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Comprehensive Plan Capital Improvements Element As part of this analysis, revenue and expenditure projections are identified and analyzed, and a fiscal assessment of needs (costs) versus projected available revenue is included. Analysis of the Timing and Location of Capital Improvements Objectives and polices from the Future Land Use Element, Potable Water Sub -Element, Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element, Recreation and Open Space Element, Public School Facilities Element, and the Transportation Element, as well as policies followed by the Sheriff's office and County departments such as Emergency Management, Corrections, Libraries, and Solid Waste, have the most direct effect on the timing and location of capital improvements. Through planning for future improvements to the transportation system, the Transportation Element directly affects the development potential of property. Also affecting the development potential of property are the water and sewer connection requirements and the availability of public school capacity. Within the Future Land Use Element (FLUE), the assignment of land use density and intensity, as well as the urban service area regulations, affect the timing and location of capital improvements. Using the FLUE and urban service area requirements in the county's comprehensive plan to plan for the provision of public facilities and services promotes compact development by emphasizing infill development in urban areas and maximizes the efficiency of existing facilities and services in under utilized areas. The FLUE also controls urban sprawl and ensures that adequate facilities will be present consistent with future growth. Maximizing the use of existing facilities and controlling urban sprawl will contribute to a cost-effective and efficient service delivery system. Using the county's official Future Land Use Map and Future Thoroughfare Plan Map, as well as the county's water and wastewater connection matrix, in planning for future locations of facilities will provide for efficient and orderly expansion of public facilities, provide for efficient growth in desired areas, discourage growth in undesirable areas, and protect environmentally sensitive lands. Development orders will be based upon the availability of adequate public facilities and services, which will provide additional support for the comprehensive plan. The objectives of the FLUE, Transportation Element, Parks and Recreation Element, Potable Water Sub -Element, an4-Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element and the Public School Facilities Element will be furthered by the extension of facilities and services in a logical and efficient manner. This will be accomplished by implementing and enforcing the adopted Capital Improvements Element and its corresponding Schedule of Capital Improvements. Successful and efficient implementation of those items will ensure that facilities and services will be in place concurrent with future development. If a capital improvement project is not included in the adopted Schedule of Capital Improvements Plan and the improvement is required to maintain adopted level -of -service standards, future development will be prohibited until the necessary facilities are in place. This, in effect, indirectly controls the timing and location of future development and, in turn, furthers the implementation of the Future Land Use and Transportation Elements' objectives. Community Development Department Indian River County 27