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It is the GOAL of Palm Beach County to provide a Linked Open Space program for the conservation of greenways and wildlife corridors that serve as linkages to lands with significant native vegetation and conservation areas.

OBJECTIVE 5.1 Greenways and Corridors
The County shall create Conservation Greenway/Wildlife Corridors linking Conservation Areas and lands with significant native vegetation to better preserve natural areas and support endangered species, threatened species, and species of special concern (hereinafter referred to as listed species). These corridors are included in the Plan as part of a linked open space network in order to assure survival of species that would be jeopardized by isolation. Management plans for conservation areas and preserves linked by Conservation Greenway/Linked Open Space links shall include such passive human recreational uses as hiking and bird watching when such uses will not jeopardize environmental resources.

Policy 5.1-a: Conservation Greenway/Wildlife Corridors identified on the map entitled "Linked Open Space Map" shall be recognized as a part of the overall land use pattern of the Palm Beach County Comprehensive Plan. The corridors, which were identified with the expert assistance of local, state, and federal agencies and with public input, shall be protected during the Land Development process to the maximum extent feasible when such protection does not result in a taking of private property or an inordinate burden to private property pursuant to the Burt J. Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act. Cross reference: Please also refer to Recreation and Open Space Policy 1.4-f.

Policy 5.1-b: The County in concert with other jurisdictions shall continue to identify those portions of Conservation Greenways/Wildlife Corridors which should be purchased, and shall jointly continue to seek grant funds, negotiate life estates, conservation easements, transfer of development rights, land exchanges or fee simple acquisition if necessary to preserve vital portions of wildlife corridors. [9J-5.013(2)(c)7 F.A.C.] Cross reference: Please also refer to Recreation and Open Space Policy 1.4-a.

Policy 5.1-c: The County shall to include within the Unified Land Development Code design standards which allow the preservation of a corridor of open space connecting conservation areas through areas which are permitted to be developed. The design standards shall preserve private property rights while allowing any open space requirements to be met by the preservation of an open space wildlife corridor/preservation greenway, which may be accomplished through a recorded conservation easement or by other means. Such protection shall not result in a taking of private property or an inordinate burden to private property pursuant to the Burt J. Harris Private Property Rights Protection Act. Until these design standards are in place within the Land Development Code, participation of private property owners within the identified corridors shall be voluntary. Cross reference: Please also to Recreation and Open Space Policy 1.4-b.

Policy 5.1-d: The management plan for the North County Airport Preserve shall include a network of internal hiking trails which shall not endanger the environmentally significant features of the preserve, and shall examine the feasibility of permitting access to the Preserve from specific locations along the Bee Line Highway. As a part of this overall management plan, the Bee Line Highway shall be examined as a potential link between PGA Boulevard and the J. W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area (WMA), providing for a Linked Open Space link and hiking path to connect the Airport Preserve and the J. W. Corbett Wildlife Area.

OBJECTIVE 5.2 Upland Set-Aside Connections

The County shall encourage upland set-aside connections, which will preserve these areas and provide habitat for listed species.

Policy 5.2-a: By January 1, 1997, the County shall modify the Unified Land Development Code to include procedures guiding the linking of upland preserves set aside pursuant to Conservation Element Policy 2.1-d where feasible and desirable. "Feasible and desirable" upland linkages are those which connect uplands of high quality; where the highest quality upland areas of an area proposed for development are not located next to existing preserved upland areas, the preservation of high quality uplands shall take precedence over the policy of achieving a link.

Policy 5.2-b: Design standards to be included within the modified Unified Land development Code portion which allows for linkage of upland set-asides shall specify that any barriers used to achieve privacy walls shall not obstruct the movement of small animals.

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