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Comprehensive Plan Potable Water Sub-Element Community Development Department Indian River County 32 allowed outside of the urban service area to serve development projects that meet specific criteria for the following: • clustering of residential development within agricultural areas; • clustering of residential development within privately owned upland conservation areas; • clustering development within mixed use districts; or • traditional neighborhood design communities. • new towns. The three existing private plants are the Fellsmere Management Corporation Plant, the Countryside Mobile Home Park, and the Sun Agriculture Facility. Currently, the county is working on connecting the Countryside north mobile home park to the regional system. While the Fellsmere Trailer Park plant, which serves the Fellsmere area, will continue operation, the other plants will eventually be decommissioned, and their customers will be connected to the county system. In the long term, the county’s policy is to serve all areas with a centralized potable water system. DISTRIBUTION Another important component of the potable water system is water distribution. With its network of pipes, mains, and tanks, the distribution component of the regional potable water system must be able to serve existing and future development. For this to occur, further expansions to the existing distribution network within certain parts of the urban service area are needed. The principal components of the potable water distribution system are pipes and pump stations. Because Indian River County has a relatively new potable water system, those pipes and pump stations are generally in good condition. Overall, the major lines are in place and are sized to accommodate future growth. The county’s overall plan for growth and development is reflected in the Future Land Use Element of the comprehensive plan. That element defines where the community will grow and where growth will be limited. As indicated in the Future Land Use Element, the urban service area is the area deemed appropriate for future urban type development. Accordingly, it is within the urban service area that utility lines and other infrastructure components will be available. Although potable water service should generally be limited to lands within the urban service area, the county has allowed sites contiguous to the urban service area boundary to connect to the regional potable water system, and that is appropriate. There are also other types of development allowed outside the urban service area, where potable water service is appropriate and in some cases necessary. These include clustered development in agricultural planned development projects, new town projects, traditional neighborhood design projects, agricultural businesses, and agricultural industries. For these uses, the county should allow