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The Board reviewed the following memo dated 2/26/85: TO: The Honorable Members DATE: February 26, 1985FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners ORDINANCE IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE REVIEW & APPROVAL OF DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENC,�UBJECT: MENTRESIDONTIAL DEVELOP - THE BARRIER ISLAND Robert M. Keatiing, MCP Planning & Development Director FROM' Art Challacombe Moratorium Ord. Chief, Environmental PlaPX,�fRENCES: ARTCHA It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of March 13, 1985. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS On November 15, 1984, the Hutchinson Island Resource Planning and Management Committee identified certain deficiencies in Indian River County's compliance with the Hutchinson Island Plan and recommended to the Governor and Cabinet that the County undertake certain actions to correct those deficiencies. If the. County does not take action which resolves these deficiencies, the State Legislature could designate all of Hutchinson Island, including Indian River County, as an Area of Critical State Concern, thereby permitting the State to review and approve all development orders on the barrier island. On February 14, 1985, -the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on a proposed ordinance imposing a moratorium on the review and approval of residential development on the barrier island. After listening to public input, the Commission voted 3 -to -0, with one abstension, to recommend to the County Commission that the moratorium ordinance be adopted. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS The transportation requirements'of the Hutchinson Island Plan have the most significant impacts on future barrier island development. Of particular importance is the Plan requirement that each unit of -local government approve only those projects whose traffic generation will not exceed the capacity of the principal transportation system. Since the County is in the process of preparing a traffic impact analysis which will more specifically determine the transportation system's capacity and trip generation rates.for barrier island development, the Board of County Commissioners felt that some mechanism should be put in place which would restrict development and preserve the County's options until the traffic impact analysis is complete. Toward that end, the Board on February 6, 1985, adopted a resolution limiting development on the barrier island to three units per buildable acre. This moratorium ordinance would serve to implement that resolution by formalizing the development restrictions. The proposed ordinance restricts all development approvals to a maximum of three residential units per acre. As defined by the ordinance, residential units include, but are not limited to: 15 MAR 13 1985 moK 60 Pn, 38