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PAGE 35 Sanitary Sewer Sub-Element GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale Goal Indian River County shall have an efficient system of sanitary sewer disposal that prevents degradation of existing resources, promotes orderly growth and development, and meets existing and projected demands. Revise Update word choice to emphasize optimizing operation and maintenance versus efficiency. Objective 1 Through the time horizon of the plan, there will be sufficient capacity in the regional sanitary sewer system to accommodate all new development within the urban service area. Revise Revise to sound more like an objective in support of the goal, currently written as fact. Also expand "urban service area" to clarify it includes those municipalities the County serves (Sebastian and Orchid Island). Policy 1.1: New development within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County shall be approved only when capacity is available, either on-site or off-site, to provide needed sanitary sewer service. Revise Change "the unincorporated portion of" to "municipalities located in" Policy 1.2: The DEP, on an annual basis, shall inspect all private wastewater treatment plants in Indian River County. Remove Not IRC's responsibility to regulate. Policy 1.3: The county hereby adopts a sanitary sewer level of service standard of 250 gallons per day per equivalent residential unit with a peak monthly flow factor of 1.25. That standard shall be utilized for determining the availability of facility capacity and the demand generated by a development. No Change Policy 1.4: Through its computerized permit tracking and its concurrency management system, the county shall continue to implement procedures to update facility demand and capacity information as development orders and permits are issued. No Change Policy 1.5: The Planning Division, on an as needed basis, shall provide summary reports containing capacity and demand information for each public wastewater treatment plant within the county service area. Revise Recommended language: The County will provide summary reports for each public wastewater treatment plant within the County service area as well as Daily Monitoring Reports as required by FDEP. Policy 1.6: Consistent with the county’s water and wastewater connection matrix, the county shall continue to allow the use of septic tank systems in rural areas for single-family units and for domestic waste disposal by small retail establishments. The use of septic systems must be approved by the Health Department and be consistent with Rule 64E-6, FAC. Revise/Remove Similar to Policy 2.4. Replace policy with mandatory sanitary sewer connections where central sewer available. Septic tanks should be approved on a case-by-case basis. New (since 2010) health department rule is mandatory connection, where available, if septic fails. Objective 2 By 2025, at least 60% of all existing units in the county’s service area will be connected to the county’s regional sanitary sewer system. This will be an increase from 52.7% in 2017. Revise Recommended language: Steadily increase number of existing units connected to the County's regional sewer system with a long-range goal for 60% of all users to be connected. Policy 2.1: The county shall continue to offer the utility assessment program to areas with septic systems within the County Utilities Department service area. No Change Policy 2.2: The county shall continue to offer up to 10 year financing for all utility assessments. No Change Policy 2.3: The county shall give priority for the provision of public sanitary sewer services to the subdivisions on the list of subdivisions as identified in Table 3.A.3 designated as requiring sanitary sewer service due to public health threats by DOH. Revise Update table reference and revise sentence following reference to refer to an F.A.C. or DOH policy. Policy 2.4: The county shall provide public sanitary sewer service to areas where the lack of such service is determined to be a public health threat and shall initiate sewer projects where feasible to serve subdivisions served by septic systems and identified in Table 3.A.3.1 as posing a disproportionately high potential negative impact on Indian River Lagoon water quality. The county shall recover costs through those connecting to the system and directly benefitting from the improvement. Revise Recommended language: The County shall provide public sanitary sewer service to areas where the lack of such service is determined to be a public health threat and shall initiate sewer projects where feasible to serve subdivisions served by septic systems. The County shall recover costs through those connecting to the system and directly benefitting from the improvement. Policy 2.5: Consistent with its interlocal agreements with the City of Sebastian and the Town of Orchid, the county shall provide sanitary sewer services to those municipalities. No Change Remove year. Recommend updating policy to be in accordance with other county planning documents or to set a target date for implementation of recommendations from study.