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Comprehensive Plan <br />'ITarisportation Dlem(int <br />Racrcaafanal and cullturall faaillitias aria also tr'p arttraators. On 1he barr:cir island, South Bciach <br />Park, Hurriislon Park, Sexilciri Flaaa, Jlayocie Beacah Park, Wabasso Haach Park, Goldan Sands <br />Park, llreasurci Shoras Park, Round Island Park, and 9abastiarn Irillat State Park arca rocarealion <br />areas that atllracd many v's:ilors. Or thci maiinlanc, 1he Nord County IJibrar) in SoHaslian and 1he <br />Main IJibrar) in Morel Haach arca trip alltracators. Thea Municipal Marina, localed on thci barrier <br />iialand north of 914 (0, acllualll� producaes many trips, since oull-of-town Hciators dock theare and <br />use thea tramportaticin system for shopp'rig and other purposes. <br />Whi lea arriplloymenl is somaw l' at d'spcarscad throughout tha count)l, thcara are aroas with <br />caonccaritlatiicins of employment. Tho area ncaar cawnlawn Mero Beacah, fbr example, has many <br />pity and county goverrrmant ciffiiccas, whila Fiper Aircraft rear the Vlciaci Beaah A'rporh has a large <br />riumber oflerripllayces. Near the Scbaslian River Medical Ccnter and 111e Indiarn River Memorial <br />Hospital], there arc a Iarrgle number of employers resulting flrom 1he agglomeralion cif] medical <br />sc mice s praximate to Those hosp'lals. <br />Overall, the nurri E c r cif] jobs rc lative to the number of houses in an area greatly influc ricaes the <br />number anc lerigah of aulicimobile trips w'lhin that wica. An analysis cif] 3(1(151 jobs -to -household <br />cata fkir 1he 11free major subarcas cif the caciunty iriciieates that the Norhh County jobs -to -housing <br />ratici was 0.7714 jcils per househollc; the Clcntrall CaLinty radio was 1.3063 jobs per hauschald; <br />and lire South County ratio was (1.6974 jobs per household. <br />In 3(1(1(, the population do ns ity in 1he eciur iq's urH aniae d area was 2.36 pc rs or is/acre , w r i le the <br />censity ofluniricaorporatcd Indiari River Counq w'thin llhe urban servicae area was 0.`_13 pciasons/ <br />acrc. Sevcral subareas cif] life urbanized ataea, hciwcver, had highcr population densillies. For <br />example, the City of Vlero Beacl' had a popullaticin do ris't)l of13.119 pciasons / acre Kiri 2006. Based <br />ori (stimales caontaiined in 1he Incian Rivcr Couml� Community Frcifilc rcpcirl adopted in <br />Dccaemler of12003, the Gifford ocimmun:q hac a populatiori densit)I of:1.63 persons/acare. Other <br />caomrriunities with high populalion censit:ies inalucicc sevcral iaetirerricnt aomrriunit:ics (Oiaange <br />Heights: (.44 persons/acre; Mileage Grcen/Bake cif] the Woods/Iriclian River Hstaltcs: 4.44 <br />p1e rscins/acrr ; and oldc r corn muni] ies w ilhin Vlc iaci Bc ach (Norte f. Bc ach, McA nsf F ark). <br />TIo dclermime iifladccluatc Commercial aric Industdial acareagle cxisls in llhe ociunq to improve the <br />fUlure ,jobs/housing balance, the MPO performer a preliminary analysis of the adopled fk:iture <br />land Lisc plasm map. WHIc most of 111e caounty appears to have sufflcicnl quantities oft <br />uric a velciple d caom tri c iaaial and zinc L isll rial lanc to act' i evc a desiral le ba laanac ,11' a re i s c v i denec iI hat <br />1he soulf. ociunq area may lack caommiercial and industrial land. <br />Tri the reccrit past, mural' of the iaesidenliall devclopmcrit in the caounty oecaurred as sclf-contalined <br />subdivisions that lank local neighborhood caonneclivily. 'IIl'is prefercricae among homcbuycrs fbr <br />plrivaaN and sccur:iq continues to domiriatc riew residenilial cevelciplmeml plattcrns, with mcist of <br />1he growth thal has oecaurred sincc 2000 Itha 199(1'9 having] talkc n placc :in small and mcdium- <br />s:iaed aommunit:ies with Iimitcd roadway and pedestrian access and llitille intra- or iinter- <br />rieighborhood oonnecativity. <br />Community Development eint Departm(int <br />Indian Plivei Cot my <br />E1 <br />APF HNDIN A — Transportation A me ric m ents <br />