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A maximum level of intensity equal to 10,000 square feet of retail per acre is consistent with the <br />low-density, low-rise character of the county. One way to maintain that character while allowing <br />for development is to limit the FAR of retail uses to 0.23, the FAR of office uses to 0.35, and the <br />FAR of industrial uses to 0.50. Setting a three -tiered FAR limit recognizes the different impacts of <br />different commercial/industrial uses. Those standards also ensure that the land use intensity of non- <br />residential development will remain constant through 2020. <br />According to the Introductory Element, the effective population of unincorporated Indian River <br />County was 77,859 in 1995. That element projects that the unincorporated county's effective <br />population will increase 59%, to 123,850 in 2020. Using that rate of increase and Property Appraiser <br />data from 1995, it is possible to determine non-residential land use needs for 2020. Table 2.10 <br />provides that information. <br />