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Comprehensive Plan <br />Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element <br />• Level One - whether the project is needed to protect public health and safety, to <br />fulfill the county's legal commitment to provide facilities and services, or to preserve <br />or achieve full use of existing facilities. <br />• Level Two - whether the project increases efficiency of use of existing facilities, <br />prevents or reduces future improvement costs, provides service to developed areas <br />lacking full service or promotes in -fill development. <br />• Level Three - whether the project represents a logical extension of facilities and <br />services within the urban service area. <br />POLICY 5.3: In order to guarantee provision of more than the minimum level of service, <br />the county shall take the following steps: <br />• begin planning and preliminary design for expansion when a plant's Average Daily <br />Demand is projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 5 years; <br />• prepare plans and specifications for expansion when a plant's Average Daily <br />Demand is projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 4 years; <br />• submit a complete construction permit application to the Florida Department of <br />Environmental Protection for expansion when a plant's Average Daily Demand is <br />projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 3 years; and <br />• submit an application for an operation permit for the expanded facility to DEP when <br />a plant's Average Daily Demand is projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 6 <br />months. <br />POLICY 5.4: The county shall treat sanitary sewer provision as an enterprise system <br />which is financially self-supporting. <br />POLICY 5.5: The County Utilities Department shall fund sanitary sewer capital <br />improvements and expansions through user fees, impact fees, developer's agreements, <br />assessments and other appropriate fees and funding mechanisms. <br />POLICY 5.6: The county shall pursue state and federal sources of funding available for <br />the improvement and expansion of utility services. <br />POLICY 5.7: All improvements, replacement, expansion, or increase in capacity of <br />county facilities shall be consistent with adopted level of service standards for facilities. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 40 <br />