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0 0 9. Stormwater Management: The public works department has reviewed and approved a conceptual stormwater plan. A detailed engineering stormwater plan will be reviewed and approved as part of the land development permit or permit waiver process. 10. Utilities: Pursuant to the county comprehensive plan land use policy 5.9 (see attachment #5), public potable water is not generally made available outside the Urban Service Area. However, an exception is made specifically for "clustering of residential development within agricultural areas". Therefore, this agricultural PD project may be serviced by county potable water. County Utility Services and Environmental Health have approved use of county water and individual septic tanks for the proposed lots. Final design of the water service system will be reviewed through the LDP or LDP waiver process. 11. Dedications & Improvements: The existing 4th Street right-of-way is only g0' wide. Although 56' of additional road right-of-way is needed to bring 4th Street up to the 136' ultimate road right-of-way width standard, no additional 4th Street right-of-way is required from the subject site due to the location of the Indian River Farms Water Control District canal right-of-way between the subject site and 4th Street. Since the proposed development is a low traffic generatortattractor and is outside of the Urban Service Area, the applicant is not required to provide sidewalks or bikeways, and none are proposed. 12. Concurrency: The applicant has obtained a conditional concurrency certificate which satisfies concurrency requirements related to the special exception use and preliminary PD plan/plat requests. Therefore, all concurrency requirements related to special exception use and preliminary PD plan/plat approval have been satisfied. 13. Environmental Issues: Since the site is over 5 acres, the native upland set-aside requirements of section 929.05 apply. The developer has the option to preserve and/or pay a fee -in -lieu of preservation to satisfy the set-aside requirement. Prior to the issuance of a land development permit (LDP) or LDP waiver, the developer shall finalize a plan, acceptable to environmental planning staff; that satisfies the project's set-aside requirement. 14. Waivers: As allowed through the planned development special exception use process, the applicant is permitted to request waivers from normally applied provisions of the land developregulations. The applicant has requested a waiver from the method and time by which the land clearing provisions of section 927.07 are normally applied for removal of exotic vegetation within the boundaries of the project. The developer wishes to clear only those area needed to provide for the roadway, the associated stormwater management tracts, and common areas during development of the subdivision itself. Individual lot owners will then assume responsibility for clearing and construction activities on the individual lots. For these reasons, the applicant has requested a waiver to "phase" the land clearing permit in the following manner: a. The developer shall be responsible for removal of all exotic vegetation in those areas necessary for the road (right-of-way), project stormwater tract, common areas, and any other areas needed for utilities. b. Each lot owner will be responsible for obtaining a land clearing permit and removing all exotic vegetation from individual lots prior to issuance of a building permit for any construction on the lot. Even if the developer extricates all exotics from the 39+ acre development, individual lots may remain vacant for years and become overgrown again before being developed by the lot owner. For this reason, staff supports the applicant's waiver request. 15. Buffers and Setbacks: Given that the surrounding area is designated agricultural, no special buffering is required under the planned development LDRs. Since the A 1 district minimum 30' setback exceeds the 25' perimeter PD setback, the 30'A-1 district setback will control. Because the development is low density and is outside the Urban Service Area, no special residential/agricultural buffers are required, and none are proposed. 16. Caribbean Fruit Fly Host Plant: Whale the county does not address this issue in its LDRs, there has been a county policy of discouraging the planting of host plants in agricultural areas. That policy is being formalized by inclusion in the comprehensive plan via the EAR based amendments now being reviewed by DCA. The applicant has indicated that he has no objection to creating a restriction that would prohibit host plants on the subject property. Staff will continue to recommend inclusion of such a restriction when the project covenants and restrictions are reviewed at the time of final plat application. 17. Street Name Designations: The applicant has proposed the use of street names in the subdivision. It has been the county's policy and general requirements to mandate the use of street numbers. However, in addition to approving the preliminary plat, the Planning and Zoning Commission also approved the use of the street names for the project. JANUARY 13, 1998 -31- Box 104 mE