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TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator DI SION HEAD CONCURRENCE: Robert M. Keat g, AI Community Developmen irector THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP Planning Director FROM: John W. McCoy, AICRI**' Senior Planner, CuxTelit' Development DATE:_ November 30, 1993 BOOK 91 ,u 231 SUBJECT: Indian River County Department of Utility Services' Request for Special Exception Approval for an Expansion of the North County Sub -Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of December 14, 1993. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND LOCATION BACKGROUND: Masteller & Moler, Inc. has submitted an application for special exception and major site plan approval to construct an expansion of the existing north county wastewater treatment plant. The subject property is zoned A-1, Agricultural, and is located on the north side of 77th Street just east of Hobart Park at 5150 77th Street. Regional and sub -regional waste water treatment plants are considered a major utility use which requires special exception approval in the A-1 zoning district. The proposed expansion requires special exception approval since it will result in a facility area increase of more than 10%. The applicant proposes to add a one (1) million gallon per day (gpd) expansion (phase II) to the existing one (1) million gallon per day facility. In addition, the applicant is also seeking approval for the ultimate expansion ("future phases") of this plant site to a 4.0 million gallon per day facility with 4 large effluent storage tanks. Pursuant to Section 971.05 of the LDRs, the Board of County Commissioners is to consider the appropriateness of the requested use based on the submitted site plan and suitability of the site for that use. The Board may approve, approve with conditions or deny the special exception use. The County may attach any conditions and _safeguards necessary to mitigate impacts and to ensure compatibility of the use with the surrounding area. At its November 4, 1993 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve the major site plan application subject to Board of County Commissioners approval of the special exception request and to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the special exception use. As part of its special exception use approval recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners, the Planning and Zoning Commission added an approval condition requiring the applicant to fence the entire plant area, including the plant site's lake .frontage, to keep unauthorized persons from entering the plant site. At the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the applicant's engineer stated that the applicant did not object to the fencing condition. 12