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ORDINANCE 95-25 FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT POLICY 1.27' The Public Facilities designation is intended for public facilities and services including, but not limited, to government offices, service centers, public utilities and transportation facilities, schools, parks, libraries, police and fire stations, and landfills and related uses such as recycling equipment operations, composting facilities and operations, incineration of solid waste, borrow pit operations for fill material, industrial waste and leachate treatment and management, and equipment storage and maintenance. Not all public land uses are shown on the Future Land Use Map. Public facilities are not limited to the Public Facilities Land Use Designation. DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING Housing occupied by a household paying housing expenses which do not exceed 30% of the household's gross income. Monthly housing cost for owner -occupied housing shall include mortgage principal and interest, taxes, and insurance. Monthly housing cost for renter=cccupied housing shall include contract rent. However, it is not the intent to limit a household's ability to devote more than 30% of its income for housing. Programs and policies of the Comprehensive Plan with regard to affordable housing shall be limited to those households in the very low- (less than 50% of median income), low- (50-80% of median) and moderate- (80-120% of median) income groups. TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ELEMENT POLICY 2.1 No development project shall be approved if the projected impacts of the project would serve to reduce service levels of any roadway on the traffic circulation system below the standards identified in Policy 1.1 Conditions applicable to this policy are as follows: c Development project shall be defined as any activity which requires issuance of a development order. This includes: comprehensive plan amendment, rezonings, site plan approval, preliminary plat approval, preliminary PD approval, DRI development order approval, preliminary PD approval, DRI development order approval, and building permit approval for single family structures. c Projected project traffic shall be based on the application of ITE trip rates (Trip Generation, 4th Edition or subsequent editions), Indian River County trip rates, or applicant derived/county approved trip rates for the proposed use(s) to the project. c Existing service level will be derived by using the peak hour/peak season/peak direction traffic volume ranges or average travel speeds of -a link. Volume shall be the sum of existing demand and committed demand. This is described in the concurrency management system component of the Capital Improvements Element. 67 Boa 6 � �,E 451 October 24, 1995