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r BOOK�COJ F, G, J� 6 4. Acceleration and deceleration lanes, and right and left turn lanes leading to those roads and driveways within the development; 5. Traffic control devices (including signs, marking, channelization and signals) for those roads and driveways within the development. (c) No credit shall be given for improvements or right-of-way dedications unless such improvement(s) or dedication(s) meets an expansion need of the county's road network system avhieh and is identified either in the county's twenty-year transportation capital improvements program or in the transportation capital improvements program of a municipality participative m this chapter . (7) All required right -of --way dedications and/or roadway improvements, which are compensable, made by a fee payer subsequent to October 9, 1992, shall be creditable against road impact fees otherwise due or to become due for the development that prompted the county or the municipality to require such dedications or roadway improvements. Such credits shall be determined as provided as set forth herein. (8) Credit for the dedication of non -site related right-of-way shall be valued as of the date of the dedication at one hundred fifteen (115) percent of the most recent assessed value by the Indian River County Property appraiser or, at the option of the fee payer, by fair market value established by an independent pn^vara anera�sal approved by and dthe county u Uc works a credit agreemenn ap ant no expense to the county. Credit for• the dedication of right-of-way shall be provided when t has been approved by the county administrator or his designee and when the property has been conveyed at no charge to and accepted by the county, or if appropriate, a municipality participating in this chapter in a manner satisfactory to the governing body to which the dedication is made. As part of the referenced county credit agreement, the applicant shall supply to the county at his or her own expense, the following: (a) A drawing and legal description of the land; and (b) A certificate of tide or tide search of the land. (90 To receive a credit for construction ON non -site related road improvements, an applicant shall submit to the county director of community development a proposed credit agreement application pursuant to section 953.10(3), along with engineering drawings and specifications, and construction cost estimates prepared and certified by a duly qualified and licensed Florida Engineer. The county director of community development or his designee will coordinate review and approval of the application with the county public works director. The county public works director shall determine credit for roadway construction based on either these costs estimates or an alternative engineering criterion and construction cost estimate if the county public works director determines that such estimates submitted by the applicant are either unreliable, inaccurate or in excess of normal construction costs for such project. COQ) Credit for non -site related construction is limited to capital improvements. A capital improvement includes preliminary engineering, engineering design studies, land surveys, engineering, permitting, and construction of all necessary features for any road construction project including, but not limited to: a}. Construction of eF new through lanes; b_?. Construction of new turn lanes (not related to the project site); 93- Construction of new bridges; 44. Construction of new drainage facilities in conjunction with new roadway construction; e3. Purchase and installation of traffic signalization, including new upgraded signalization and other traffic control devices (not related to the project site); f6. Construction of curbs, medians, and shoulders (not related to the project site); and g-7. Relocating utilities to accommodate new roadway construction. RQU) In order to maintain the pro rata or proportionate share purpose of the Fair Share Roadway Improvement Ordinance, it is necessary that a uniform method be used countywide in determining credit against fee. Therefore, the county, when considering compensation or credit for the road right-of-way, shall apply the right-of-way standards it has established in the unincorporated areas throughout the entire county. i*-, ccordinI dedication of the minimum local road widths (sixty (60) feet with swale; fifty (50) feet with curb and gutter) is non -compensable, thus putting the unincorporated the integrity areas and the incorporated areas in the same posture thereby maintaining grity of the pro rata or proportionate share concept. MAY 119 1999 0 40