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- Wastewater Based upon the most intense use allowed under the proposed amendment, development of the property will have a wastewater generation rate of approximately 5.58 Equivalent Residential Units (ERU), or 1,099 gallons per day. This is based upon the level of service standard of 197 gallons per ERU per day. The City of Vero Beach Wastewater Plant currently has a remaining capacity of more than 1,850,000 gallons per day and can accommodate the additional wastewater generated by the proposed amendment. Prior to consideration by the Board of County Commissioners, the applicant must enter into a developer's agreement with the county which states that the developer agrees to connect to the county wastewater system at the time of development or when the county wastewater system is available. This satisfies the wastewater concurrency test for the subject property. - Solid Waste Solid waste service includes, pick-up by private operators and disposal at the county landfill. For an 18,600 square foot commercial development on the subject site, solid waste generation will be approximately 93 waste generation units (WGU) or 276 cubic yards of solid waste per year. A WGU is a waste generation unit measurement equivalent to 2.9625 cubic yards of waste per year. While WGU's are units of Measurement which can be applied to either commercial or residential uses, WGU's must be considered in terms of residential units in order to corresvond to the countv's solid waste level of service standards. According to the county's solid waste regulations, each residential unit generates 1.6,WGU's per .unit. With the county's adopted level of service standard of 2.37 cubic yards per person per year and the county's average of two persons per unit, each WGU is equivalent to 1.25 people (2/1.6 = 1.25) and 2.9625 cubic yards of solid waste per year (1.25 X 2.37). To calculate the total cubic yards of solid waste for the most intense use allowed on the subject property under the proposed land use amendment, staff utilized the following formula: Total number of WGU's X 1.25 X 2.37 (93 X 1.25 X 2.37 = 276 cubic yards per year). A review of the solid waste capacity for the active segment of the county landfill indicates the availability of more than 900,000 cubic yards. The active segment of the landfill has a 3 year capacity, and the landfill has expansion capacity beyond 2010. Based on staff analysis, it was determined that the county landfill can accommodate the additional solid waste. - Drainage All developments are reviewed for compliance with county stormwater regulations which require on-site retention, preservation of floodplain storage and minimum finished floor elevations. In addition, development proposals must meet the discharge requirements of the county Stormwater Management Ordinance. Any development on the subject property will be prohibited from discharging any runoff in excess of the pre -development rate. In this case, the minimum floor elevation level of service standards do not apply, since the property is not within a floodplain. Both the on-site retention and discharge standards do apply. With the most intense use of this site, the maximum area of impervious surface for the proposed request will be approximately 60,766 square feet. In order to maintain the applicant will be required of runoff on-site for a 25 based on total square �Nov i'r,ss2 county's adopted level of service, the to retain approximately 6,750 cubic feet year/24 hour storm event as calculated footage of impervious surface, soil 65 -- BOOK 88 P,, GE 6-