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ORDINANCE NO. 2012- 040 Comprehensive Plan Potable Water Sub -Element POLICY 4.4: The county shall renew its annual contract with the SJRWMD to identify and require property owners to plug or valve free flowing artesian wells. POLICY 4.5: The county shall encourage home builders to participate in the SJRWMD's Florida Water Star Program by expediting review of their permits. POLICY 4.6: The county's water pricing system shall continue to be equitable, but shall continue to charge an exponentially increasing unit rate for high volume residential users (those using more than three times the Level of Service standard established in policy 1.3). POLICY 4.7: To quickly and efficiently respond to any leakage, the county shall continue to implement its leak detection program. _ -- - POLICY 4.8: The county shall require all new subdivisions and projects_of 25_or more Iots%unitsthaf are within a'%. mile of an effluent reuse line to connect to the effluent reuse line. When a project meets above criteria, developer shall be required to construct an effluent reuse line. POLICY 4.9: By 2013 24N4, the Utilities Department shall review revise its current pricing plans to further discourage excessive water use and to provide incentives to customers for saving water. POLICY 4.10: The county shall require new developments to use water from retention ponds, instead of water from wells, for irrigation. OBJECTIVE 5 Capital Improvements Thorough the time horizon of the plan, the county will have completed all programmed capital improvements shown in Appendix "A" of the Potable Water Sub -Element in order to maximize the use of existing facilities and discourage urban sprawl, POLICY 5.1: In conformance with the review process for the Capital Improvements Element of this plan, the county shall maintain a five-year schedule of capital improvement needs for public facilities. POLICY 5.2: Proposed capital improvement projects shall be evaluated and ranked according to the following priority level guidelines: Level One - whether the project is needed to protect public health and safety, to fulfill the county's legal commitment to provide facilities and services, or to preserve or achieve full use of existing facilities. Community Development Department Indian River County 45 7