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- Solid Waste Solid waste service includes pick-up by private operators and disposal at the county landfill. The county's adopted level of service standard for landfill capacity is 2.37 cubic yards/person/ year. With the county's average of approximately 2.3 persons/unit. a 290 unit residential development would be anticipated to house approximately 667 people (2.3 X 290). For the subject request to meet the county's adopted level of service standard of 2.37 cubic yards/person/year, the landfill must have enough capacity to accommodate approximately 1.581 (667 X 2.37) cubic yards/year. A review of the solid waste capacity for the active segment of the county landfill indicates the availability of more than 840.000 cubic yards. The active segment of the landfill has a 2 year capacity, and the landfill has expansion capacity beyond 2010. Based on the analysis, staff determined that the county landfill can accommodate the additional solid waste generated by the site wider the proposed zoning district. - 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. Any development on the subject property will be prohibited from discharging any runoff in excess of the pre -development rate. In this case, the minimum floor elevation level of service standard applies, since the property lies within a floodplain. Consistent with Drainage Policy 1.2. "all new buildings shall have the lowest habitable floor elevation no lower than the elevation of the 100 -year flood elevation as shown on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Map, or as defined in a more detailed study report." Additionally, section 930.07(2) of the county's LDRs requires that all residential development shall have the lowest floor (including basement) elevated to six inches or more above the base flood level. Since the subject property lies within Flood Zone AE -7, which is a special flood hazard area located within the 100 -year floodplain. any development on this property must have a minimum finished floor elevation of no less than 7.5 feet above mean sea level. Besides the minimum elevation requirement, on-site retention and discharge standards also apply to this request. With the most intense use of this site, the maximum area of impervious surface under the proposed zoning classification will be approximately 1,106.860 square feet, or 25.41 acres. The estimated runoff volume, based on that amount of impervious surface and the 25 vear24 hour design storm, will be approximately 1,223,049 cubic feet. In order to maintain the county's adopted level of service, the applicant will be required to retain approximately 262,566 cubic feet of runoff on-site. With the soil characteristics of the subject property, it is estimated that the pre -development runoff rate is 58.8 cubic feet/second. Based upon staffs analysis, the drainage level of service standards will be met by limiting off-site discharge to its pre -development rate of 58.8 cubic feettsecond. requiring retention of 262.566 cubic feet of runoff for the most intense use of the property, and requiring that all finished floor elevations exceed 7.5 feet above mean sea level. 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 classification indicates that the adopted levels of service would be maintained. The table below illustrates the additional park demand associated with the proposed development of the property and the existing surplus acreage by park type. Park Information Park Type LOS (Acres per 1,000 Population) Project Demand (Acres) Surplus Acreage Urban District 5.0 2.90 159.54 Community (north) 3.0 1.74 13.57 Beach 1.5 0.87 58.26 River 1.5 0.87 19 26 Based on 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. Therefore. the concurrency test has been satisfied for the subject request. Consistency with Co=rehensive Plan Rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. Rezoning requests must also be consistent with the overall designation of land uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, which includes agricultural, residential. recreational. 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. JANUARY 13, 1998 -21- BOOK 104 FACE 7