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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element <br /> options applicable under certain conditions, it also modified the timeframe when development <br /> project required transportation facilities must be available to comply with the concurrency <br /> requirement. State law now allows development projects to be approved subject to the <br /> conditions that the necessary facilities needed to serve the new development are scheduled to be <br /> in place or under actual construction not more than three years after issuance of a certificate of <br /> occupancy or its functional equivalent as provided in the adopted local government five-year <br /> schedule of capital improvements. <br /> This concurrency allowance was considered by the Board of County Commissioners in 1995 . At <br /> that time, the Board agreed to apply the concurrency rule more conservatively than allowed by <br /> the state. Instead of allowing development projects to be approved if the needed improvements <br /> will be in place pfier--teno later than three years after issuance of athe first certificate of <br /> occupancy (CO) for the project, the Board opted to apply a two year after CO requirement. That <br /> allowance iwas reflected in this element and in the Capital Improvements Element of the plan. <br /> Subsequently, the Board of County Commissioners revisited the concurrenev issue and changed <br /> its policy . Consistent with state concurrency_allowances the Board opted for a three-year <br /> period instead of a two-year period Then in 2005 the legislative made another modification to <br /> state law, changing the three-year trigger from certificate of occupancy to building permit. That <br /> change is now reflected in the concurrency management plan section of the capital <br /> improvements element. <br /> Subdivision Collector Roadways <br /> Besides the capacity needs of the transportation system which are met by major roadways in the <br /> county, there is a need in some areas of the county to provide access ways which ensure a well <br /> designed local road pattern. To address this need, the county has established subdivision <br /> collector roadways . <br /> These roadways are usually private roadways, built by developers as a condition of development <br /> order issuance. While subdivision collectors are not major roads on the county' s thoroughfare <br /> system, they do function at a higher level than regular local roads . Subdivision collectors are not <br /> funded with traffic impact fees, nor can traffic impact fee credit be given for their construction. <br /> As indicated in the existing conditions right of way section of this element, subdivision collector <br /> roadways require a minimum of 50' to 60' feet of right of way. Figure 4. 9. 1 of this element <br /> depicts the county's proposed subdivision collector roadways. <br /> Critical Transportation Areas <br /> Throughout the County, there are "critical transportation areas " that need additional review to <br /> ensure that level of service standards will be maintained . These " critical transportation areas " are <br /> areas which have roadways that are currently operating at or above the county's minimum <br /> adopted level of service standard, but as future impending development occurs the roadway may <br /> operate below the established minimum level of service standard. These areas usually are <br /> Community Development Department Indian River County 91 <br />