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16. The project shall contain a network of interconnected streets, sidewalks, and <br />pathways. Streets shall be designed to balance pedestrian and automobile needs, to <br />discourage high automobile speeds, to effectively and efficiently accommodate transit <br />systems, and to distribute and diffuse traffic rather than concentrate it. <br />17. Street trees shall be provided so as to shade sidewalk areas and buffer sidewalk areas <br />from automobile traffic. <br />Timing of Construction <br />18. In each mixed use PD, no commercial construction shall be permitted until at least <br />25% of the proposed residential development has been permitted, and no commercial <br />construction shall be issued certificates of occupancy unless at least 25% of the total <br />residential development has received certificates of occupancy. Commercial <br />construction shall not be 100% built and issued certificates of occupancy until at least <br />50% of the residential development has received certificates of occupancy. <br />Policy 5.7: PDs shall be permitted throughout the county, without amendment of the future land <br />use map, provided the proposed development is shown to be consistent with the goals, objectives <br />and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. PDs shall be consistent with the maximum density <br />permitted by the future land use map unless density bonuses are permitted consistent with Future <br />Land Use Element Policy 5.8. <br />Policy 5.8: Within the urban service area, Indian River County's Land Development Regulations <br />shall encourage the use of Planned Developments (PDs) with diverse development by allowing <br />density bonuses and development rights transfers in PDs that: <br />• include housing units that are affordable to very low and low income households, in <br />accordance with the housing element; and/or <br />• include development rights transferred from conservation designated areas. <br />Density bonuses for PDs shall not increase the project's density to more than 25% over the <br />maximum allowed by the project's underlying land use designation. <br />Policy 5.9: All Planned Development (PD) projects approved in any agriculturally designated <br />area shall meet the following criteria: <br />• The density of the project shall not exceed the maximum density of the underlying <br />land use designation; no density transfers from off-site lands, and no density bonuses <br />shall be permitted within PD projects in agriculturally designated areas; <br />• At least 80% of each Agricultural PD's overall project area shall be open space; <br />Future Land Use Element 159 <br />