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r, 4 r present comprehensive plan. Not too many years will pass before every developable piece of property south of Vero Beach will be developed and occupied. Even at present densities, when this occurs, •e will be overloading the barrier island. For example, it won't be long before you will be 4-laning State Road A -1-A, thus doubling the area of blacktop pavement. Following that many of the presently unpaved roads on the beach will be Ifaved. *In fact, most of the new developments already include paved roads, The future problems of sewage transmission and treatment, and provision of fresh water for both human consumption and the wateyin4 of lawns are well known, even if the current capacity of Vero Beach's sewage treatment plant and -water plant appears able to provide these services for the south beach area for the time being. Recent developments in the county'q 201 Study indicate that it As going to be a long time before this county gets a region -wide sewage treatment capability. 1%en we take all of the foregoing comments into consideration one can argue convincingly that to increase densities on the south beach barrier island would now be --just as it was five years ago -- premature. ,'at Its will -go a step farther. and say that even under present densities too much development and adverse environmental Impact are going to occur on the barrier island, and that we x311 never.be able to justify increasing densities or commercial develop - neat there. -Perhaps it is unfortunate that Indian River County has 00 provisions for a well-designed Planned Unit,Development, because OCT 2 6 1978 7 Pu -,- 11' 13144' if G r, 4 r present comprehensive plan. Not too many years will pass before every developable piece of property south of Vero Beach will be developed and occupied. Even at present densities, when this occurs, •e will be overloading the barrier island. For example, it won't be long before you will be 4-laning State Road A -1-A, thus doubling the area of blacktop pavement. Following that many of the presently unpaved roads on the beach will be Ifaved. *In fact, most of the new developments already include paved roads, The future problems of sewage transmission and treatment, and provision of fresh water for both human consumption and the wateyin4 of lawns are well known, even if the current capacity of Vero Beach's sewage treatment plant and -water plant appears able to provide these services for the south beach area for the time being. Recent developments in the county'q 201 Study indicate that it As going to be a long time before this county gets a region -wide sewage treatment capability. 1%en we take all of the foregoing comments into consideration one can argue convincingly that to increase densities on the south beach barrier island would now be --just as it was five years ago -- premature. ,'at Its will -go a step farther. and say that even under present densities too much development and adverse environmental Impact are going to occur on the barrier island, and that we x311 never.be able to justify increasing densities or commercial develop - neat there. -Perhaps it is unfortunate that Indian River County has 00 provisions for a well-designed Planned Unit,Development, because OCT 2 6 1978 7 Pu -,- 11' 13144' if