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