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Fr- NOV 211983 � SOK " PAG€ 70 local governments in areas where excess capacity exists to submit an allocation plan to the state for that capacity within 60 days of receipt of the Plan, and until that allocation plan is approved no additional development shall be approved. The Plan also exempts single-family homes on preplatted single family lots from this provision. IMPLICATIONS The implications of the Hutchinson Island Resource Management Plan for Indian River County are significant. Although the County's adopted Comprehensive Plan and its development regulations are generally consistent with the Hutchinson Island Plan, there may be a need to modify the County's Land Use Plan, adopt new regulations or revise existing regulations, and to conduct various studies and,analyses. While all of the specific implications for Indian River County can only be determined after a detailed analysis of the Hutchinson Island Plan in relation to the County's plan and regulations, it is possible to determine general effects upon the County. Transportation, of course, is the area in which the County will be most affected. Using the capacity and the trip generation estimates in the Plan, residential development in Traffic Zones 2, 3, and 4 would have to be restricted to one unit per buildable acre until additional capacity is provided. The marginal excess capacity of the Wabasso Bridge would allow for additional development in Traffic Zone 1; however, t'ile amount of development allowed is substantially less than the densities provided in the County's Comprehensive Plan. One action which the County must take is to adjust its Comprehensive Plan to reflect the densities which correspond to the constraints of the transportation system. While this will involve a reduction in the allowable density on the island, this reduction would be generally consistent with the County's existing Comprehensive Plan. The County's Plan has as one of its objectives the maintenance of a Level of Service C or better on all major thoroughfares in the County; it specifically states that proposed projects shall not proceed if the impact of those projects would reduce the Level of Service below D on the major thoroughfare system: Therefore, development of the barrier island to the density levels allowed in the plan would be restricted by the existing County policies related to the thoroughfare system. While the roadway capacities established in the Hutchinson Island Plan will not change unless the roads are upgraded, the trip generation rates included in the Plan may change. Since the County must prepare a transportation impact analysis within three years of adoption of the Management Plan, the results of this analysis may indicate that the trip generation rates for om 0