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MAY 2 5 1993 <br />- Water <br />-7 <br />BOOK 89 u,F,R�3 <br />A retail commercial use of 18,600 square feet on the subject <br />property will have a water consumption rate of 5.58 Equivalent <br />Residential Units (ERU), or 1,395 gallons/day. This is based upon <br />a level of service standard of 250 gallons/ERU/day. Water is <br />available from the South County Plant. Lines run near the subject <br />property along Old Dixie Highway, 8th Street, and 9th Street. The <br />South County Plant currently has a remaining capacity of <br />approximately 2,500,000 gallons/day. The applicant has entered <br />into a developer's agreement with the county which states that the <br />developer agrees to connect to the county water system at the time <br />of development. This satisfies the potable water concurrency test <br />for the subject request. <br />- Wastewater <br />Based upon the most intense use allowed under the proposed <br />amendment, development of the property will have a wastewater <br />generation rate of approximately 5.58 Equivalent Residential Units <br />(ERU), or 1,099 gallons/day. This is based upon the level of <br />service standard of '197 gallons/ERU/day. The City of Vero Beach <br />Wastewater Plant currently has a remaining capacity of more than <br />1,850,000 gallons/day and can accommodate the additional wastewater <br />generated by the proposed amendment. The applicant has entered <br />into a developer's agreement with the county which states that the <br />developer agrees to connect to the county wastewater system at the <br />time of development. This satisfies the wastewater concurrency <br />test for the subject request. <br />- Solid Waste <br />Solid waste service includes pick-up by private operators and <br />disposal at the county landfill. For an 18,600 square foot <br />commercial development on the subject site, solid waste generation <br />will be approximately 93 waste generation units (WGU) or 276 cubic <br />yards of solid waste/year. A WGU is a waste generation unit <br />measurement equivalent to 2.9625 cubic yards of waste/year. <br />While WGU's are units of measurement which can be applied to either <br />commercial or residential uses, WGU's must be considered in terms <br />of residential units in order to correspond to the county's solid <br />waste level of service standards. According to the county's solid <br />waste regulations, each residential unit generates 1.6 WGU/unit. <br />With the county's adopted level of service standard of 2.37 cubic <br />yards/person/year and the county's average of two persons/unit, <br />each WGU is equivalent to 1.25 people (2/1.6 = 1.25) and 2.9625 <br />cubic yards of solid waste/year (1.25 X 2.37). To calculate the <br />total cubic yards of solid waste for the most intense use allowed <br />on the subject property under the proposed, land use amendment, <br />staff utilized the following formula: Total number of WGU's X 1.25 <br />X 2.37 (93 X 1.25 X 2.37 = 276 cubic yards/year). <br />A review of the solid waste capacity for the active segment of the <br />county landfill indicates the availability of more than 900,000 <br />cubic yards. The active segment of the landfill has a 3 year <br />capacity, and the landfill has expansion capacity beyond 2010. <br />Based on staff analysis, it was determined that the county landfill <br />can accommodate the additional solid waste. <br />22 <br />