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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY public facilities and services. This strategy is encapsulated in Goa[ 4.7, which aims to manage development in a sustainable and efficient manner. Objective 4.7A aims to concentrate higher densities and intensities of development within the PUSD. This includes commercial, industrial, and residential projects with densities exceeding two units per acre, ensuring that these developments occur where all public facilities are currently available or planned to be available at the base levels of service outlined in the Capital Improvements Element. Policy 4.7A.2 further mandates that new residential developments with lots of one-half acre of smaller, as well as commercial and industrial uses, must be located within the PUSD. This ensures alignment with the county's growth management policies while maintaining the Plan's Level of Service standards in a cost- effective manner. Despite this, Policy 4.7A.3 outlines certain exceptions, allowing facilities such as the Martin Correctional Institution to be served with water and sewer service. Policy 4.7A.5 addresses the types of development permissible outside the USDs. These include Agricultural, Agricultural Ranchette, Rural Lifestyle, and Small -Scale Service Establishments, which are defined as small, compact, and low-density developments designed to support or relate to surrounding rural areas. Expansion of the Boundary The process for amending the boundaries of either the Primary or Secondary Urban Service Districts is outlined in Martin County's CGMP. According to Policy 4.7A.6, any consideration for expansion of the boundary must be preceded by an update to the Residential Capacity Analysis, which must then be adopted by the Board of County Commissioners. .... Policy 4.7.A.7 establishes criteria for alternation for the Primary USD. The policy states that the land uses and development permitted within the PUSD must have all of the public facilities and services at adopted Level of service (LOS) standards. The policy further states that the Board shall consider the following criteria when contemplating an amendment to the PUSD boundary. The Board must find that the requested alteration will: 1. Not create any internal inconsistency with other elements of the adopted CGMP; 2. Not result in incompatibilities with adjacent land uses; 3. Not adversely impact environmental, natural, historical or archaeological resources, features or systems to a degree that is inconsistent with the Plan; 4. Be consistent with Goal 4.9 relating to appropriate residential land use capacities; 5. Demonstrate that reasonable capacity does not exist on suitable land in the existing Primary Urban Service District for the 15 -year planning period. The policy further states that "reasonable" means available for development from the standpoint of environmental concerns, efficient uses and expansion of public facilities and services, or availability of development sites in relationship to the projected needs of the population; 6. Demonstrate that the land affected is suitable for urban uses; at a minimum, unsuitable uses include environmentally sensitive areas, primate agricultural areas, prime groundwater recharge areas and critical habitat for endangered or threatened species. This criterion is not intended to preclude development of surrounding lands provided that the unsuitable areas are fully protected; 7. Demonstrate that the full range of urban public facilities and services can be economically and ,r efficiently supplied at the adopted LOS standards; and Appendix C: Peer Jurisdictions Report C-12