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1 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA PUBLIC 11EARING ILEGISLATIVEI MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator D TMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Robert M. Keating, AI , Comm Development Director FROM: Stan Boling, AICP Planning Director DATE: June 18, 2013 SUBJECT: Consideration of Amendments to Land Development Regulations (LDRs) Chapter 915,Planned Development,to Change Mixed Use Development Regulations To Be Consistent with the Revised Comprehensive Plan Mixed Use Policy 5.6, and to Delete an Out-of-Date Table (Appendix) in Chapter 952, Traffic It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the. Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of July 2,2013. DESCRIPTION& CONDITIONS Currently, the county is considering certain amendments to its Future Land Use Element mixed use development policy(Policy 5.6). Those proposed amendments,if adopted,will modify certain requirements for mixed use projects in residential areas. Among the proposed changes are increasing the commercial area allowance for projects in low density areas,allowing fuel sales in mixed use projects,and providing for some commercial development to occur prior to the commencement of residential development. A Board hearing (final hearing)for adopting the proposed Policy 5.6 amendments is scheduled for July 2,2013,immediately prior to consideration of the subject LDR amendment. As structured,the county's land development regulations(LDRs)implement comprehensive plan policies and must be consistent with the comprehensive plan. In fact,the LDRs are subservient to the comprehensive plan and,whenever there is a conflict between the two,the comprehensive plan prevails. In many cases,changes to a comprehensive plan policy require changes to a corresponding LDR section. In this case, changes to mixed use Policy 5.6 require changes to the mixed use development regulations of Chapter 915. To keep the county's mixed use regulations up to date with respect to the Policy 5.6 amendments, staff has prepared amendments to Chapter 915 that match changes proposed to Policy 5.6 (see attachment#6). In addition to the Chapter 915 changes, staff has also prepared a minor LDR amendment to Chapter 952, Traffic. That amendment involves deletion of an out-of-date and obsolete right-of-way table that currently constitutes the appendix to Chapter 952. Staff proposes deletion of the table (appendix) in its entirety. FACommunity Deve1opment\CurDev\BCC\2013 BCC\Mixeduse7-2-13.doc 1 105