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Drainage All developments are reviewed for compliance with county stormwater regulations which require on-site retention, preservation of floodplain storage and minimum finished floor elevations. In addition, development proposals must meet the discharge requirements of the county Stormwater Management Ordinance. Since the site is located within the M-1 Drainage Basin and the Indian River Farms Water Control District (IItFWCD), development on the property will be prohibited from discharging any runoff in excess of two inches in a twenty-four hour period, which is the approved IRFWCD discharge rate. In this case, the minimum floor elevation level of service standards do not apply, since the property does not lie within a floodplain. However, both the on-site retention and discharge standards apply. With the most intense use of this site under the proposed zoning district, the maximum area of impervious surface would be approximately 261,360 square feet, or 6.00 acres. The maximum runoff volume, based on that amount of impervious surface and the 25 year/24 hour design storm, and given the IRFWCD two inch discharge requirement, would be approximately 299,102 cubic feet. In order to maintain the county's adopted level of service, the applicant would be required to retain approximately 226,512 cubic feet of runoff on-site. With the soil characteristics of the subject property, it is estimated that the pre -development runoff rate is 70.66 cubic feettsecond. Based upon staffs analysis, the drainage level of service standard would be met by limiting off-site discharge to the 11tFWCD's maximum discharge rate of two inches in twenty-four hours, and requiring retention of 226,512 cubic feet of runoff for the most intense use of the property. As with all development, a more detailed review will be conducted during the development approval process - Recreation A review of county recreation facilities and the projected demand that would result from the most intense development that could occur on the property under the proposed zoning district indicates that the adopted levels of service would be maintained. Table one illustrates the additional park demand associated with the proposed development of the property and the existing surplus acreage by Park type. Table One: Park Information Park Type LOS (Acres per 1,000 Population Project Demand (Acres) Surplus Acreage Urban Disnrct 5.0 0.92 161A595 Community (sow) 125 0.23 4.666 Beach 1.5 0.276 58.839 River 1-5 0.276 19.834 Based upon the analysis conducted, staff has determined that all concurrency -mandated facilities, including drainage, roads, solid waste, recreation, water, and wastewater, have adequate capacity to accommodate the most intense use of the subject property under the proposed zoning district. Therefore, the concummcy test has been satisfied for the subject request. Rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. Rezonings must also be consistent with the overall designation of land uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, which include agriculture, residential, recreation, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their densities. Commercial and industrial land uses are located in nodes throughout the unincorporated areas of Indian River County. The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan which identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request are the following objectives and policies. OCTOBER 21, 1997 41 BOOK 103 PAGE --L2.