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r MAY 241994 BOOK 9- PAGE 521 affirmative votes are necessary for the Planning and Zoning Commission to take action, the Planning and Zoning Commission failed to grant the appeal. Subsequently, on May 5, 1994, Bruce Barkett filed an appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision. Pursuant to LDR section 902.07 (see attachment #5), the Board of County Commissioners is now to consider the appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision. Besides the appeal of that decision, itself, Mr. Barkett has'also requested a waiver from the administrative fees charged by the county for appeals. Since fees are established by a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, the fee waiver request was not considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission but will be addressed later in this report. ANALYSIS: •History, Purpose, and Importance of the Road Frontage Requirement Within Indian River County, single family development is the most predominant land use type and has significant impacts. Since each single family unit must be developed on its own, individual lot, single family development regulations apply primarily at the time lots are created. To regulate lot creation, Indian River County, like many other counties, regulates subdivision development and lot splits. Two of the major components of the county's subdivision and lot split regulations are access and traffic circulation. By establishing road frontage requirements for new lots, the county ensures that new lots are properly laid -out in relation to a coordinated and maintained roadway system. For over 20 years, the county has regulated lot splits by requiring that all newly created lots have frontage on a public road right- of-way or a private platted road right-of-way.. This road frontage requirement is similar to requirements of other counties in the region, including Brevard and St. Lucie counties. In fact, St. Lucie County requires that new lots resulting from lot splits front on roads that are paved to county standards. As is the case in other counties, Indian River County's requirement is intended to ensure proper access to newly created lots from a roadway that is a part of an overall, coordinated roadway network. In addition, the requirement ensures that the new lots front on road rights-of-way that: (a) Are maintained by the county or by a property owners association that has maintenance responsibility; and (b) Are properly dimensioned and aligned in a manner that allows future improvement (e.g. paving) of the roadway; and (c) Are dimensioned and legally established in a manner that accommodates future utilities and drainage improvements within the rights-of-way. Thus, the road frontage requirement ensures that future development on created lots can be served by roadways that are adequately maintained, that are capable of being improved, and that are served by utilities and drainage. The road frontage requirement was originally enacted to prohibit ,the creation of new lots where those lots would be inadequately served by narrow, unmaintained roadways laid -out without county review and approval. This prohibition is intended to minimize 76