Laserfiche WebLink
Recreation and Open Space Element: <br />Indian River County includes public and private recreation sites including parks, natural areas, waterway <br />access, and recreation facilities. The Recreation and Open Space Element ensures that the County has a <br />comprehensive system of public recreation and open space that meets the needs of existing and projected <br />users and that enhances the natural resources of the community. A summary of the changes that are <br />proposed for the Recreation and Open Space Element are as follows <br />0 Establish new objective related to the development of a Parks and Recreation Master Plan and <br />relocate master plan related policies throughout this Element under that objective. Since the <br />Master Plan is underway as of 2024, additional revisions may become necessary to this Element <br />to ensure alignment between the two. The Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2025-2035 will be <br />incorporated into this Element by reference. <br />0 Modernize language: "universally accessible" versus "handicap accessible." <br />0 Due to a lack of uniform standards for recreation levels of service (LOS), revisions to such LOS <br />should be deemed appropriate by County Staff based on local knowledge, community feedback, <br />and comparisons to existing conditions in similar communities. <br />These recommended changes are important to better provide suitable recreation and cultural <br />opportunities for the community and preserve the County's open space. <br />Objective 1: Through 2-9-3$ 2045, adopted recreation levels -of -service will be maintained to ensure that <br />adequate parklands and recreation facilities are available and accessible for public use. <br />Policy 1.1: The eCounty hereby adopts a recreation level -of -service standard of 6.61- recreation acres <br />�> <br />per 1,000 permanent population phis a seasonal population. [Note: The NR.PA standard is <br />3.13 acres per 1,000 persons] <br />Policy 1.2: For level -of service purposes, the eCounty shall measure parkland acres per 1000 population <br />by summing the total c-County_owned park acreage and dividing by the current estimate of <br />unincorporated county permanent population, plus weighted seasenal pepulation. <br />Policy 1.3: The c -County shall maintain its concurrency management system, which allows proposed <br />developments only if there is sufficient parkland to serve the proposed development and when the <br />County reaches 80% capacity, the County shall evaluate whether proportionate share as a concurrency <br />management option is appropriate. <br />Policy 1.4: The eCounty hereby adopts the facility standards identified in Table 10.1 as guidelines to be <br />used in developing parklands and should consider alternative parks/facilities to include. <br />Polity 1.5! By 2018, the eewity shall eemplete a needs analysis ef its r-eer-eati - - . - - This analysi-s <br />will include an assessment of the type of parks and faeilities needed in 1fidian River- Ceu-pAy, the quanfity <br />;feleva„* to ro eats ,,,ser-yiees. [Completed policy] <br />full eest fecovefy f r adult pfegfams [Completed policy] <br />C:\Users\ufc-prod\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 8\@BCL@6414E534\@BCL@6414E534.doex 73 <br />79 <br />