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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: The J. R. Charles Subdivision is a proposed development located west of Old Dixie Highway, between 1st Street S.W. and 3rd Street S.W. At the time that the developers of the proposed subdivision had a pre -application conference with County staff, the developers presented a conceptual subdivision lay -out. (see Attachment 1) This lay -out made provisions for extending the existing 1st Street S.W. and 3rd Street S.W. into the subdivi- sion. However 2nd Street S.W. was not extended into the development. According to Section 10(c)(3a) of the County Is subdivision ordinance. "The pattern of streets in new subdivisions shall provide for the continuation of existing streets from adjoining areas, or for their proper projection where adjoining land is not subdivided." The applicants are requesting that the Board of County Commis- sioners grant a variance from this provision of the ordinance, so that 2nd Street S.W. may be terminated at the eastern boundary of the J. R. Charles Subdivision. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: Section 11(b)(1-4) of the County's Subdivision Ordinance 83-24 lists the criteria which shall be addressed when considering variance applications: (b) Conditions. The board shall not approve a waiver unless it finds all of the following: (1) The particular physical conditions, shape, or topog- raphy of the specific property involved would cause an undue hardship to the applicant if the strict letter of the'ordinance is carried out; (2) The granting of the waiver will not cause injury to adjacent property or any natural resource; (3) The conditions upon which a request for waiver are based are unique to the property for which the waiver is sought and are not generally applicable to other property in the adjacent areas and do not result from actions of the applicant; and, (4) The waiver is consistent with the intent and purpose of the Indian River County Zoning Ordinance, the Indian River County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and this ordinance. The applicant has addressed these criteria in a letter to the County dated January 12, 1984 (see Attachment 2). In' addition to considering this letter from the applicant, staff considered two other factors when evaluating this vari- ance request. First, staff considered the impact of the proposed variance on traffic entering the proposed subdivision. Extending 2nd Street S.W. into the proposed subdivision would encourage vehicular traffic to use this road. However, the intersection of 2nd Street S.W. and Old Dixie Highway is of poor quality. Since Sixth Avenue S.W., Old Dixie Highway, and 2nd Street S.W. intersect at this point, there are three streets meeting at less than 900 angles, at one location. If 2nd Street S.W. were extended into the J. R. Charles Subdi- -vision, more traffic would be generated at this intersection. To reduce any additional traffic generation at this inter- section, the Public Works Division has recommended that this variance request be granted. 21 E B 1 1984 KOK UPAst' 0