons per month |
| MGY |
Million gallons per year |
| MHW |
Mean High Water |
| MINUTP |
Mini-Urban Transportation Planning Modeling System |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOU |
Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MPO |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| MRF |
Materials Recovery Facility |
| MSBU |
Municipal Service Benefit Unit |
| MSED |
Martin County Socio-Economic Data |
| MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
| MSTU |
Municipal Service Taxing Unit |
| MSWCD |
Martin Soil and Water Conservation District |
| MTPS |
Micro Computer Transportation Planning System |
| MUTCD |
Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Design |
| NAC |
Neighborhood Advisory Committee |
| NERR |
National Estuarine Research Reserve |
| NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
| NTU |
Nephelometric Turbidity Units |
| OR Book |
Official Record Book |
| ORC |
Objections, Recommendations and Comments ( A report From FDCA) |
| P&Z |
Planning and Zoning Board |
| PAF |
Public Airport Facilities (a zoning district for Witham Field) |
| PAMP |
Preserve Area Management Plan |
| PCII |
Palm City II Landfill |
| PCI |
Palm City I Landfill |
| PDS |
Planning and Development Services Department |
| PE |
Professional Engineer |
| PIP |
Public Information Process |
| PMS |
Pavement Management System |
| POA |
Property Owners Association |
| PPM |
Parts per million (same as MG/L) |
| PRD |
Parks & Recreation Department |
| PSC |
Public Service Commission |
| PSD |
Public Services Department |
| PSWT |
Peak Season Weekday Traffic |
| PUD |
Planned Unit Development |
| PUSD |
Primary Urban Service District |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl chloride |
| PWS |
Public Water Supply |
| Q |
Discharge ( usually refers to the pumping rate ) |
| RAF |
Regional Attenuation Facility |
| RFP |
Request For Proposal |
| RGE |
Range |
| RMP |
Reinforced Metal Pipe |
| ROW |
Right of Way |
| RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
| RPC |
Regional Planning Council |
| RTA |
Reduced Threshold Area (areas in which the threshold for GPs is 10,000 gpd avg day vs 100,000 gpd) |
| S.W.I.M. |
Saline Water Intrusion Monitoring |
| SAC |
Service Availability Charge |
| SAS |
SURFICIAL AQUIFER SYSTEM |
| SCR |
Supplemental Crop Requirement (amount of additional water a crop requires for optimal growth) |
| SCS |
Soil Conservation Service |
| SDT |
Step Drawdown Test |
| SFD |
Single Family Dwelling |
| SFWMD |
South Florida Water Management District |
| SHIP |
State Housing Initiative Partnership (Housing Program) |
| SJRWMD |
St. Johns River Water Management District |
| SLAM |
Simplified Land Allocation Model |
| SLE |
St. Lucie Estuary |
| SLP |
State Land Plan |
| SLSWCD |
St. Lucie Soil & Water Conservation District |
| SOCD |
Status of Change Determination |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPZ |
Shoreline Protection Zone |
| SQG |
Small Quantity Generator |
| SRO |
Single Room Occupancy |
| SRPP |
Strategic Regional Policy Plan |
| SRWMD |
Suwannee River Water Management District |
| SSA |
Stipulated Settlement Agreement |
| SSC |
Species of Special Concern |
| STA |
Special Transportation Areas |
| STP |
STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN |
| SUSD |
Secondary Urban Service District |
| SWFWMD |
Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| SWIM |
Surface Water Improvement and Management Act of 1987 (state law) |
| SY |
Specific Yield |
| S |
Storativity |
| TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee |
| TAZ |
Traffic Analysis Zone |
| TCRPC |
Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council |
| TDC |
Transportation Disadvantaged Commission |
| TDH |
Total dynamic head |
| TDS |
Total dissolved solids |
| TDTAC |
Transportation Disadvantaged Technical Advisory Committee |
| TD |
Transportation Disadvantaged Program |
| TIA |
Traffic Impact Analysis |
| TIA |
Traffic Impact Area |
| TIFF |
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund |
| TIP |
Technology Investment Plan |
| TIP |
Transportation Improvement Program |
| TND |
Traditional Neighborhood Development |
| TOC |
Top of well casing |
| TRICO |
TREASURE COAST - RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM |
| TSS |
Total suspended solids |
| TWP |
Township |
| T |
Transmissivity (units are in gpd per foot) |
| UECWSP |
Upper East Coast Water Supply Plan |
| ULDC |
Unified Land Development Code |
| UPA |
Units Per Acre (DUPA Dwelling Units Per Acre) |
| UPWP |
Unified Planning Work Program |
| USDA |
United States Department Of Agriculture |
| USDW |
Underground Source Of Drinking Water |
| USD |
Urban Service District |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| WB |
WEST BOUND |
| WL |
Water level |
| WMD |
Water Management District |
| WOSC |
Wetlands of Special Concern |
| WRF |
Water Reclamation Facility |
| Z DATA |
Traffic Zone Analysis Data |
Growth Management
Acrobat
Flash
Beach Cam
Fire Rescue Scanner
FHP Traffic
FDOT 511
211