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Comprehensive Plan <br />Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element <br />POLICY 4.4: The county shall require all new subdivisions or residential projects of 25 <br />or more lots/units within one-quarter of a mile of an existing re -use line to connect to the <br />re -use line when capacity exists. <br />OBJECTIVE 5 Capital Improvements <br />By 20142022, the county will have completed the sanitary sewer improvements listed in the <br />county's 5 year Capital Improvements Program in order to maximize the use of existing facilities <br />and discourage urban sprawl (current Five Year Capital Improvements Plan she -A% in Append <br />Ais in the Capital Improvements Element of the comprehensive plan). <br />POLICY 5.1: In conformance with the review process for the Capital Improvements <br />Element ofes- p , the county shall maintain a five-year schedule of capital <br />improvement needs for public facilities. <br />POLICY 5.2: Proposed capital improvement projects shall be evaluated and ranked <br />according to the following three priority level guidelines: <br />• Level One - whether the project is needed to protect public health and safety, to <br />fulfill the county's legal commitment to provide facilities and services, or to preserve <br />or achieve full use of existing facilities. <br />• Level Two - whether the project increases efficiency of use of existing facilities, <br />prevents or reduces future improvement costs, provides service to developed areas <br />lacking full service or promotes in -fill development. <br />• Level Three - whether the project represents a logical extension of facilities and <br />services within the urban service area. <br />POLICY 5.3: In order to guarantee provision of more than the minimum level of service, <br />the county shall take the following steps: <br />begin planning and preliminary design for expansion when a plant's Average Daily <br />Demand is projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 5 years; <br />prepare plans and specifications for expansion when a plant's Average Daily <br />Demand is projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 4 years; <br />submit a complete construction permit application to the Florida Department of <br />Environmental Protection for expansion when a plant's Average Daily Demand is <br />projected to equal or exceed its capacity within 3 years; and <br />Appendix A <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 44 <br />