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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator FROM: Stan Boling, AICP; Community Development Director DATE: January 5, 2018 SUBJECT: Consideration of Two "Early" Recommendations from the Development Review and Permit Process Advisory Committee: Changes to LDR Chapters 910, 913, 914, 952, and 971; and Payment Timing Option for Certain Fire Construction Plan Review Fees It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of January 16, 2018. BACKGROUND At its meeting of December 14, 2017, the Development Review and Permit Process Advisory Committee (Committee) made two unanimous recommendations for the Board of County Commissioners to consider. The first recommendation was for the Board to authorize the formal process for adopting an "early" set of LDR (land development regulation) changes to the preliminary plat and site plan processes together with a change to the current threshold for applicant traffic study submittals. None of the proposed changes affect actual development criteria or traffic standards. The second Committee recommendation involves providing an option for an applicant of a project requiring a large Fire Construction plan review fee (over $5,000) to submit a portion of the fire review fee up -front with the remaining portion paid prior to or at the time of building permit issuance. The Board is now to consider each recommendation. With respect to the recommended LDR change, the Board needs to consider authorizing staff to initiate the formal adoption process for the proposed LDR amendments. Regarding the Fire fee payment timing recommendation, the Board needs to consider adopting the attached Fire fee resolution. ANALYSIS So far, the Committee has met three times, focusing its initial work on identifying any development review process "bottlenecks" and determining improvements for the preliminary plat and site plan approval processes. In addition, the Committee has focused on traffic study submittal requirements and the timing of paying large Fire Prevention's construction plan review fees that typically arise with large commercial projects. In addition to its initial work to date, the Committee will continue to work on development review process items (site plans, subdivisions/plats) and will then work on building permit process items, followed by consideration of development review fees. C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@580D9533\@BCL@58OD9533.docx 56