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D.The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very low income persons, low income persons, and moderate income persons. Consistent with state law, the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan provides that no development, including housing development, shall be approved unless there is sufficient infrastructure capacity or capacity funding available to serve the development. These requirements are contained in Chapter 910, Concurrency Management System, of the county's LDRs. This concurrency management requirement serves as the principal mechanism for ensuring that growth is managed in a manner consistent with the provisions of the comprehensive plan. In Indian River County, there are two types of concurrency certificates. One is a conditional concurrency certificate. A conditional concurrency certificate indicates that, at the time of conceptual development approval, there is sufficient capacity to accommodate the development. Conditional concurrency, however, does not require payment of impact fees and water and sewer capacity charges and does not vest, or guarantee, that capacity will be available at the time of building permit issuance. The second type of concurrency is initial concurrency. Initial Concurrency requires payment of impact fees and water and sewer capacity charges and vests (reserves capacity for) the development. In Indian River County, initial concurrency certificates vest capacity for the duration of the concurrency certificate, either one (1) year, three (3) years, or seven (7) years. According to county regulations, initial concurrency certificates may be issued only to projects with approved site plans or complete Land Development Permit applications. To obtain an initial concurrency certificate, an applicant must pay all applicable impact fees, as well as water and sewer capacity charges, in advance of development. This then vests the project and guarantees that adequate infrastructure will be available for the project at the time of building permit issuance. The vesting will last for the duration of the concurrency certificate and will expire at the end of the concurrency certificate timeframe. After issuance of an initial concurrency certificate, an applicant must obtain all building permits associated with the initial concurrency certificate and pursue development to completion by obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy (CO). ANALYSIS: Reserving infrastructure capacity upfront for a project is important if there are deficiencies in concurrency related facilities. In Indian River County, there currently is sufficient capacity in all concurrency related facilities to accommodate development projects. Therefore, reserving capacity upfront is not a critical issue at this time. As development activity increases in the future, however, capacity may become an issue. When that occurs, reserving capacity for a project may become an actuality. Reserving capacity for one project means that the capacity reserved for the project is not available for other projects. For that reason, the county requires that an applicant pay all impact fees and utility capacity charges in order to reserve capacity, thereby ensuring that the F:ACommunity Development\SHIP\AHAC-Affordable Housing Advisory Committee(AHAC)AAHAC 2017\AHAC 2017 11 report.doc