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FLB 106, 1990 <br />BOOK �F" "E 175 <br />Director Keating referred to the Urban Service Area line for <br />the County and stressed that the Future Land Use Map is really an <br />urban service area driven map. The whole Land Use Plan was <br />prepared with 2 basic concepts in mind - providing higher <br />intensity development in those areas which are served with the <br />necessary facilities to accommodate growth, and taking into <br />consideration other constraints in that area, such as flood <br />plains and other characteristics which make development less <br />suitable. We put those two together, and that is how densities <br />were determined in the urban service area. Outside of the Urban <br />Service Area is essentially the rural area, and that is where <br />density is substantially less. At the workshop meeting, <br />densities were further reduced in the rural area, and Director <br />Keating stressed that densities should be substantially lower <br />outside of the urban service area because the State does not <br />want urban sprawl. <br />Commissioner Scurlock noted that after the last special <br />meeting when we talked about a density of 1 unit per 40 acres, he <br />did some research. He went to Brevard County and learned that <br />they went to 1 upa. He did not feel that Brevard County can be <br />that different than Indian River County. He wished to know how <br />that is consistent with urban sprawl and wanted to know how <br />Brevard County was able to accomplish this. <br />Director Keating advised that DCA acknowledged that Brevard <br />was the first county in the state to go through this process. <br />They were guinea pigs, and the DCA says that what came out of <br />this is a decision that is no longer being applied to other local <br />governments. He noted that Charlotte County recommended 1 upa <br />throughout the county; that was challenged by DCA and it was <br />found that did denote urban sprawl. Since the Brevard compliance <br />agreement was approved, the Governor's Task Force on Urban Sprawl <br />has released their report which calls for lower densities in the <br />rural areas. Director Keating noted that the DCA objections to <br />us called for 1 unit for 40 acres. <br />68 <br />