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PAGE 24 GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Policy 6.1: Indian River County shall not provide public services or facilities which would induce or encourage the development of agriculturally designated lands. As such, the county shall not provide water and sewer service outside the urban service area except in the following instances: • To provide for the health and safety of existing residents in a manner consistent with Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element Policy 2.4 and Potable Water Sub-Element 2.4; • To provide utility services under limited circumstances consistent with Potable Water Sub-Element Policy 5.7 and Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element Policy 5.8 as amended. No Change Policy 6.2: To protect and conserve agriculturally designated lands, Indian River County shall maintain its development regulations which control the division and development of agriculturally designated lands. No Change Policy 6.3: Indian River County shall permit the continuation of agricultural uses within the urban service area where those uses serve as or enhance open space and greenbelt areas of the county. No Change based on County review Policy 6.4: The county shall require that residential subdivision projects, site plan projects, and planned development projects located inside the urban service area where new residential lots or units are proposed adjacent to the urban service area boundary include provisions for a special buffer along that boundary. This buffer shall protect adjacent agricultural lands from conflicts with new residential uses. Within the urban service area, the county shall require subdivision and planned development projects that propose new residential lots adjacent to active agricultural operations to provide special buffers. No Change Policy also supports the Vision Plan. Policy 6.5: Indian River County land development regulations shall require the following special conditions for Affidavit of Exemption, Administrative Permit, Special Exception and/or Planned Development approval of projects on agriculturally designated land; and for Administrative Permit, Special Exception and/or Planned Development approval of projects within the urban service area that are located near active citrus groves: • Caribbean Fruit Fly host plants and Asian Citrus Psyllid host plants shall be prohibited on the subject site. That prohibition shall be enforceable through the county code enforcement board; and • A legal document, acceptable to the county attorney's office, shall be established on the subject site. That legal document shall prohibit the occurrence of host plants for either the Caribbean Fruit Fly or the Asian Citrus Psyllid on the subject site. The legal document may be structured to sunset the prohibition if circumstances change such that the prohibition is no longer necessary. No Change per County staff review Policy 6.6: Residential projects created via the affidavit of exemption process shall be limited to nineteen or fewer lots. No Change Policy 6.7: The county shall maintain its land development regulations requiring additional public notification of mining applications in agricultural areas. No Change Policy 6.8: To facilitate the preservation of agricultural land, the county shall allow the transfer of development rights from agriculture property to eligible receiving sites. Density credits eligible for transfer shall not exceed 1 unit per acre for AG-1 sending areas, 1 unit per 2 acres for AG-2 sending areas, and 1 unit per 4 acres for AG-3 sending areas. Additional density allowances up to 1 unit per 2 acres may be allowed for environmentally significant portions of AG -3 designated land. Eligible receiving sites are new town projects, Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) projects, and projects within the urban service area which are located on land suited for high density. Receiving sites within the urban service area shall be within or adjacent to a commercial/industrial node; shall be designated L-2, M-1, or M-2; and shall not be located within the Coastal High Hazard Area. No Change