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Indian River County 1 Impact Fee Update Study <br />Service Area and Population <br />IRC provides parks and recreation facilities and services in the unincorporated areas of the <br />county. The municipalities provide these facilities and services within their respective <br />jurisdictions. As a result, the parks and recreation impact fee analysis will consider only <br />unincorporated county area population and parks and recreational facilities located within <br />the unincorporated county area. Appendix A, Table A-1, provides the estimated <br />unincorporated area population for 2013 and the projected unincorporated area population <br />through 2040. Parks impact fees are charged only to residential land uses. As such, the <br />weighted seasonal population per housing unit is used to measure demand from each <br />residential land use, which is presented in Appendix A, Table A-3. <br />Level -of -Service <br />The current LOS for all county -owned and maintained neighborhood, community and <br />regional parks in unincorporated county is 5.59 acres per 1,000 residents. Table VIII -2 <br />presents the calculation of the current LOS for each park type included in the inventory, as <br />well as Indian River County's adopted LOS standard of 6.61 acres per 1,000 residents. <br />The impact fee cannot charge new growth at a rate to correct existing deficiencies. In <br />addition, there needs to be a commitment to continue providing the LOS used in the impact <br />fee calculation, which is typically achieved through the adopted LOS standard. For impact <br />fee calculation purposes, this study used the lower of the two figures to provide a <br />conservative approach. With this approach, the current achieved LOS is used in the <br />calculation of the parks and recreation impact fee. <br />Tindale -Oliver & Associates, Inc. Indian River County <br />June 2014 91 Impact Fee Update Study <br />124 <br />