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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION (P&Z)

Donna A. Keys-District 1 Jens Tripson-District 3 Gregory W. Smith-District 4 Pilar E. Turner-District 5 David L. Cox-Member at Large Sam Zimmerman-District 2

Carol Johnson - Non-voting liaison School Board

George Hamner, Jr., Chairman

The Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7:00 p.m. ON THURSDAY, May 14, 2009, in the County Commission Chambers of the County Administration Building, 1801 2?1h Street, Vero Beach.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHALL ADJOURN NO LATER THAN 11:00 P.M. UNLESS THE MEETING IS EXTENDED OR CONTINUED TO A TIME CERTAIN BY A COMMISSION VOTE.

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AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A. April 23, 2009

PUBLIC HEARING

A. William Gregory Construction Inc's Request to Amend the Future Land Use Map to Redesignate ±.32 Acres From M-1, Medium-Density Residential-I (up to 8 units/acre) to C/I, Commercial/Industrial District; and to Rezone the ±.32 Acres From RM-8, MultipleFamily Residential-I District (up to 8 units/acre),to OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District. The subject property is located on the northwest comer of Indian River Blvd and 3]1h Street. (LUDA/RZON-2005070271-55266) [Legislative]

COMMISSIONERS MATTERS

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ITEM #5 PLANNING MATTERS

A. Planning Information Package

ITEM #6 ATTORNEY'S MATTERS

ITEM #7 ADJOURNMENT

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Meeting may be broadcast live on Comcast Cable Channel 27 - may be rebroadcast continuously Saturday 7:00 p.m. until Sunday morning 7:00 a.m. Meeting broadcast same as above on Comcast Broadband, Channel 27 in Sebastian.

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ITEM 2A

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

There was a meeting of the Indian River County (IRC) Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of the County Administration Building, 1801 2ih Street, Vero Beach, Florida. You may hear an audio of the meeting; review the meeting agenda, backup material and the minutes on Indian River County website www.ircgov.com/Boards/PZC/2009.

Present were members: Chairman George Hamner, Member-atLarge; Donna Keys, District 1 Appointee; Sam Zimmerman, District 2 Appointee; Jens Tripson, District 3 Appointee; Greg Smith, District 4 Appointee; Pilar Turner, District 5 Appointee; and Dr. David Cox, Member-at-Large.

Absent was Carol Johnson, non-voting School Board Liaison. (excused).

Also present was IRC staff: George Glenn, Assistant County Attorney; Chris Mora, Assistant Public Works Director; Bob Keating, Community Development Director; Stan Boling, Planning Director; John McCoy, Senior Planner; and Reta Smith, Recording Secretary.

Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance (6:06:45)

Chairman Hamner called the meeting to order and led all in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Minutes (6:07:26)

ON MOTION BY Ms. Turner, SECONDED BY Mr. Smith, the members voted unanimously (7-0) to approve the minutes of the meeting of April 9, 2009, as presented.

Items Not on Consent (6:07:4 7)

Chairman Hamner read the following into the record:

A. Ridan Tower FL-1260: Request for administrative permit use approval to construct a stealth wireless communications tower. Steven Cartwright, Owner. Ridan Industries, Inc., Agent.

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Located approximately 1,200' east of 2th Avenue SW, just west and south of undeveloped portions of the Falcon Trace PD and just north of the St. Lucie County line. Zoning Classification: A-1, Agricultural 1 (1 unit per 5 acres). Land Use Designation: L-2, Low Density Residential (up to 6 units/acre). (SP-Ml-08-10-41/2006050306-62312) [Quasi-Judicial]

The secretary administered the testimonial oath to those present who wished to speak at tonight's meeting on any quasi-judicial items.

Mr. John McCoy, IRC Senior Planner (6:08:40), reviewed the information contained his memorandum dated April 14, 2009, a copy of which is on file in the Commission Office.

6:12:43 ON MOTION BY Mr. Smith, SECONDED BY Ms. Turner, the members voted unanimously (7-0) to approve staff's recommendation.


B. Harbor Point: Request for major site plan and preliminary plat approval to construct a 67,310 square foot shopping center to be known as Harbor Point. North American Properties S. E., Inc., Owner. Carter Associates, Inc., Agent. Located at the southeast corner of US Highway 1 and 53rd

Street. Zoning Classifications: CG, General Commercial and RM-6, Residential Multi-Family (up to 6 units/acre). Land Use Designations: C/I, Commercial/Industrial and M-1, Medium Density Residential (up to 8 units/acre). (SP-MA-07-08-17/SD-07-08-08/2004040368-58924) [Quasi-Judicial]

Mr. John McCoy, IRC Senior Planner (6:13:23), reviewed the information contained his memorandum dated April 13, 2009, a copy of which is on file in the Commission Office.

Chairman Hamner noted there was a left-turn lane but no acceleration lanes and since U.S. Highway 1 would eventually be widened to six-lanes he thought this should be taken into consideration, where possible. Mr. Tripson mentioned there were a lot of sable palmettos and smaller oak trees on the site, and he hoped the applicant would utilize them on site where possible. Mr. McCoy advised the sable palmettos were part of the mitigation plan but the smaller oaks were not.


6:22:07 ON MOTION BY Ms. Keys, SECONDED BY Mr. Zimmerman, the members voted unanimously (7-0) to approve staff's recommendation.

Public Hearings (6:22:41)


A. Consideration of Proposed Amendments to Regulations for Changeable Copy and Electronic Message Signs within Special Corridors: Land Development Regulations Chapter 911 [Legislative]

Mr. Stan Boling, IRC Planning Director (6:22:57), reviewed the information contained his memorandum dated April 13, 2009 and gave a PowerPoint presentation, copies of which are on file in the Commission Office.

Chairman Hamner (6:37:01) noted neon lights were currently not allowed throughout the various Corridors and wondered if there would be any possible interpretation in this amendment to allow them. Mr. Boling confirmed neon signs were a separate prohibition altogether.

Discussion followed about changeable billboards and scrolling electronic message signs.

Ms. Keys (6:42:40) requested specific language be included stating scrolling signs would be prohibited in Corridors because of safety issues. Mr. Boling noted there were some signs that were grandfathered before the Corridor rules were adopted.

Mr. Zimmerman (6:51 :32) recommended consideration be given to the proposed amendment not being applicable to the Barrier Island Corridor.

Chairman Hamner opened the public hearing at 7:45 p.m.

Mr. Gene Waddell (6:54:48) stated he had been on the State Road 60 Task Force since 1998 and was very proud of the way the road looked. He felt the present economic condition was temporary and did not see how bigger, brighter, gaudier signs would bring more business because people just did not have the money. Mr. Waddell cautioned the amendment would


open a Pandora's Box as far as aesthetics were concerned and erode away at standards that had been set for the Corridors.

Mr. Fred Mensing, 7580 129th Street, Roseland (6:59:09), read a letter from himself and one from Ms. Donna Parkins, 8066 141 st Street, Sebastian, which are on file in the Commission Office. Let the record show both letters stressed the Friends of Historic Roseland were opposed to any changes in the signs covered by the Roseland Corridor Plan.

Discussion ensued about background colors.

Chairman Hamner closed the public hearing at 7:56 p.m.

Ms. Keys (7:06:26) wondered if the public objection had to with LED lights, rather than changeable copy.

Chairman Hamner reopened the public hearing at 7:57 p.m.

Mr. Waddell (7:06:50) reiterated he was totally against the whole amendment.

Discussion followed.

Mr. Mensing (7:13:07) stated there was no question in his mind that Friends of Historic Roseland did not want either LED lighting or changeable signs in their area.

Chairman Hamner reclosed the public hearing at 8:03 p.m.

Mr. Zimmerman applauded the Board of County Commissioners' (BCC) efforts to help businesses, but looked at the amendment with skepticism because he did not think there was that much benefit to businesses versus the aesthetic cost to the community. Chairman Hamner acknowledged these were hard economic times; however he agreed with Mr. Zimmerman on this issue.


7:17:38 ON MOTION BY Mr. Zimmerman, SECONDED BY Mr. Tripson, the members voted unanimously (7-0) not to approve what was presented by staff because it was felt the amendment would not help business and would not be good for the overall ambience of the County.

Attorney George Glenn, IRC Assistant Attorney, (7:17:52) clarified the intent of the motion was to maintain the status quo and not adopt any changes.


B. Consideration of Proposed Amendments Providing for Temporary Suspension of Compliance with Regulations Not Directly Related to Public Safety: Land Development Regulations Chapter 902 [Legislative]

Mr. Boling (7:19:36) reviewed the information contained in his memorandum dated March 24, 2009, a copy of which is on file in the Commission Office.

Chairman Hamner (7:26:51) wondered why this issue would be addressed by the IRC Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) as opposed to the IRC Code Enforcement Board. Mr. Boling stated the BZA was recommended by the proponents of the change because it was an existing board constituted to grant waivers and variances.

Discussion ensued.

Mr. Zimmerman (7:32:48) felt the idea behind the amendment was good but in terms of practical application he thought authority for a waiver should reside with the IRC Community Development Director, rather than IRC Administrator. He suggested the decision whether to grant or deny the request for a temporary certificate of occupancy (CO) should be made within one or two business days, and if it was rejected the developer should be able to appeal it to the BZA within 10 business days.

Mr. Zimmerman recommended staff find a way to apply pressure to developers of a subdivision, rather than the homeowners, when dealing


with a Certificate of Completion (CC) because he felt that was punishing the wrong person.

Dr. Cox (7:45:37) was concerned the process to accomplish compliance might end up being more cumbersome and costly to the taxpayers. Mr. Boling thought it would not, provided the decision stayed at staff level.


Chairman Hamner opened the public hearing at 8:45 p.m.

Mr. Charlie Wilson, 1057 6th Avenue, Vero Beach (7:54:58), maintained staff was dead set against the amendment and had presented to the P&Z a watered-down version of what was proposed by IRC Commissioner Wesley Davis. He outlined at length why the IRC Administrator and the BZA had been selected for appeals and why he felt staff should not be involved.

Lengthy discussion ensued.

Mr. Keating stated staff supported this amendment and he thought Mr. Zimmerman's recommendations made it even better.

Mr. Joseph Paladin, President of Atlantic Coast Construction and Development and Black Swan Consulting (8:30:51 ), thought this amendment might be a bad policy because some individuals could take advantage of it. He did not think there was a problem with the existing CO and CC process and felt minor things could be corrected before having to go through the appeals process.

Chairman Hamner closed the public hearing at 9:26 p.m.

Mr. Smith said he was in favor of the amendment because it should help the small businessman to open as quickly as possible. Dr. Cox felt more comfortable with the proposition put forth by Mr. Zimmerman, rather than the mechanism outlined in the backup.


8 40:52 ON MOTION BY Mr. Zimmerman, SECONDED BY Ms. Turner, the members voted unanimously (7-0) to accept the proposed amendment with the following changes: (1) The IRC Community Development Director be substituted for the IRC Administrator as the person with the authority to issue or deny a temporary Certificate of Occupancy; (2) The decision to grant or deny be made within one or two business days; (3) If it was rejected the applicant could appeal to the IRC Board of Zoning Adjustment; (4) The IRC Board of Zoning Adjustment must meet within ten business days, or whatever time was reasonable, and as quickly as possible to decide the issue.

8:42:24 ON MOTION BY Mr. Zimmerman, SECONDED BY Dr. Cox, the members voted unanimously (7-0) to recommend the Board of County Commissioners ask staff to look at the Certificate of Completion issue, specifically to punish the developer rather than the home buyer.

Attorney Glenn asked if the previous motion be amended to say "the IRC Community Development Director or his designee", because if Mr. Keating was not available, the authority should be able to be expanded to someone else.


8:46:38 ON AMENDED MOTION BY Mr. Zimmerman, AMENDED SECOND BY Ms. Turner, the members voted unanimously (7-0) to accept the proposed amendment with the following changes: (1) The IRC Community Development Director be substituted for the IRC Administrator as the person with the authority to issue or deny a temporary Certificate of Occupancy; (2) The decision to grant or deny be made within one or two business days; (3) If it was rejected the applicant could appeal to the IRC Board of Zoning Adjustment; (4) The IRC Board of Zoning Adjustment must meet within ten business days, or whatever time was reasonable, and as quickly as possible to decide the issue.

Commissioners Matters (8:47:50)

Chairman Hamner asked what was happening with the sand mining issue. Mr. Keating explained there would be at least one more Technical Review Committee meeting and it would eventually come to the P&Z.

Chairman Hamner called a recess at 9:40 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 9:46 p.m.

Planning Matters (8:50:48)

Turn Lane Discussion

Mr. Chris Mora, IRC Assistant Public Works Director (8:51 :15), gave a PowerPoint presentation on turn lanes, a copy of which is on file in the Commission Office.

Chairman Hamner observed a car would be decelerating any time a driver planned on making a turn off a high-speed road, and even a small deceleration lane would be better than having to slow down or stopping at the actual driveway. He continued when coming out of a development the driver would go from a dead stop into full traffic, and thought there should be a small area to begin acceleration and join the flow of traffic. Mr. Mora


explained green book standards had to be followed when building a turn lane; otherwise no engineer would sign off on it.


Attorney's Matters (9:15:19)

None.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 p.m.

George Hamner, Chairman Date

Reta Smith, Recording Secretary Date


TO:

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA

MEMORANDUM

ITEM 3A

Public Hearing (Legislative)

The Honorable Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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THROUGH: Sasan Rohani, AICP; Chief, Long-Range Planning

FROM:

DATE:

RE:

Steven Deardeuff; Senior Planner, Long-Range Planning ~

April 27, 2009

William Gregory Construction Inc's Request to Amend the Future Land Use Map to Redesignate ±.32 Acres From M-1, Medium-Density Residential-1 (up to 8 units/acre), to C/1, Commercial/Industrial District; and to Rezone the ±.32 Acres From RM-8, Multiple-Family Residential-1 District (up to 8 units/acre),to OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District

(LUDA/RZON-2005070271-55266)

It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting of May 14, 2009.

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS

This is a small scale comprehensive plan land use amendment request to redesignate ±.32 acres from M-1, Medium-Density Residential-I (up to 8 units/acre), to C/1, Commercial/Industrial, and to rezone that ±.32 acres from RM-8, Multiple-Family Residential-I District (up to 8 units/acre), to OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District. As depicted in the location map below, the subject property is located at the northwest corner oflndian River Boulevard and 3ih Street. The purpose of the request is to secure the land use designation and zoning necessary to allow the property to be developed with commercial uses.

Location and Zoning of Subject Property

Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review Procedures

Although the number of standard plan amendments that a local government may consider is not limited, the frequency with which local governments can amend their comprehensive plans is regulated by state law. According to Florida Statutes, standard plan amendments are limited to twice per calendar year. For that reason, the county accepts standard plan amendment applications only during the two window months of January and July. All requests submitted during each window month are processed simultaneously. That method ensures that standard plan amendments will be adopted no more than twice per calendar year.

State law, however, provides several exceptions to the twice per calendar year limitation. One of those exceptions is for small-scale plan amendments. Consequently, a local government may adopt small-scale amendments, such as the subject plan amendment, without regard for the twice per calendar year limitation. For that reason, the proposed amendment is exempt from the twice per calendar year adoption limit.

Because small scale plan amendments are deemed to have fewer impacts than typical plan amendments, small scale amendments are eligible for a streamlined adoption process. In contrast to typical plan amendments which require review and approval by the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA), local governments may adopt small scale plan amendments without review or approval by DCA.

Section 163 .3187( 1 )( c) of the Florida Statutes sets the following criteria for small scale amendments: 2

I. The proposed amendment involves IO or fewer acres;

2. The cumulative effect of the acreage for all small scale amendments in the jurisdiction does not exceed 80 acres in a calendar year;

3. The proposed amendment does not involve the same property granted a land use designation change within the prior 12 months;

4. The proposed amendment does not involve the same owner's property within 200 feet of property granted a land use designation change within the prior 12 months;

5. The proposed amendment does not involve a change to the comprehensive plan's text;

6. The subject property is not within an area of critical state concern; and

7. The proposed amendment does not involve increasing residential density above IO units/acre.

In this case, the procedures for reviewing the subject comprehensive plan amendment will be as follows. First, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducts a public hearing to review the request. The Commission has the option to recommend approval or denial of the comprehensive plan amendment request to the Board of County Commissioners. Following Planning and Zoning Commission action, the Board takes final action to approve or deny the land use amendment request.

The proposed Future Land Use Map amendment for this site encompasses ±.32 acres, a size which qualifies it for a small scale amendment per Florida Statutes.

Background

The subject ±.32 acre property is an undeveloped site, triangular in shape, bordered by 3ih Street to the south and Indian River Boulevard to the east, and zoned RM-8. To the west, there are several developed properties with OCR zoning.

With the exception of the subject property, all of the properties along 3ih Street, between Indian River Boulevard and U.S. Highway I, have a Future Land Use designation of Commercial/Industrial, and the majority of these properties are zoned MED, Medical District.

In this case, the subject parcel was created when right-of-way was purchased for Indian River Boulevard and the subject parcel was separated from the parent parcel to the east. During the rightof-way acquisition process, the county did offer to purchase the .32 acre subject property along with the portion of the parent parcel that the county did purchase for Indian River Boulevard right-of-way. At that time, however, the owner chose not to sell the property to the county. After completion of Indian River Boulevard, the county established a drainage easement over the south 35 feet of the

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subject property. This drainage easement still exists on the property; thus, any development that takes place on the subject property may not encroach into the easement.

Existing Land Use Pattern

North and east of the subject property, across Indian River Boulevard, is a large undeveloped parcel zoned RM-8. To the south, across 3ih Street, is another large undeveloped parcel ofland which is zoned MED. To the west of the subject property, there are five developed parcels which are zoned Office, Commercial, Residential District (OCR).

Future Land Use Pattern

As depicted in the land use map below, the subject property and the properties to the north and east of the subject property are designated M-1, Multiple-Family Residential-I District, on the county's future land use map. The M-1 designation permits residential uses with densities up to 8 units/acre. Immediately to the west and south of the subject ±.32 acres, the property is designated C/I, Commercial/Industrial, on the county's future land use map. The C/I designation permits various commercial and industrial zoning districts.

Location and Land Use of Subject Property

Environment

The subject property is not designated as environmentally important or environmentally sensitive by the comprehensive plan. According to Flood Insurance Rating Maps, the subject property lies in flood zone AE.

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Utilities and Services

The site is within the Urban Service Area of the County. Wastewater service is available to the site from the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, while potable water service is available to the site from the north county reverse osmosis plant.

Transportation System

The subject ±.32 acres has approximately 165 feet of frontage on 3J1h Street and 235 feet of frontage on Indian River Boulevard. This segment oflndian River Boulevard is a four lane paved road and is classified as a Principal Arterial on the future roadway thoroughfare plan map. At this location, 3J1h Street is paved with single lanes in each direction and a center left tum lane. On the future roadway thoroughfare plan map, 3J1h Street is classified as a Major Collector.

ANALYSIS

In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the land use amendment request will be presented. Specifically, this analysis will address:

• The request's impact on public facilities; • The request's consistency with the county's comprehensive plan; • The request's compatibility with the surrounding area; and • The request's potential impact on environmental quality.

Concurrency of Public Facilities

This site is located within the county Urban Service Area, an area deemed suited for urban scale development. The Comprehensive Plan establishes minimum development standards for: Transportation, Potable Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste, Stormwater Management and Recreation (Future Land Use Policy 3.1). The adequate provision of these services is necessary to ensure the continued quality of life enjoyed by the community. For that reason, the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations (LDRs) require that new development be reviewed to ensure that the minimum acceptable standards for these services and facilities are maintained.

Policy 3.2 of the Future Land Use Element states that no development shall be approved unless it is consistent with the concurrency management system component of the Capital Improvements Element. For Comprehensive Plan amendment requests, conditional concurrency review is required.

Conditional concurrency review examines the available capacity of each facility with respect to a proposed project. Since Comprehensive Plan amendment requests are not projects, county regulations call for the concurrency review to be based upon the most intense use of the subject property based upon the requested land use designation and zoning district. For the proposed C/I land use designation and OCR zoning district, the most intense use according to the County's Land

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Development Regulations is retail commercial with I 0,000 square feet of gross floor area per acre of land proposed for rezoning. The site information used for the concurrency analysis is as follows:

1. Size of Area:

2. Existing Land Use Designation:

3. Existing Zoning District:

4. Proposed Land Use Designation:

5. Proposed Zoning District:

6. Most Intense Use of Subject Property under Existing Land Use Designation with RM-8 Zoning:

7. Number of Daily Trips Generated under Existing Zoning District:

8. Most Intense Use of Subject Property

9. Number of Daily Trips Generated under Proposed Zoning District:

Transportation

.32 acres

M-I, Medium-Density Residential-I

RM-8, Multiple-Family Residential-I District

C/1, Commercial Industrial

OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District

2 Multi-Family Residential Units

(6.1 X 2) = I2.20

3,200 Square Feet of Retail under Proposed Land Use Designation with Proposed OCR zoning:

(42.81 X 3,200) / 1000 = 137

As part of the concurrency review process, the applicant submitted a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA). A TIA reports the number of peak hour/peak season/peak direction trips that would be generated by the most intense use of the subject property under the proposed zoning district, and it assigns those trips on the County's thoroughfare roadway network within the project's area ofinfluence. That area of influence is defined in section 910.09(4)(b)3(a) of the County's LDRs as roadway segments that receive eight (8) or more peak season/peak hour/peak direction project trips for two-lane roadways or fifteen (15) or more peak season/peak hour/peak direction project trips for four-lane (or wider) roadways.

For this rezoning request, the County's Traffic Engineering Division reviewed and approved the TIA. According to the approved TIA, the existing level of service on impacted roadways would not be lowered by the traffic generated by development of 3,200 square feet of general commercial use on the subject property. A summary of the Traffic Impact Analysis is provided in Attachment 4.

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Water

With the proposed zoning, the most intense use of the subject property will result in water consumption at a rate of 2 Equivalent Residential Units (ERUs), or 500 gallons/day. This is based upon a level of service of 250 gallons/ERU/day. Development on the subject property will be served by the North County Reverse Osmosis Plant, a facility which currently has sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional demand generated by the proposed rezoning.

Wastewater

Based upon the most intense use allowed under the proposed zoning, development of the property will have a wastewater generation rate of approximately 2 Equivalent Residential Units (ERU), or 500 gallons/day. This is based upon the level of service standard of250 gallons/ERU/day. County wastewater service is available to the site from the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, a facility which currently has sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional wastewater generated by the subject request.

Solid Waste

Solid waste service includes pick-up by private operators and disposal at the county landfill. For a 3,200 square foot commercial development on the subject site, solid waste generation will be approximately 11.5 waste generation units (WGU) annually. A WGU is a Waste Generation Unit measurement equivalent to one ton (2,000 pounds) of solid waste. Using the accepted conversion rate of one cubic yard for every 1,200 pounds of compacted solid waste generated, the 3,200 square feet of commercial development would be expected to generate 19. 7 cubic yards of waste/year.

A review of the solid waste capacity for the active segment of the county landfill indicates that the county landfill can accommodate the additional solid waste generated by the site under the proposed zoning district.

Stormwater Management

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. As required by the county's comprehensive plan, development on the subject site 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 does apply, since the property lies within an "AE" flood zone. Also, both the on-site retention and discharge standards apply. In this case, the stormwater management level of service standard will be met by limiting off-site discharge to the existing predevelopment rate and maintaining on-site retention of the stormwaterrunoffforthe most intense use of the property.

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As with all development, a more detailed stormwater review will be conducted during the development approval process.

Recreation

Recreation concurrency requirements apply only to residential development. Therefore, this rezoning request is not required to satisfy recreation concurrency requirements.

Concurrency Summary

Based upon the analysis conducted, staff has determined that all concurrency-mandated facilities, including stormwater management, roads, solid waste, water, and wastewater, have adequate capacity to accommodate the most intense use of the subject property under the proposed zoning district. Therefore, the concurrency test has been satisfied for the subject request.

When new development is proposed for the subject property, a more detailed concurrency analysis will be conducted during the development approval process.

Consistency with Comprehensive Plan

Land use amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the county code, the comprehensive plan may be amended only in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to Section 163.3177(2), FS. Amendments must also show consistency with the overall designation ofland uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, which includes agricultural, residential, recreational, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their densities.

The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan which identify 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 related decisions including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability for this request are the following policies.

Future Land Use Element Policy 1.22

Comprehensive Plan Policy 1.22 of the Future Land Use Element (FLUE) states that no commercial node shall be expanded unless 70% of the subject node's land area (less rights-of-way) is developed. The existing node, containing approximately 428. 70 acres, is currently developed at 23 .91 % or 102.5 acres.

There are, however, some exceptions to the 70% development threshold. One of those exceptions is when the expansion of a node is necessary to correct an oversight or a mistake in the plan affecting

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property that meets the following criteria:

• the property is residentially designated; • the property was given a residential designation as a result of an oversight or a mistake; • the property is unsuitable for residential use; • the property is adjacent to a node; and • the property is no more than IO acres in size.

In this case, the property is residentially designated; it is adjacent to a node, and it is less than 10 acres in size. Given the property's size, configuration, and characteristics, the property is also unsuitable for residential use.

As to the residential designation being the result of a mistake or oversight, that criterion is also applicable to the subject property. While the site's M-1 land designation was appropriate when the county's comprehensive plan was adopted in 1990, subsequent actions occurred which warranted a change in land designation for the subject property. Those actions relate to Indian River Boulevard right-of-way acquisition.

In the early 1990' s, Indian River County initiated the process of constructing Indian River Boulevard Phase IV. That phase of Indian River Boulevard construction extended from 3th Street to 53rd

Street/US Highway 1. Because the county had no right-of-way along the Indian River Boulevard Phase IV alignment, the county had to acquire the entire 200 foot right-of-way from property owners along the boulevard's alignment. One such property from which right-of-way was acquired was the Martin/Gregory parcel. That parcel is the parent parcel of the .32 acre subject property.

To acquire Indian River Boulevard right-of-way from the Martin/Gregory property, the county had to use its eminent domain powers. Because Martin/Gregory were unwilling sellers, the county followed eminent domain procedures and initiated court action to obtain the land needed for right-of-way.

During the eminent domain process, the county attempted to acquire the subject property as part of its right-of-way acquisition. Even though the county felt that the subject property would be virtually unbuildable, the county agreed to sever the subject property from its right-of-way acquisition because the owners were unwilling to sell the subject property and because the county could not demonstrate that the subject property was necessary to construct Indian River Boulevard.

In November, 1993, the court issued a stipulated final judgment that created the subject property as a separate parcel. Although the property owners did not apply to change the land use designation of the subject property at that time, it was an oversight on the county's part not to redesignate the subject property to C/I. For the reasons identified above, the proposed amendment meets the above referenced criteria and is therefore consistent with the exception to Policy 1.22.

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Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3

In evaluating a land use amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. This policy requires that one of four criteria be met in order to approve a land use amendment request. These criteria are:

1. The proposed amendment will correct a mistake in the approved plan;

2. The proposed amendment will correct an oversight in the approved plan;

3. The proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property; or

4. The proposed amendment involves a swap or reconfiguration of land use designations at separate sites and, that swap or reconfiguration will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map.

Because the subject property was established as a separate parcel when Indian River Boulevard rightof-way acquisition severed it from the parent parcel (change in circumstances) and because the property's land use designation should have been changed at that time (mistake and oversight), this proposed land use amendment meets the policy's first, second, and third criteria and is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3.

Summary of Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan

While the referenced policies are particularly applicable to this request, other Comprehensive Plan policies and objectives also have relevance. For that reason, staff evaluated the subject request for consistency with all plan policies and objectives. Based upon that analysis, staff determined that the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.

Compatibility with the Surrounding Area

At .32 acres, the subject property is small is size. For that reason, any impacts associated with changing the land use designation will be minimal.

Because redesignation of the subject property to C/1 will result in a continuation of the existing land use designation to the west, there will be no compatibility issues between the redesignated subject property and the properties to the west. Since the subject property is separated from properties to the north and east by the four lane divided Indian River Boulevard, there is sufficient separation between the subject property and adjacent residential properties to ensure that no incompatibilities will occur. Consequently, changing the subject ±.32 acre property to C/I and rezoning the property to OCR will

not create any incompatibilities between the subject property and abutting properties.

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Notwithstanding the compatibility finding, the subject property is a difficult to develop site. Given its small size, its triangular shape, and the existence of a 3 5 foot drainage easement along the county property line, as well as standard building setbacks applicable to the site, there is only a small envelope available for constructing a commercial structure. Providing access drives, parking, and stormwater improvements will further constrain site development.

Despite the challenges associated with developing the subject property, staff supports the request.

Potential Impact on Environmental Quality

At this time there are no native plan communities on the subject property; thus, no adverse environmental impacts associated with this request are anticipated. An environmental assessment however, will be done prior to issuance of a land development permit.

CONCLUSION

Based on the analysis, staff has determined that the requested land use designation and zoning district are compatible with the surrounding area, consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, and meet concurrency requirements. The analysis also determined that there will be no negative environmental impact with the land use change and rezoning. For these reasons, staff supports the request.

RECOMMENDATION

Based on the analysis, staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed Future Land Use Map amendment and rezoning to change the site's land use designation from M-1 to C/I and to rezone the subject property from RM-8 to OCR.

ATTACHMENTS

I. Summary Page 2. Land Use Designation Amendment Application 3. Rezoning Application 4. Traffic Summary

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SUMMARY PAGE

GENERAL Location:

Acreage: Existing Land Use Designations: Requested Land Use Designation: Existing Zoning:

Requested Zoning: Existing Land Use:

ADJACENT LAND

Northwest comer Indian River Boulevard and 3ih Street ±.32 acre M-1 Medium-Density Residential-I (upto 8 units/acre) C/1, Commercial/Industrial RM-8, Multiple-Family Residential District (up to 8 uni ts/ acre) OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District Wooded lot

North: Indian River Boulevard; Wooded Lot; Zoned RM-8 (up to 8 units/acre) South: 3ih Street; Wooded Lot; Zoned Medical East: Indian River Boulevard; Wooded Lot; Zoned RM-8 (up to 8 units/acre) West Developed Lots; Zoned OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential District

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

Planning and Board of zoning County

Commission Commissioners Staff Steven

contact: Deardeuff Date

April 29, 2009 Advertised:

# of Surrounding

Property 15

Owner Notifications

:

Date April 29,

Notitication Mailed:

2009

Date Sign April 29, Posted: 2009

STAFF RECOMMENDATION Approval Attachment 1

09/07/2005 15:02 17729;P1 805 INDIAN RIVER rnuNTY PAGE 02/04 ··, APPLICATION FORM

LAND USE DESIGNATION AMENDMENT (LUDA) {).A _J./... U!( INDIAN RIVER COUNTY C.i "~ -2- T

Planning Division accepts Land Use Designation Amendment applications only · · ,: e month~ of January a.nd July of each year. Each application must be c . ~ ~11 _

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submitted and must include all required attachments. An incomplete app ... ' ion '4ll not ·,, be processed and will be returned to the applicant. ~ SEP 2000 ' ·

Assigned Project Number: LUDA -

Na.me:

Complete Mailing Address: Phone # (including area code

E-MaiJ: Contact Person:

Current Owner

William Gregory

3111 Cardinal Drive Vero Beach FL 32963

(772) 231-6900

772 231-9729 [email protected]

Applicant ( Contract Purchaser

N/A

...... cOM'i•1)U\'-i.1"r··i,. - .1-- ~,pi.t.,·•hi (\t' \:·V~' .,~·

3111 cardinal Drive Vero Beach FL 32963

(772)231-6900

772 231-9729 [email protected]

Site Address: __ N_o_rth_w_e~s_t_c_o_rn_er_o_f_In_d_i_an_Ri_· v_er_Bo_u_l_ev._ar_d_an_d_3_7_th_s_t_r_ee_t ________ _

Site Tax Parcel I.D. #s: 25323900000700000002 .1

Subdivision Name, Unit Number, Block and Lot Number (if applicable) ----"-'N"°"Ae.:...._ _ ___,, _______ _

Existing Land Use Designation: __ M_-1 ______ _ Existing Zoning Dist'fict: _. RM_-_s _____ ~

Requested Land Use Designation: -------,.---C/I. Requested Zoning District: ,.......OCR ______ _

Total (gross) Acreage of Parce1: __ o_.3_2 _____ _ Acreage (net) to be Amended: _o_._32 ____ _

Existing Use on Site: _v._a_c_an~t _____________________________ _

Proposed Use on Site: Office . APPLICANT(S) MUST ATTEND A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE WITH LONG-RANGE PLANNING SECTION STAFF PRlOR TO APPL YING.

Attachment 2

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APPLICATION FORM REZONING REQUEST (RZON)

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

,~- ?\ 22 23 ?(:'Fr '_,_.J (..1..\:·-·~\

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',,'', ~ Each application must be complete when submitted and must include a, ·::required)·,},._ attachments. An incomplete application will not be processed and will be retu --~ to the •t;~-S:h, ,~ applicant. Q-;-~ ' r '

. (/1,r,., "q -r /' r -~~y· &' La,:

Assigned Project Number: RZ0N - door O 7 0 d 7 / - 5 -..) ~ (t? ~ ,.,,~.,.:,:,.,,' '

Name:

Complete Mailing Address: Phone #: (including area code Fax #: (including area code E-Mail: Contact Person:

Current Owner

Wm. Gregory Construction, Inc.

772-231-6900

772-231-97129

Applicant (Contract Purchaser W. Pierce Gregory

Agent

c/o Michael O'Haire ~1ichael O'Haire

3111 Cardinal Drive 3111 Cardinal Drive Vero Beach, FL 32963 Vero Beach FL 32963

772-231-6900 772-231-6900

772-231-9729 772-231-9729

mohvibqc-law.can ~1ichael O' Haire

Site Address: NW corner Indian River Blvd. f,;_; 37th Street (Barber Ave. )y Vero Beach, FL

Site Tax Parcel LD, #s: 32-39-25-00000-7000-00002. 2

Subdivision Name, Unit Number, Block and Lot Number (if applicable) N/ A - See Attached

Existing Zoning District: _Rl_11_f8_. ______ _

Requested Zoning District: __,;;;OCR~-----

Total (gross) Acreage of Parcel: h?:(, ?J'd--"

Existing Land Use Designation: Cgnnercial/Industrial

Acreage (net) to be Amended:

Existing Use on Site: __ V_a_c_an_t ___________________________ _

Proposed Use on Site: As penni tted in OCR District

Attachment 3

.,. II

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

GREGORY REZONING- EXECUTIVE TRAFFIC IMPACT SUMMARY (October 2008)

1. Location: Westside of Indian River Boulevard north of 3 7th Street

2. Size: 0.32 acres (R.M-8 to CG), 3,200 square-feet of Shopping Center

3. Trip Generation: Net New Daily Trip Volume= 67 vehicular trips Net New A.M. Peak-Hour Volume = 1 vehicular trips Net New P.M. Peak-Hour Volume= 6 vehicular trips

4. Area of Influence Boundaries:

• none (de minim.is on all roadway links)

5. Significant Roads:

• none

6. Significant Intersections:

• none

7. Trip Distribution: See Appendix A

8. Internal Capture: none

9. Pass-by Capture: Shopping Center 51 %

10. A.M. Peak Hour Directional% (ingress/ egress): Shopping Center 61 % entering /39% exiting

11. P.M. Peak Hour Directional % (ingress/ egress): Shopping Center 48% entering /52% exiting

12. Traffic Count Factors Applied: none

13. Off-Site Improvements:

• None required

14. Roadway Capacities (IRC Llnk Sheets): See AppendixB

'15. Assume roadway and/ or intersection improvements:

• none

fill

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Sulte300 601 21s1 Street Vero Beach, Florida 32960

, .

TEL 772 562 7981 FAX 772 562 9689

ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR

Attachment 4

l

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

16. Significant Dates a) Pre-study conference: September 2006

b) Traffic counts:

• none

c) Study approval: 1/c!..O/Jio()~

17. SR 60 Interest Share Special Fee The applicant will be required to contribute to the SR 60 Interest Share Special Fee. Final contribution determination will be determined based upon a site specific traffic impact analysis.

H:\47884001\Grcgory Rezoning -Traffic Impact Executive Summary.doc

GREGORY REZONING - 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts in the EXISTING column were collected In 2007

Trips Indicated In the VESTED column are as of 9/3/2008

REMAINING %of LOS

LINK ON STREET FROM STREET TO STREET CAPACITY EXIST. VESTED PROJECT W/PROJECT

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1010N $.R. A1A S. COUNTY LINE S. VBCITYL 950 244 21 0 685 26%

101os S.A.A1A S. COUNTY LINE S. VBCJ'TY L 950 322 11 0 617 35%

1020N S.A.A1A S. VBCrTYL 17THSTREET 930 939 13 0 -22 102% 1020S S.A.A1A S. VB CfTYL 17THSTAEET 930 1,014 3 0 -87 109%

1030N S.R. A1A 17TH STREET S.A.60 860 956 50 0 -146 117%

1030S S.A.A1A 17THSTAEET S.R. 60 860 734 4 0 122 86%

1040N S.A.A1A S.A.60 N. VBCITYL 860 912 29 0 -81 109%

10405 S.R.A1A S.R.60 N. VBCITYL 860 825 14 0 21 98%

1050N S.A.A1A N. VBCITYL FRED TUERK AD. 860 782 20 0 58 93%

10505 S.R.A1A N. VBCITYL FRED TUERK AD. 860 981 10 0 ·131 115%

1060N S.R.A1A FRED TUERK RD. OLD WINTER BEACH RO 860 462 30 0 368 67%

1060S S.A.A1A FRED TUERK RD. OLD WINTER BEACH AD 860 514 14 0 332 61%

1070N S.R. A1A OLD WINTER BEACH AD N.IASL 860 566 41 0 253 71%

1070$ S.R.A1A OLD WINTER BEACH RO N.IRSL 860 469 20 0 371 57%

1080N S.R. A1A N. IASLN. C.R. 510 860 566 64 0 230 73%

1080S S.A. A1A N.IRSLN. C.R. 510 860 469 74 0 317 63%

1090N S.R.A1A C.R.510 N. COUNTY LINE 998 343 59 0 596 40%

1090S S.R.A1A C.R.510 N. COUNTY LINE 998 536 79 0 383 62%

1110N INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 4THST.@ US1 12THSTAEET 1860 789 27 0 1044 44%

1110S INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 4THST.@ US1 12THSTREET 1860 1,184 61 0 615 67%

1120N INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 12THSTAEET S. VBCITYL 1860 1,024 11 0 825 56%

1120S INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 12THSTREET S. VBCITYL 1860 1,541 51 0 268 86%

1130N INDIAN RIVER BLVD. S. VBCITYL 17THSTAEET 1860 1,024 5 0 831 55%

11305 INOIAN RIVER BLVD. S. VBCITYL 17THSTREET 1860 1,541 39 0 280 85%

1140N INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 17THSTAEET 21STSTREET 1860 1,002 19 0 839 55%

1140$ INOIAN RNEA BLVD. 17THSTREET 21STSTREET 1940 1,392 78 0 470 76%

1150N INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 21STSTAEET S.R. 60 1860 1,458 94 0 308 113%

1150$ INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 21STSTAEET S.A. 60 2242 1,706 108 0 428 81%

1160N INDIAN RIVER BLVD. S.R. 60 W.VBCITYL 1860 1,222 46 0 592 68"/4

1160S INDIAN RIVER BLVD. S.R. 60 W. VBCITY L. 2240 1,119 10 0 1111 50%

1170N INOIAN RIVER BLVD. W. VBCITYL US 1 @ 53RD ST. 1860 518 58 0 1284 31%

1170S INDIAN RIVER BLVD. W.VBCITYL US 1 @ 53RD ST. 1937 419 21 0 1497 23%

1210N 1-95 N. COUNTY LINE C.R.512 2740 1,504 0 0 1236 55%

1210S 1-95 N. COUNTY LINE C.A.512 2740 1,509 10 0 1221 55%

1220N 1-95 C.R. 512 S.R. 60 2740 1,510 20 0 1210 56%

1220S 1-95 C.R. 512 S.R. 60 2740 1,519 23 0 1198 56%

1230N 1-95 S.R. 60 OSLO ROAD 2890 1,726 48 0 1116 61%

1230$ 1-95 S.R. 60 OSLO ROAD 2890 1,712 35 0 1143 60%

1240N 1-95 OSLO ROAD S. COUNTY LINE 2890 1,716 37 0 1137 61%

1240S 1-95 OSLO ROAD S. COUNTY LINE 2890 1,707 27 0 1156 60%

1305N U.S.1 S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 1860 1,202 80 0 578 69%

1305S U.S.1 S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 1860 1,581 66 0 213 89%

1310N U.S.1 OSLO ROAD 4TH ST. @ IA BLVD. 2790 1,383 67 0 1340 52%

13105 U.S.1 OSLO ROAD 4TH ST. @ IA BLVD. 2790 1,820 91 0 879 68%

1315N U.S.1 4TH ST. @ IA BLVD. STHSTAEET 1860 881 34 0 945 49%

1315S U.S.1 4TH ST. @ IR BLVD. 8THSTREET 1860 1,238 40 0 582 69%

1320N U.S.1 STHSTREET 12THSTREET 1860 1,046 36 0 778 58%

1320S U.S.1 8THSTREET 12THSTAEET 1860 1.220 51 0 589 68%

1325N U.s.1 12THSTREET S. VBCITYL 1710 1,228 36 0 446 74%

13258 U.S.1 12THSTREET S. VBCITYL 1710 1,572 54 0 84 95%

GREGORY REZONING - 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts In the EXISTING column were collected in 2007


REMAINING %of LOS

LINK ON STREET FROM STREET TO STREET CAPACITI EXIST. VESTED PROJECT W/PROJECT

·o· 1330N U.S.1 S.VBCITYL 17THSTREET 1710 1,228 37 0 446 74%

1330S U.S.1 S. VBCITYL 17THSTREET 1710 1,572 54 0 84 95%

1335N U.S.1 17TH STREET S.R. 60 1510 1,177 45 0 288 81%

1335S U.S.1 17THSTAEET S.R. 60 1510 1,125 26 0 359 76%

1340N U.S.1 S.R. SO ROYALPALMPL 1820 1.287 60 0 473 74%

13405 U.S.1 S.R. 60 ROYAL PALM PL 1510 895 15 0 600 60%

1345N U.S.1 ROYAL PALM PL ATLANTIC BLVD. 2116 998 50 0 1068 50%

1345S U.S.1 ROYAL PALM PL ATLANTIC BLVD. 1710 906 24 0 780 54%

1350N U.S.1 ATIANTIC BLVD. N. VBCITY L 2322 1,039 50 0 1233 47%

1350S u.s., ATI.ANTIC BLVD. N. VBCITYL 2010 1,596 73 0 341 83%

1355N U.S.1 N. VBCITY L OLD DIXIE HWY 2320 2,019 98 0 203 91%

13555 U.S.1 N. VBCITYL OLD DIXIE HWY 2010 1,039 47 0 924 54%

1360N U.S.1 OLD DIXIE HWY 41STSTREET 2586 1,214 101 0 1271 51%

1360S U.S.1 OLD DIXIE HWY 41STSTREET 2010 843 45 a 1122 44%

1365N U.S.1 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 2352 1,093 80 0 1179 50%

1365$ U.S.1 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 2010 790 36 0 1184 41%

1370N U.S.1 45THSTREET 49THSTREET 2384 1,281 95 a 1008 SS-k

1370$ U.S.1 45THSTREET 49THSTREET 2010 747 32 0 1231 39%

1375N U.S.1 49TH STREET 65THSTREET 2568 1,604 147 0 817 68%

1375S u.s.1 49TH STREET 65TH STREET 2010 1,094 127 0 789 61%

1380N U.S.1 65THSTREET 69TH STREET 2631 1,565 134 0 932 65%

1380$ U.S.1 65TH STREET 69THSTREET 1860 863 99 0 898 52%

1385N U.S.1 69THSTAEET OLD DIXIE HWY 2648 1,453 165 0 1030 61%

13858 U.S.1 69THSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY 1860 831 113 0 916 51%

1390N U.S.1 OLD DIXIE HWY SCHUMANN DA. 2210 1,701 125 0 384 83%

1390S U.S.1 OLD DIXIE HWY SCHUMANN DR. 1860 1,350 132 0 378 80%

1395N U.S.1 SCHUMANN DR. C.R.512 1860 971 94 0 795 57%

1395S U.S.1 SCHUMANN DA. C.R.512 1860 998 114 0 748 60%

1400N U.S.1 C.A.512 N. SEB. CITY L 1710 1,142 50 0 518 70%

14008 U.S.1 C.A.512 N. $EB. CITY L 1710 1,179 64 0 467 73%

1405N U.S.1 N. SES. CITY L ROSELAND RD. 1860 1,089 127 0 644 65%

1405S U.S.1 N. SEB. CITY L ROSELAND RD. 1860 1,124 159 0 577 69%

1410N U.S.1 ROSELAND RD. N. COUNTY LINE 1860 1,150 96 0 614 67%

14108 U.S.1 ROSELAND RD. N. COUNTY LINE 1860 944 133 0 783 58%

1510N SCHUMANN DR. C.R. 510 @ 66TH AVE. S. SE8. CITY L 1377 853 9 0 515 63%

15108 SCHUMANN DR. C.R. 510 @ 66TH AVE. S. SEB. CITY L 1377 477 14 0 886 36%

1520N SCHUMANN DR. S. SES. CITY L U.S.1 860 142 7 0 711 17%

15208 SCHUMANN DR. S. SEB. CITY L U.S.1 860 138 19 a 703 18%

1610E ROS.ELAND RD. S.A. 512 N. SEB. CITY L 860 337 23 0 500 42%

1610W ROSELAND AD. S.R.512 N. SEB. CITY L 860 361 23 0 476 45%

1620E ROSELAND RD. N. SEB. CITY L U.S.1 860 389 42 0 429 50o/o

1620W ROSELAND RD. N. SEB. CITY L U.S.1 860 459 41 0 360 58%

1710E C.A.512 S.A. 60 1•95 860 448 40 0 372 57%

1710W C.R. 512 S.R. 60 J.95 860 645 11 0 204 76%

1720E C.R. 512 1-95 C.R. 510 1860 823 92 0 945 49%

1720W C.R. 512 1-95 C.R.510 1860 729 25 0 1106 41%

1730E C.R. 512 C.R. 510 W. SEB. CITY L 1860 737 60 0 1063 43%

1730W C.R. 512 C.R.510 W. SEB. CITY L 1860 721 66 0 1073 42%

1740E C.R.512 W. SES. CITY L ROSEl,AND RD. 1860 553 43 a 1264 32%

1740W C.R. 512 w. see. CITY L ROSELAND RD. 1860 542 49 0 1269 32%

GREGORY REZONING· 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts In the EXISTING column were collected In 2007

Trips Indicated in the VESTED cOlumn are as of 91312008

REMAINING %of LOS

LINK ON STREET FROM STREET TO STREET CAPACITY EXIST. VESTED PROJECT WI PROJECT 'D'

1750E C.R.512 ROSELAND RD. U.S.1 1860 584 48 0 1228 34%

1750W c.1ts12 ROSELAND AD. U.S.1 1860 695 41 0 1124 40%

1810E C.R.510 C.R.512 66THAVE. 1860 Zl2 185 0 1403 25%

1810W C.R.510 C.R.512 66THAVE. 1860 687 106 0 1087 42% 1820E C.R.510 66THAVE. 5BTHAVE. 1860 321 109 0 14311 23%

1820W C.R. 510 66THAVE. SBTHAVE. 1860 687 116 0 1077 42%

1830E C.A.510 5BTHAVS. U.S.1 1860 396 117 0 1347 28%

1830W C.R. 510 SBTHAVE. U.S.1 1860 717 145 0 995 46%

1840E C.R. 510 u:S.1 S.R. A1A 1900 656 239 0 1005 47%

1840W C.R.510 U.S.1 S.R.A1A 1900 426 172 0 1302 31%

1905E S.A.60 W. COUNTY LINE C.R. 512 1810 201 9 0 1600 12%

1905W S.R.60 W. COUNTY LINE C.R.512 1810 206 9 0 1595 12%

1907E S.R. 60 C.R.512 100THAVE. 1810 230 1 0 1579 13%

1907W S.R.60 C.R.512 100THAVE. 1810 230 0 0 1580 13%

1910E S.R.60 100THAVE. 1-95 1860 435 114 0 1311 311%

1910W S.R. 60 100THAVE. 1-95 1860 336 191 0 1333 211%

1915E S.R. 60 1-95 82NDAVE. 1860 1,146 155 0 559 70%

1915W S.R. 60 1-95 82NDAVE. 2000 1,509 190 0 301 85%

1920E S.R. 60 82NDAVE. 66THAVE. 2790 1,226 316 0 1248 55%

1920W S.R.60 82NDAVE. 66THAVE. 2790 1,890 285 0 615 78%

1925E S.R-60 66THAVE. SBTHAVE. 2790 1,351 183 0 1256 55%

1925W S.R. 60 66THAVE. 5STHAVE. 2790 1,792 261 0 737 74%

1930E s.R.60 SSTHAVE. 43RDAVE. 2790 1,339 218 0 1233 56%

1930W S.R. 60 5STHAVE. 43RDAVE. 2790 1,651 358 0 781 72%

1935E S.R.60 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 2790 1.390 193 0 1207 57%

1935W S.R. 60 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 2790 1,656 288 0 846 70%

1940E S.R. 60 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 2790 1,225 146 0 1419 49%

1940W S.R. 60 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 2790 1,285 291 0 1214 56%

1945E S.R.60 20THAVE. OLDDIXJEHWY 3252 1,201 130 0 1921 41%

1945W S.R. 60 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 3252 1.281 208 0 1763 46%

1950E S.R. 60 OLD DIXIE HWY 10THAVE. 3252 1,057 51 0 2144 34%

1950W S.R. 60 OLD DIXIE HWY 10THAVE. 3252 999 136 0 2117 35%

1955E S.R. 60 10THAVE. U.S.1 3252 1,099 42 0 2111 35%

1955W S.R.60 10THAVE. U.S.1 3252 639 104 0 2509 23%

1960E S.R. 60 U,S.1 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 3252 784 8 0 2A6ll 24%

1960W S.R. 60 U.S.1 INOIAN RIVER BLVD. 3252 482 60 0 2720 16%

1965E S.R. 60 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. ICWW 1860 980 7 0 873 53%

1965W S.R. 60 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. ICWW 1860 1,436 0 423 77%

1970E S.R.60 ICWW S.R. A1A 1860 958 9 0 893 52%

1970W S.R. 60 ICWW S.R. A1A 186D 1,017 7 0 836 55%

2020E 16THSTflEET 58TH AVE. 43RDAVE. 860 150 52 0 658 23%

2020W 16THSTREET 5BTHAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 252 43 0 565 34%

2030E 16THSTREET 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 860 367 43 0 450 48%

2030W 16THSTREET 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 860 538 36 0 286 67%

2040E 16THSTREET 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 860 597 29 0 234 73",!,

2040W 16THSTREET 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 860 577 45 0 238 72%

2050E 16THSTREET 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 1260 530 19 0 711 44%

2050W 16THSTREET 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 1260 775 36 0 449 64%

2060E 16TH/17TH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 171[! 584_ :rr 0 1089 .36%

2osow 1 srHifrrH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 1710 698 34 0 978 43%

GREGORY REZONING· 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts In the EXISTING column were collected In 2007

Trips Indicated In the VESTED column are as of 91312008

REMAINING %of LOS


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2110E 17THSTREET U.S.1 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 1710 495 25 0 1190 30%

2110W 17TH STREET U.S.1 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 1710 744 18 0 94/l 45%

2120E 17THSTREET INDIAN RIVER BLVD. S.R.A1A 1860 944 18 0 898 52%

2120W 17THSTREET INDIAN RIVER BLVD. S.R. AlA 1860 1,040 9 0 811 58%

2210E 12THSTREET 82NOAVE. 58THAVE. 870 18 2 0 S50 2%

2210W 12TH STREET B2NDAVE. 58THAVE. 870 102 0 0 768 12"A,

2220E 12THSTR5ET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 18B 48 0 624 27%

222rN>I 12TH STREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 254 39 0 567 34%


2230W 12THSTREET 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 860 433 19 0 408 53%

2240E 12THSTREET 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 860 463 17 0 380 56%



2250W 12THSTAEET 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 860 674 18 0 168 80%

2260E 12THSTAEET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 1368 564 16 0 788 42%

22WN 12THSTAEET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 1368 782 18 0 568 58%

2305N OLD DIXIE HWY S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 860 325 23 0 512 40%

2305S OLD DIXIE HWY S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 860 469 9 0 382 56%

2310N OLD DIXIE HWY OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 860 349 49 0 462 46%

2310S OLD DIXIE: HWY OSLO ROAD 4THSTAEET 860 469 40 0 351 59%

2315N OLD DIXIE HWY 4THSTREET BTHSTREET 810 440 47 0 323 60%

2315$ OLD DIXIE HWY 4THSTREET 8THSTAEET 810 546 46 0 218 73%

2320N OLD DIXIE HWY 8THSTREET 12THSTAEET 810 535 25 0 250 69%

2320$ OLD DIX!E HWY STHSTREET 12THSTAEET 810 683 27 0 100 SB%

2325N OLD DIXIE HWY 12THSTAEET S.VBCllYL 810 383 9 0 418 48%

2325S OLD DIXIE HWY 12THSTREET S. VBCITY L 810 391 13 0 405 50%

2330N OLD DIXIE HWY S. VBCITYL 18THSTREET 850 383 9 0 458 46%

2330S OLD DIXIE HWY S. VBCITYL 16THSTREET 850 391 10 0 449 47%

2335N OLD DIXIE HWY 16THSTREET S.R.60 850 286 17 0 547 3&°.1,

2335S OLD DIXIE HWY 16THSTREET S.R.60 850 214 16 0 820 27%

2345N OLD DIX!E HWY 41STSTREET 45THSTAEET 860 214 38 0 608 29%

2345S OLD DIX!E HWY 41STSTAEET 45THSTAEET 860 182 27 0 651 24%

2350N OLD DIXIE HWY 45THSTAEET 49THSTREET 860 128 52 0 680 21%

2350S OLD DIXIE HWY 45TH STREET 49THSTREET 860 134 32 0 694 19%

2355N OLD DIXIE HWY 49THSTAEET 65THSTREET 860 182 85 0 613 29%

2355S OLD DIXIE HWY 49THSTREET 65TH STRE:ET 860 136 70 0 654 24%

2350N OLD DIXIE HWY 65THSTREET 69THSTAEET 860 215 20 0 625 27"A,

2360S OLD DIXIE HWY 65THSTREET 69THSTREET 860 96 13 0 751 13%

2365N OlDD!XlEHWY 69TH STREET C.A.510 860 205 20 0 635 26%

23655 OLD DIXIE HWY 69TH STREET C.R.510 860 91 9 0 760 12%

2410N 27THAVENUE S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 1268 648 243 0 1Tl 86%

2410S 27THAVENUE S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 1268 824 416 0 0 100%

2420N 27THAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTAEET 1268 506 157 0 405 68%

2420S 27THAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 1268 551 252 0 D 100%

2430N 27THAVENUE 4THSTREET 8THSTREET 1020 534 102 0 384 62%

2430S 27THAVENUE 4THSTREET B'THSTREET 1020 m 181 0 0 100%


2440S 27THAVENUE: 8THSTREET 12THSTAEET 1020 765 131 0 124 118%

2450N 27THAVENUE 12THSTREET S. VBCITYL 1020 825 66 0 129 117%

2450S 27THAVENUE 12THSTREET S. VBCITYL 1020 na 114 0 128 87%

GREGORY REZONING • 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts In the EXISTING column were collected In 2007

Trips Indicated In the VESTED column are as of 91312008

REMAINING % of LOS

LINK ON STREET FROM STREET TO STREET CAPACITY EXIST. VESTED PROJECT WI PROJECT 'D"

2460N 27THAVENUE S. VBCITVL 16THSTREET 1020 825 51 0 134 87",1,

2460S 27THI\VENUE S. VBC/'T'f L 16THSTREET 1020 778 112 0 130 87%

2470N 2TTHAVENUE 16THSTREET $.R. 60 1020 792 38 0 190 81%

2470S 27THAVENUE 16THSTREET S.R.60 1020 694 62 0 264 74%

2480N 27THAVENUE S.R. 60 ATLANTIC BLVD. 810 254 18 0 538 34%

2480S 27THAVENUE S.R. SO ATLANTIC BLVD. 810 416 28 0 366 55% 2510N 27THAVENUE ATLANTIC BLVD. AVIATION BLVD. 810 389 2 0 419 48%

2S10S 27THAVENUE ATLANTIC BLVD. AVIATION BLVD. 810 569 6 0 235 71%

2530E OSLO ROAD 82NDAVE. 58THAVE. 870 561 59 0 250 71%

2530W OSLO ROAD 82NDAVE. 58THAVE. 870 184 64 0 622 29%

2540E OSl.OROAD 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 1953 561 187 0 1205 38%

2540W OSLO ROAD 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 1953 493 66 0 1394 29%

2550E OSLO ROAD 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 1953 792 156 0 1005 49%

2550W OSLO ROAD 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 1953 711 128 0 1114 43%

2560E OSLO ROAD 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 1953 480 94 0 1379 29%

2560W OSLO ROAD 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 1953 618 65 0 1270 35%

2570E OSLO ROAD 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 1953 763 159 0 1031 47%

257,:m OSLO ROAD 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 1953 665 140 0 1148 41%

2580E OSLO ROAD OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 1953 504 80 0 1369 30%

2580W OSLO ROAD OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 1953 684 95 0 1174 40%

2610E 6THAVENUE 17THSTAEET S. VBCITVL 860 335 5 0 520 40%

2610N 6THAVENUE 1TTHSTAEET S. VBCITYL 860 335 0 524 39%

2610S 6THAVENUE 1TTHSTREET S.VBCITYL 860 421 4 0 435 49%

2620N 6THAVENUE S. VBCITY L S.R.60 850 315 2 0 533 37%

26205 6THAVENUE $. VBCITYL S.R. 60 850 421 0 428 SD%

2710N 10THAVENUE S.R. 60 ROYAL PALM BLVD. 810 131 0 0 679 16%

2710S 10THAVENUE S.R. 60 ROYAL PALM BLVD. 810 184 0 0 626 23%

2720N 10THAVENUE ROYAL PALM BLVD. 17THSTREET 810 218 0 0 592 27%

27205 10THAVENUE ROYAL PALM BLVD. 17THSTREET 810 184 0 0 626 23%

2810N 20THAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 860 310 66 0 484 44%

2810$ 20THAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 860 321 119 0 420 51%


2820S 20THAVENUE 4THSTREET 8TH STREET 810 572 56 0 182 78%


2830S 20THAVENUE 8TH STREET 12THSTREET 810 532 40 0 238 71%

2840N 20THAVENUE 12TH STREET S. VBCITIL 1710 317 15 0 1378 19%

2840S 20THAVENUE 12THSTREET S. VBCITYL 1710 473 13 0 1224 28%

2850N 20THAVENUE S. VBCITYL 16TH STREET 1800 317 7 0 1476 18%

2850$ 20THAVENUE S. VBCITYL 16THSTREET 1800 473 13 0 1314 27%

2860N 20THAVENUE 16TH STREET S.R. 60 1800 326 11 0 1483 19%

2860S 20THAVENUE 16THSTAEET S.R.60 1800 226 13 0 1561 13%

2870N 20TH AVENUE S.R. 60 ATLANTIC BLVD. 850 163 8 0 679 20%

2870S 20THAVENUE S.R.60 ATU\NTIC BLVD. 850 72 12 0 766 10%

2905N 43RDAVENUE S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 950 348 138 0 464 51%

2905S 43RDAVENUE S. COUNTY LINE OSLO ROAD 950 314 218 0 418 56%

2910N 43ADAVENUE OSLCROAD 4THSTREET 1068 483 124 0 461 57" ...

2910S 43RDAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 1068 462 175 0 431 60%

2915N 43RDAVENUE 4THSTREET BTHSTREET 1020 499 105 0 416 59%

2915S 43RDAVENUE 4THSTREET BTH~TAE:ET .. 1020. .661 157' 0 202 80'.-

2920N 43RDAVENUE STHSTREET 12THSTREET 1071 923 99 0 49 95%

GREGORY REZONING - 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts in the EXISTING column were collected in 2007

Trips indicated in the VESTED column are as of 913/2008

REMAINING %o!LOS


'D"

2920S 43RDAVENUE 8THSTREET 12THSTREET 1071 645 148 0 276 74%

2925N 43RDAVENUE 12THSTREET 16THSTREET 1071 499 74 0 498 54%

2925$ 43ROAVENUE 12THSTAEET 16THSTREET 1071 627 113 0 331 89%

2930N '43RD AVENUE 16THSTREET S.R.60 1796 558 76 0 1162 35%

2930S 43RDAVENUE 16THSTREET S.R. 60 1796 675 107 0 1014 44%

2935N 43ADAVENUE S.R.60 26TH STREET 1796 386 67 0 1343 25%

29368 43RDAVENUE S.R. 60 26THSTAEET 1796 576 24 0 1196 33%

2940N 43RDAVENUE 26THSTAEET 41STSTREET 860 361 94 0 4115 53%

2940S 43RDAVENUE 26THSTREET 41STSTREET 860 362 36 0 462 46%

2945N 43RDAVENUE 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 860 305 69 0 486 43%

29458 43ROAVENUE 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 860 284 38 0 538 37%

2950N 43RDAVENUE 45THSTREET 49THSTREET 860 208 120 0 532 3ll"J,

2950S 43RDAVENUE 45THSTREET 49THSTREET 860 148 52 0 660 23%

3005N 58THAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 1860 381 73 0 1406 24%

3005S 58THAVENUE OSLOROAO 4THSTREET 1860 512 108 0 1240 33"J,

3010N 58THAVENUE 4THSTREET 8TH STREET 1710 672 57 0 981 43%

3010S 58THAVENUE 4THSTAEET 8TH STREET 1710 752 B4 0 874 49%

3015N 58THAVENUE 8THSTREET 12THSTAEET 1710 743 89 0 878 41JOJ,

30155 58THAVENUE 8THSTREET 12THSTREET 1710 952 69 0 689 60%

3020N 58THAVENUE 1ZTHSTREET 16THSTREET 1710 1.229 138 0 343 80%

3020S 58THAVENUE 12THSTREET 16THSTREET 1710 1,055 113 0 542 68%

ao25N 58THAVENUE 16THSTREET S.R. 60 1710 1,139 210 0 361 79%

30255 58THAVENUE 16THSTREET S.R. 60 1710 981 194 0 535 69%

3030N 58THAVENUE S.R. 60 41STSTAEET 1860 920 123 0 817 58%

30308 58THAVENUE S.R.60 41STSTREET 1860 663 97 0 900 52%

3035N 58THAVENUE 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 860 545 176 0 139 84%

3035$ 58THAVENUE 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 860 484 107 0 269 69%

3040N SBTHAVENUE 45THSTREET 49THSTREET 860 489 200 0 171 80%

3040$ 58THAVENUE 45TH STREET 49THSTREET 860 418 118 0 324 62%

3045N 56THAVENUE 49THSTREET 65THSTREET 860 545 265 0 5C 94%

3045S 58THAVENUE 49THSTREET 65THSTREET 860 402 134 0 324 ll2°J,

3050N 58THAVENUE 65THSTREET 69TH STREET 860 412 105 0 343 60"/4

3050$ 58THAVENUE 65THSTREET 69TH STREET 860 330 117 0 413 52%

3055N 5BTHAVENUE 69THSTREET C.R. 510 860 399 102 0 359 58%

3055$ 58THAVENUE 69THSTREET C.R. 510 860 266 91 0 503 42%

3120N 66THAVENUE S.R. 60 26THSTREET 860 426 144 0 290 66%

3120S 66THAVENUE S.R. 60 26THSTAEET 860 529 85 0 246 71%

3130N 65THAVENUE 26THSTREET 41STSTREET 860 469 151 0 240 72%

3130S 66THAVENUE 26THSTREET 41STSTREET 860 398 99 0 363 58%

3140N 66THAVENUE 41STSTREET 45TH STREET 950 706 66 0 178 81%

3140$ 66THAVENUE 41STSTREET 45THSTREET 950 441 54 0 455 52%

3150N 66THAVENUE 45THSTAEET 65THSTREET lf70 678 71 0 121 86%

31508 66THAVENUE 45THSTREET 65TH STREET 870 376 55 0 439 50%

3160N 66THAVENUE 65THSTAEET 69TH STREET 870 681 44 0 145 83%

3160$ 66THAVENUE 65THSTREET 69THSTREET 870 350 42 0 478 45%

3170N 66THAVENUE 69THSTAEET C.R. 510 1860 723 60 0 1077 42%

3170S 66THAVENUE 69THSTREET C.R.510 1860 360 50 0 1450 22%

3210N 74THAVENUE 16THSTREET SRSO 860 93 0 0 767 11%

3210$ 74THAVENUE 16'fH_STREET SR60. .860 118 0 0 742 14%

3310N 82NOAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTAEET 950 161 18 0 771 19o/o

3310$ 82NOAVENUE OSLO ROAD 4THSTREET 950 220 22 0 708 25%

3320N 82NDAVENUE 4THSTREET 12THSTREET 950 194 82 0 674 29%

GREGORY REZONING - 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts In the EXISTING column were collected in 2007

Trips indicaled In the VESTED. column are as of 9/3/2008

REMAINING ¾of LOS

LINK ON STREET FROM STREET TO STREET CAPACITY EXIST. VESTED PROJECT WI PROJECT

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33205 82NDAVENUE 4THSTREET 12THSTREET 950 208 140 0 1102 37",o

3330N 82NDAVENUE 12THSTREET S,R. 60 860 235 195 0 430 50%

33308 82NDAVENUE 12THSTREET S.R. 60 860 224 230 0 406 53%

3340N 82NDAVENUE $.R. 60 65THSTREET 410 52 15 0 343 16%

3340S 82NDAVENUE S.R. 60 65THSTREET 410 43 16 0 351 14%

3350N 82NDAVENUE 65THSTREET 69THSTREET 410 21 15 0 374 9%

3350S 82NDAVENUE 65TH STilEET 69THSTREET 410 18 15 0 3TT 8%

3360N 98THAVENUE BTHSTREET 12THSTREET 860 134 42 0 684 20%

3360S 98THAVENUE BTHSTREET 12THSTREET 860 188 78 0 594 31%


3370S 98THAVENUE 12THSTREET 16THSTREET 860 54 194 0 612 29%

3380N 98THAVENUE 16THSTREET SR60 860 28 106 0 726 16%

3380S 98THAVENUE 16THSTREET SR60 860 25 194 0 641 25%

3390N 98THAVENUE SR60 26THSTREET 860 12 0 0 848 1%

3390S 98THAVENUE SR60 26TH STREET 860 11 0 0 849 1%

3610E TTTHSTREET 66THAVE. U.S.1 820 60 6 0 754 8%

3610W mHSTREET 66THAVE. U.S.1 820 150 2 0 668 19%

3710E 69THSTREET 82NDAVE. 66THAVE. 410 37 33 0 34-0 17%

3710W 69l'HSTREET 82NDAVE. 66THAVE. 410 24 33 0 353 14%

3720E 69THSTREET 66THAVE. 5BTHAVE. 870 33 17 0 820 6%



373'J'N 69THSTREET 5BTHAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 870 78 14 0 778 11%

3740E 69THSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 870 49 4 0 817 6%

3740W 69THSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.5.1 870 78 4 0 788 9%

3B20E 65THSTREET 66THAVE. 58THAVE. 870 36 20 0 814 6%

382(llJ 65TH STREET 66THAVE. SSTHAVE. 870 76 19 0 775 11%


3830W 65TH STREET 5STHAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 870 110 16 0 744 14%

3840E 65TH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 870 SB 0 811 7%

3840W 65TH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 870 68 4 0 798 8%

4220E 49THSTREET 6611-1 AVE. 58THAVE. 860 28 31 0 801 7%

4220W 49TH STREET 66THAVE. 58THAVE. 860 33 19 0 8D8 6%

4230E 49TH STREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 137 17 0 706 111",o

4230W 49TI-l STREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 166 28 0 666 23%

4240E 49TH STREET 43RO AVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 810 167 66 0 577 29%

4240W 49TH STREET 43ROAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 810 33 71 0 706 13%

4250E 49TH STFIEET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 810 98 5 0 707 13%

4250W 49TH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.! 810 119 21 0 670 17%

4320E 45THSTAEET 66THAVE. 58THAVE. 860 97 9 0 754 12%

4320W 45THSTREET 86THAVE. 58TH AVE. 850 126 5 0 729 15%

4330E 46THSTREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 154 15 0 691 20%

4330W 45THSTREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 208 40 0 612 29%

4340E 45'THSTREET 43RDAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 860 243 22 0 595 31%

4340W 45THSTREET 43RDAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 860 303 25 0 532 38%

4350E 45THSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY INOIAN RIVER BLVD. 860 153 9 0 698 19%

4350W 45TH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY INOIAN RIVER 8LVO. 860 225 20 0 615 28%

4420E 4TSTSTREET 66THAVE. 58THAVE. 870 78 7 0 785 10%

4420W 41STSTREET 66THAVE. 581HAVE. 870 126 -6 0 7311 15%

4436e . 41ST STREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 198 21 0 641 25%

GREGORY REZONING - 3,200 sf RETAIL Traffic counts In the EXISTING column were·collected In 2007


REMAINING %ofLOS

LINK ON STREET FROM STREET TO STREET CAPACrrY EXIST. VESTED PROJECT W/PROJECT

·o· 4430W 41STSTREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 233 41 0 586 32%

4440E 41STSTREET 43RD AVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 880 218 32 a 810 29%

4440W 41STSTREET 43RD AVE. OlD DIXIE HWY 860 229 20 0 611 29%

4450E 41STSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 860 157 5 0 698 19%

4450W 41STSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 860 160 18 a 6ll2 21%


4460W 37TH STREET U.S.1 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 860 667 16 0 177 79%

4720E 26THSTREET 68THAVE. 58THAVE. 860 284 48 0 528 39%

472DW 2611-ISTREET 6o!HAVE. SSTHAVE. 860 479 49 0 332 61%


47'3fNJ 26THSTREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 546 38 0 276 68%

4740E 26THSTREET 43RDAVE. AVIATION BLVD. 860 430 11 0 419 51%

474fNI 26THSTREET 43RDAVE. AVIATION BLVD. 860 608 17 0 235 73%

4760E 26THSTREET AVIATION BLVD. 27TH AVE. 860 150 10 0 700 19%

4760W 26THSTREET AVIATION BlVO. 27THAVE. 860 280 15 0 565 34%

4830E STHSTREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 216 18 0 626 27%

4830W BTHSTREET 58THAVE. 43ROAVE. 860 215 9 0 636 26%

4840E BTHSTREET 43ROAVE. 27THAVE. 860 595 46 0 219 75%

4840W BTHSTREET 43RDAVE. 27THAVE. 860 460 27 a 373 57%

4850E 8THSTREET 27TH AVE. 20THAVE. 860 573 11 a 276 68%



4860W 8THSTREET 20TH AVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 810 684 19 0 127 84%

4870E 8THSTREET OLDDIXIEHWY U.S.1 810 346 19 0 445. 45%

487llW &TH STREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 810 526 26 0 258 68%


4880W 8THSTREET U.S.1 INDIAN RIVER Bl VD. 860 542 12 0 306 64%

4910E 4THSTREET 82NDAVE. 58THAVE. 870 78 3 0 789 9%

4910W 4THSTREET 82NDAVE. 58THAVE. 870 111 0 758 13%


4930W 4THSTREET 58THAVE. 43RDAVE. 860 187 7 0 666 23%


4940W 4THSTREET 43RDAVE. 27TH AVE. 860 428 16 0 416 52%

4950E 4THSTREET 27THAVE. 20TH AVE. 860 594 10 0 256 70%


4960E 4THSTREET 20THAVE. OW DIXIE HWY 860 352 37 0 471 45%

4960W 4THSTAEET 20THAVE. OLD DIXIE HWY 860 544 52 0 264 69%

4970E 4THSTREET OLD DIXIE HWY U.S.1 810 400 32 0 375 54%

4970W 4THSTREET OI.DDIXIEHWY U.S.1 810 547 38 0 225 72%

501DE 16THSTREET 74THAVENUE 82NDAVENUE 860 46 0 0 814 5%

5010W 16THSTREET 74THAVENUE 82NDAVENUE 860 43 0 0 817 5%

5610E FRED TUERK DR. A1A W. OF COCONUT DR. 860 129 0 0 731 15%

5810W FRED TUERK DR. A1A W. OF COCONUT DA. 860 96 0 0 764 11%

5710E WINTER BEACH RD. A1A JUNGLE TRAIL 860 39 8 0 813 5%

5710W WINTER BEACH AD. AlA JUNGLE TRAIL 860 120 4 0 736 14%

6810E ATLANTIC BLVD. 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 860 100 2 0 758 12%

5810W ATLANTIC SlVD. 27THAVE. 20THAVE. 860 167 0 0 693 19%

5820E ATLANTIC BLVD. 20THAVE. U.S.1 860 40 0 819 5%

5820W ATLANTIC BLVD. 20THAVE. U.S.1 860 76 3 0 781 9%

5910E i\VIATION E!LVO. 26THSTREET 27THAVE. 1280 159 3 0 1118 13%

5910W AVIATION BLVD. 26THSTREET 27THAVE. 1280 147 20 0 1113 13%

6010E ROYAL PALM BLVD. ROYAL PALM PL INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 880 270 0 0 610 31%

6010W ROYAL PALM BLVD. ROYAL PALM PL INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 880 116 9 0 755 14%

61101: ROYAL PALM PL U.S.1 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 880 341 5 0 534 39%

6110W ROYAL PALM PL U.S.1 INDIAN RIVER BLVD. 880 396 17 0 467 47".-

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM

TO: The Honorable Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission

. Keating, AICP Community~lopment D rector

FROM: Stan Boling, AICP Planning Director

DATE: May 7, 2009

ITEM SA

PLANNING MATTERS

SUBJECT: Planning Information Package for the May 14, 2009 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting

For this meeting's packet, the following articles are provided:

(1) "State's growth rules set to change", Herald Tribune, May 6, 2009, Dale White.

(2) "Florida's consumer confidence jumps six points as housing signs improve", University of Florida News, April 28, 2009, Cathy Keen.

(3) "Florida Tourism takes Its Hits", FloridaTrend.com, April 30, 2009, Robert Trigaux.

( 4) "Ave Maria Development's Sales Numbers Far Short of Heavenly", Florida Trend.com, May 5, 2009 St. Petersburg Times.

(5) "Are fewer cars a blip, or a trend?" Herald Tribune, May 4, 2009, Doug Sword.

(6) "Certifying place with the new LEED-ND designation", Commercial Real Estate News, April 27, 2009, Sean Suder.

(7) "Past six months driest in southern Florida since 1932, water official says", Naplesnews.com, May 6, 2009, Charlie Whitehead.

(8) "Our Citrus History", Indian River Magazine, May 2009, Paul J. Driscoll

cc: Board of County Commissioners Joe Baird Michael Zito

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State's growth rules set to change

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By Dale White

Published: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at I :00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 12:04 a.m.

It was the ultimate 11th-hour surprise.

THE IMPACT ON FLORIDA'S With just minutes to go in the 2009 session, state legislators revived and passed one of the biggest changes to ROADS... Florida's growth laws in decades. CURRENT LAW: In Florida, growth laws have required developers to The sweeping bill, which Gov. Charlie Crist is soon expected to sign into law, will: expand or add roads to accommodate the extra traffic their developments • Automatically allow developers in seven of Florida's 67 counties and nearly half of its 410 municipalities to add will generate. Meeting the more residents and traffic without expanding or adding roads. They will instead pay a fee, which the state has yet to requirements in congested urban areas,decide how to calculate. such as U.S. 41 in Bradenton, above, can be especially costly, developers say.

• Enable other counties and municipalities to designate urban areas where they, too, can overlook new developments' impact on roads, if they choose.

WHAT COULD CHANGE: If the • Eliminate reviews by state and regional regulators of major urban developments that could impact roads and new law is signed by Governor Crist, services in nearby cities and counties. Florida will no longer require

developers to add road capacity in Builders and lawmakers see the bill as an incentive to build in urban areas because builders would still have to pay nearly half the state's_ municip_alities, for new roads and other impact fees associated with rural areas. They also say it will make it faster to develop as well as several entire counties. property boosting the economy. They will instead pay a fee, which the ' state has yet to decide how to But watchdog groups decry it as a blatant sellout to developers, the kind of profit-driven policy that has created calculate.

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problems in Florida for decades.

By not forcing developers to deal with the traffic problems created by their construction, the state will dump road widenings, traffic signals and other costly byproducts of construction into the laps oflocal governments, who are already struggling to keep up with basic services.

And by eliminating regional and state oversight on some of the biggest projects, it will be far more difficult to streamline the impact of those projects on schools, highways and other regional institutions.

"If Charlie Crist wants to avoid being called Governor Gridlock, he should think twice about signing this bill into law," said Dan Lobeck, president of Sarasota County-based Control Growth Now. "This is terrible legislation. The Legislature is telling us traffic congestion is good for us."

But the bill's sponsor, Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, himself a real estate developer, said he expects Crist to sign it.

"Growth management is tough," Bennett said. "No matter what you do, someone is upset."

The bill removes transportation impacts as a factor in development approvals in cities and counties averaging at least 1,000 residents per square mile.

Pinellas, Broward, Seminole, Miami-Dade, Orange, Duval and Hillsborough counties qualify. Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties do not. Yet, with the exception of North Port, every municipality from Palmetto to Punta Gorda does.

The bill allows counties and cities that are not automatically eligible to avoid the transportation requirements by creating exception areas in their growth plans.

Current law allows them to do so, but only with the Florida Department of Community Affairs' consent.

Bennett said the bill also reinforces all local governments' right to opt out of its provisions by adopting their own laws about how to deal with the traffic impacts of new developments.

Even so, the bill's effects are expected to be deep and far-reaching.

Sprawl, infill or both?

To comply with growth rules now, a developer may be required to add tum lanes to an existing road or even build a new road.

For example, Manatee County is requiring Wal-Mart to help with intersection improvements because of a Super Wal-Mart on University Parkway.

Edie Ousley, spokeswoman for the Florida Home Builders Association, contends that growth rules regarding transportation have largely "prevented urban infill and created sprawl situations" - particularly with residential development.

Meeting road capacity requirements in urban areas can be costly, said Charles Pattison, president of 1000 Friends of Florida, a group that monitors growth issues. As a result, Florida has seen developments sprout farther from its cities - in areas where existing highways can accommodate more cars or, if a road must be built or expanded, land is cheaper.

Bennett cited the Parrish area in Manatee County, where growth has exploded, as an example of suburbia spreading across former pastures and groves.

Now state growth laws have kicked in and developers who want to continue to build in Parrish must help pay for expanding U.S. 30 I.

Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash said Bennett's bill could boost the redevelopment of blighted cities and result in more transit- and pedestrianoriented neighborhoods. "The key is to redevelop in a way that is less dependent on the automobile."

But Lobeck dismissed the idea the bill will swap sprawl for infill development.

"To say this will stop suburban sprawl is a sham," Lobeck said. 'There is nothing in the bill to restrict sprawl in rural areas."

Cash instead of asphalt

Pattison's organization thinks the Legislature erred in defining 1,000 people per square mile as a "dense urban land area."

Counties and cities with an average density of just one home per acre will qualify, he said.

Douglas Porter of the Growth Management Institute, a think tank in Maryland, warned the bill may allow dense development in the wrong areas.

Yet he saw merit in the argument that transportation requirements that are too demanding may drive development into the countryside instead of "the very places you want it."

Pattison said it is unclear whether the legislation could encourage annexations, as developers try to get their properties included in qualifying cities.

In some cases, annexations of undeveloped land could cause some urban areas to fall below the 1,000 person-per-square mile minimum, Pattison said.

Instead of being required to lay asphalt, the bill requires urban developers to pay a "mobility fee."

By Dec. 1 state regulators must determine how the fee can be calculated and spent.

Bennett said the goal is to replace the transportation impact fees that many counties and municipalities now impose on new construction. He wants a fee that

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better accounts for a specific development's traffic impacts.

A McDonald's, for example, mainly caters to its surrounding neighborhoods and does not attract cross-town traffic like some other commercial enterprises, Bennett said. Its mobility fee should be adjusted accordingly, he said.

Sarasota County Commissioner Jon Thaxton warned that if the fees are inadequate, existing taxpayers will be subsidizing growth.

Fewer levels of review

Bennett's bill also changes the rules for "developments of regional impact" in urban areas.

Generally speaking, DRJs are big developments that affect areas beyond the city or county where they are located.

Riviera Dunes, an approved development in Palmetto that includes riverfront highrises, is a DRI within a city. Lakewood Ranch and Palmer Ranch are prominent examples of DRls in unincorporated areas.

Currently, DRls must be reviewed not just by the local jurisdiction but a regional planning council and the state.

Developers complain that the review process is cumbersome, time-consuming and expensive. Depending on the project's size and scope, a developer may pay from $250,000 to millions in fees for DRI approval.

Bennett's bill strips away regional and state planning reviews for DRls where local governments will disregard transportation impacts.

"We're getting away from all the bureaucracy," Bennett said, adding that so many agencies did not need to review the same plan.

Yet less oversight concerns groups that prefer firm growth controls. Sarasota could approve a 10,000-home development that congests Manatee County's roads, Pattison said. Although they may have good reason, other authorities would not be able to modify or stop the project.

"What are you going to do for these cross-jurisdictional impacts?" Pattison said.

The DRI exemption worries Thaxton as well.

"That is a monumental and catastrophic step backward," Thaxton said.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Consumer confidence among Floridians surged six points to 71 in April amid indicators of flattening housing prices statewide and news that the economy has not worsened, a new University of Florida survey finds.

"The size of the increase comes as somewhat of a surprise," said Chris McCarty, director of UF's Survey Research Center at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research. "We had expected confidence among Florida's consumers to move up and down in a fairly narrow window from the low to the upper 60s."

While there are certainly some signs that the economy may be improving, such as housing prices possibly hitting their lowest point, many negative conditions still exist, such as continuing job losses, McCarty said. Florida's unemployment rate of 9. 7 percent is the highest since 1976, he said.

"However, in balance, consumers seem to have absorbed most of the bad news and are at least not seeing things getting much worse," he said. "Perhaps we really have seen the bottom in terms of Florida consumer confidence, which was back in June of last year."

In that month, consumer confidence sunk to 59, its lowest level in the index's 25-year history.

All five of the components in April rose. The biggest jump was in perceptions of whether it is a good time to buy big-ticket items, such as cars and appliances, which jumped 15 points to 77. Perceptions of U.S. economic conditions over the next year climbed nine points to 69, while perceptions of U.S. economic conditions over the next five years rose three points to 82. Perceptions of personal finances a year from now increased five points to 85, while perceptions of personal finances now compared with a year ago rose two points to 44.

Despite these positive signs, there is still enormous uncertainty surrounding the economic recovery, McCarty said.

The massive interventions by the federal government, the Federal Reserve and governments around the world have had obvious effects, although there is debate whether the effects are all positive, McCarty said. At the same time, stock markets around the world have experienced a recent rally that some economic pundits characterize as the beginnings of a recovery but could turn around quickly with bad news, he said.

If housing prices nationally begin to stabilize, this would help establish the value of some of the toxic assets held by banks and at least indicate how deeply the recession has hurt the global economy, he said.

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"Consumers seem to characterize the economy by those events both in their personal lives and in the news that are changing the most, whether those be good or bad," he said.

There has not been much news recently about very large bailouts, nor have there been many notable bankruptcies of very large companies, although there is a strong possibility that General Motors Corp. and Chrysler may end up having to declare bankruptcy, McCarty said. Were that to happen, it would likely cause at least a temporary drop in consumer confidence, even here in Florida, he said.

Barring something of that magnitude, consumer confidence may continue to improve as various sectors of the economy begin to recover, he said.

"For Floridians specifically the next big news will probably be the Florida state budget and the effects it will have on taxpayers, who stand to pay more in various fees, and those who depend on state revenue for their employment," he said. "The effects of this may not be known well into May."

The research center conducts the Florida Consumer Attitude Survey monthly. Respondents are 18 or older and live in households telephoned randomly. The preliminary index for April was conducted from 406 responses. The index is benchmarked to 1966, so a value of 100 represents the same level of confidence for that year.

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Florida Tourism Takes Its Hits By Robert Trigaux [St. Petersburg Times] - 4/30/2009

Sometimes it's the big picture stuff, like a nasty hurricane season or $4-a-gallon gas, that makes Florida's tourism industry fret.

Sometimes it's the little stuff, like the Lake County Welcome Center's decision to stop serving free orange juice to save $6,000.

Florida tourism, to paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, gets no respect these days. Where to start?

• The global recession continues to depress the tourism industry here. After several years of steady annual increases, the number of visitors coming to Florida fell in 2008 as compared to the previous year. And estimates of visitors to Florida for the fourth quarter of 2008 show an estimated 16.6 million people visited the Sunshine State, a dramatic decline of 13.6 percent. It seems doubtful there's been an uptick so far this year.

• State and county budgets, already in shambles, call for additional cuts to the marketing dollars devoted to tourism promotion - just when many feel a louder voice is needed. Pinellas County's tourism promotion department, for example, faces a $3.5 million budget cut for the coming year that may halt marketing efforts tied to the Tampa Bay Rays, the St. Petersburg Grand Prix and other high-profile sports events.

• Economic development groups acknowledge tourism's big-buck contribution to the state economy. But increasingly they focus their efforts and financial resources on encouraging and attracting high-tech-style industries to try and raise the wage level of jobs in the state. Tourism, heavy on work for maids and waiters, tends to drag down wage levels.

• The thawing of relations with Cuba will spell economic opportunity for some Florida businesses. But some in the state's tourism industry view a new and exotic Caribbean location so close to Florida as another source of competition to take tourist dollars away from here.

• In Tallahassee, new state legislation would open near-shore oil and gas drilling off Florida's coasts. If there's one issue Florida's coastal tourism industry gets motivated to fight, it's drilling within visual sight - and within strike of an oil spill - of Florida's beaches. The House has okayed an oil drilling bill but the Senate and Gov. Charlie Crist are resisting.

• Mutter words like "swine flu" or "pandemic" and tourist officials swoon. It's early and the odds are the early swine flu hysteria will dissipate. As of Wednesday, there were no known cases of swine flu in Florida. But clearly Orlando - with its intense concentration of airplanes delivering visitors from all over - is statistically ripe for a victim or two. At least one prominent European official already has cautioned against unnecessary travel to the United States. All this could aggravate an already struggling tourism year in the Sunshine State.

Which brings us back to the free orange juice. The slow economy in Lake County, home to such towns as Leesburg and Mount Dora, northwest of Orlando, forced the decision to stop serving free juice at the county's local welcome center.

The good news? The five big welcome centers in the state overseen by the state's Visit Florida tourism agency still offer a "cup of citrus" to visitors, says spokeswoman Dia Kuykendall. It's been a tradition now for 60 years.

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A pair of gray-haired religious tourists, probably the 10th such couple that hour, snap photos in front of Ave Maria's barrel-vaulted Catholic church.

Richard Hailer looks on from across the street in Ave Maria's town center, which rises like a medieval European cathedral town from a former Florida tomato field.

Hailer is retired, a Bostonian who loves living in Ave Maria, an enclave of orthodox Catholicism anchored by a fledgling university.

But while Ave Maria remains a source of inspiration for pilgrims who come to gaze and pray at one of Florida's most impressive modern churches, its real estate sales are sluggishly earthbound.

Ave Maria's projected population of 11,000 stands at about 500, give or take a few dozen. Pulte Homes, more or less the community's exclusive builder, has slashed $100,000 from the prices on some models.

"In the beginning they had people lined up to buy here," Hailer said. "Then Pulte got sideswiped. It hit the fan. Growth's been okay but nothing like they anticipated."

The 5,000-acre town is a bold proposition, the religious vision of Domino's Pizza tycoon Tom Monaghan. Its gate off two-lane Oil Well Road between Naples and Immokalee stands 9 miles from the nearest suburban subdivision. It takes 20 minutes to reach Interstate 75 if you ignore the speed limit. It's so remote that conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh's radio show crackles with static on the AM dial.

In 2002, the Michigan-born Monaghan signed the deal to build Ave Maria with landowner Barron Collier Cos. Monaghan's focus remains on the 550-student university, soon to be joined by a law school. He has personally invested or donated hundreds of millions of dollars.

Little is lelt to chance in Ave Maria, a tribute to a man who kept a tight rein on his international pizza empire for 30 years.

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STAFF PHOTO/ CHIP LITHERLAND Order photo Traffic moves through the Interstate 75 interchange at University Parkway on the Sarasota-Manatee county line. Last year's traffic counts at the intersection were down by 5,000 vehicles a day, a drop of 11 percent over the previous year.

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Traffic is down. A lot.

Related Links: There are 160,000 fewer cars on state roads in Sarasota County -- far more than the number of vehicles that clog the most congested stretches of Interstate 75 every work day .

.-------..._..._......._ ___ __,Whether the decline is merely a hiccup caused by last year's spike in gas prices and the recession, or represents a new rend is the question engineers and planners are pondering as they consider whether to continue plowing huge sums f money into road construction.

he assumption throughout the boom was that the region's roads would get more and more congested. That led to ocal governments and the state spending well over$ I 00 million a year adding tum lanes at intersections, widening treets and punching new roads through neighborhoods to improve circulation.

hat was because the annual 4 percent increase in traffic seen during the boom was projected to continue for decades s Sarasota and Manatee counties headed for a combined population of I million by 2030.

But when new population projections come out for the counties this summer, that million-person projection will be a thing of the past, said Mike Howe, the executive director of the Sarasota-Manatee MPO, which has just started on a 25-year transportation plan for the two counties.

"The premises that we were operating under in 2005 have changed," he said.

Driving is down, even though gas prices are half what they were last summer. But is that a result of unemployment and recession, or has there been a

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fundamental change in driving habits?

Another big question is whether the growth in traffic will resume at its earlier pace when the recession ends.

Don't count on it, says Don Grimes, a University of Michigan economist who earlier this year predicted Sarasota County would not come out of the recession until late 20 I 0.

"I think you shifted everything permanently down," Grimes said. The decline in traffic last year is the new base, and even after the recession is over, traffic will grow more slowly, he said.

During the upturn, population was growing at about 2 percent a year, but traffic was up 4 percent a year, largely because construction activity adds a lot of trips to area roads.

But construction will never return to its glory days here when it accounted for one out of every seven jobs, double the national average, Grimes said.

The migration of snowbirds to Southwest Florida fueled the boom, and it is going to be a long time before that dynamic has a chance of returning, the economist said.

"It's going to take several years, five years, to get back to the possibility of people moving to Florida. They're going to hunker down for a little bit."

The numbers

An analysis of the 459 road segments where counts are taken each year by Sarasota and Manatee counties shows traffic declined 3 percent in Sarasota and 4 percent in Manatee last year.

The drop on state roads within Sarasota County was even bigger -- 5 percent, or about 160,000 vehicles.

Traffic counts taken so far this year suggest the declines are continuing.

The downturn in traffic can be nearly unnoticeable to many drivers.

U.S. 41 continued to be a packed road, particularly during tourist season. Traffic even went up on the already congested segment of U.S. 41 north of Siesta Drive.

Counts were down several percent on gulfside roads -- 5 percent on Midnight Pass north of Stickney Point -- but the typical tourist probably did not notice the change.

Meanwhile, traffic plummeted on the 1-75 on- and off-ramps around economically hard-hit North Port. Traffic dropped 34 percent on the northbound offramp at Toledo Blade.

"None ofus have enough information to decide whether it's an actual trend," said Clarke Davis, general manager of public works planning for Sarasota County.

The easing of traffic congestion locally mirrors what is being reported in the state and nationally.

Americans drove more than I 00 billion fewer miles in 2008 than in 2007, a 3.6 percent decline. Last winter, Florida posted among the larger declines in travel, according to the federal data.

The year-to-year declines started in November 2007 and increased when gas hovered around $4 a gallon last summer. Even though the price of gas has fallen by nearly 50 percent, the downward trend in driving continued as the nation entered recession.

And the declines appear to be continuing this year, said Efrain Duque, traffic engineering manager for Sarasota County. So far in 2009, the county has conducted traffic counts on 43 road segments and traffic is down an average of 4 percent.

Duque cautioned that these are raw traffic counts and have not been adjusted for seasonal fluctuations and other factors, so it is too early to say with certainty if last year's declines are continuing.

Still, traffic on most of those counts is down -- on 33 out of 43 segments -- Duque noted.

The biggest drop Manatee County found in last year's counts was the 5,000-vehicle-a-day decline on University Parkway at 1-75, an I I-percent decline.

A little farther north, traffic counts went down by nearly 2,800 vehicles, or about 18 percent, at Creekwood Boulevard just west of 1-75.

And to the west, on 63rd Avenue near U.S. 301, counts were off20 percent, amounting to more than 3,500 vehicles a day.

The big drivers of traffic are growth in jobs and population, and for the first time in years, Florida is losing the first and seeing no gains in the second.

How the declining traffic tallies translate into road construction will depend on economists' projections scheduled to be made this summer, said Mike Maholtz, planner at the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization.

"It's certainly real for the moment," Maholtz said of the declines.

Every five years, the MPO generates a 25-year projection of the two counties' transportation needs. As part of that planning, which is going on now, a travel forecasting model is made.

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2. wtk wtk says ... May 4, 2009 9:37:59 am

We all hope this a trend . .less cars, less people, less polution and now our county officials can stop their approval of new buildings and homes and so on .. as everyone now can see that adding more concrete is not what we need .. we have enough to sell. Jfwe are smart about all this we will not build anymore, we will update and repair what we have, sell all the foreclosed and quick sale stuff and ifwe stick together as a community we will end up with properties that will go up and up in value because no more new permits! That is the only way to bring our propeties up look at other areas in the US that have good communities that actually vote on the approval of any new buildings!

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3. Pcglcg says ... May 4, 2009 11 :32:22 am

Car count may be down, but the quality of driver, driving these cars is way down. Witness a three car accident on a straight road, with a speed limit of 35. One driver had no shirt or shoes. One appeared drunk. I missed being run over by appx 5 seconds, as one of the cars ended up on the sidewalk. If you are capable of breathing on your own, the State of Florida will issue you a drivers license. If not, and a respirator is required, they will not do anything to you if you DONT have the license.

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As the U.S. Green Building Council embarks on certifying entire communities through its new LEED-ND (ND stands for Neighborhood Development) certification, the impact of such nongovernmental decisions on the macrocosmic issues of community planning and the individual rights of property owners is not yet clear, and merits further exploration.

It is hard to predict what LEED-ND communities will look like or the actual influence they will have on the existing urban environment. Will they be as diverse as they are sustainable? Does a sustainable community have warehouses and manufacturing uses? Will LEED-ND turn urban areas into bedroom communities of the wealthy? How will non-LEED-ND urban communities fare when compared with LEED-ND communities? How will developers who do not specialize in in-fill development cope with the demand for LEED-ND certification?

Presuming that LEED-ND will become the new standard, as LEED certification has become for individual buildings, cities will become a patchwork of LEED-ND and non-LEED-ND neighborhoods. Property values will likely be affected and boundaries drawn. The Sean Suder socio-economic impact of LEED-ND communities also remains to be seen. What is known is that such influential decisions about the urban environment will be in the hands of the USGBC, a private non-profit organization. We also know that such decisions cannot be challenged through the normal channels of due process available to property owners.

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The LEED-ND program is set to launch later this year. The pilot program is complete and urban in-fill developments across the country will soon be LEED-ND certified. The stated goal of LEED-ND certification is to "reduce the impacts of urban sprawl, or unplanned, uncontrolled spreading of urban development into areas outside of the metropolitan region, and create more livable communities." The USG BC envisions LEED-ND developments as "locations that are closer to existing town and city centers, areas with good transit access, infill sites, previously developed sites, and sites adjacent to existing development." In addition to reducing sprawl, LEED-ND communities are intended to "encourage healthy living" and "protect threatened species."

The proposed LEED-ND rating system sets forth 153 pages of requirements and standards regarding a wide variety of items including. It is possible for a project to earn up to a possible 106 points.

Similar to the experience with individual buildings, the likely practical effect of this latest addition to the "green" movement is that developers will market and sell an urban project by differentiating it as LEEDND certified. LEED-ND certification is likely to become the ultimate stamp of approval in today's ecoconsumer society, the ultimate prize for in-fill or brown-field developments. Someday, it is likely that living in a LEED-ND community will be just as prestigious as living in a certain school district. LEED-ND certification may become the primary factor in choosing a home or workplace. A project's lender may condition the development on LEED-ND certification. While zoning may be necessary to build a project, LEED-ND certification may be necessary to sell the project.

Not only will there likely be a certain cachet associated with LEED-ND neighborhoods, the USG BC foresees certain tangible benefits to developer, namely local governmental incentives such as reduced fees or shorter development permit waiting periods. Among the intangible benefits stated by the USGBC, "leaving a good impression on your neighbors" illustrates the desire of the USG BC to influence the surrounding urban fabric.

The tenets of LEED-ND are not new, however. A resurgence of interest in traditional urban design principles led to a movement in the 1990s that redefined urban planning in the United States - new urbanism and nee-traditional neighborhood development. The new urbanism and nee-traditional town planning concepts were heralded by influential members of the urban planning community, and such concepts were transformed into reality by aesthetically pleasing developments such as Seaside and Celebration in Florida, Kentlands in Maryland and numerous other variations and adaptations

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The overarching principle of new urbanism was simple: by incorporating historically attractive planning principles into new suburban and exurban developments, the housing consumer demands better designed and more sustainable communities.

The widespread proliferation of the "green" movement has made sustainability a necessary component, if not prerequisite, of livable communities. Sustainability in America's early cities was a way of life, and during the new urbanism movement it was an aspirational goal. In the 21st century, consumer demand for everything "green" will make sustainability a mandate. While such a mandate does not yet come from the government, it does raise questions about the role of government in the decisions about planning for this consumer driven trend.

Urban planning is more than zoning. It is thinking through the complexities of community to best plan for the present and the future. The question will invariably be raised, with the proliferation of LEED-ND certification and the decisions to be made about the urban environment by the USGBC, who are the regulators, planners, keepers and stewards of our communities? Is it the government or is it the private sector non-profit USGBC? The USGBC contemplates third-party verification for LEED-ND certification. Who will be final arbiters of such decisions that influence and impact the planning of our cities? Those government planners and legislators currently responsible for imparting their value judgments will be forced to compete with those of the USG BC and the invisible hand of the market. Urban planning at the governmental level may become subordinated to these other forces. Some will see this as good news, while others will raise an eyebrow in skepticism.

As with LEED certified buildings, LEED-ND will also be a subjective process of interpreting and applying standards to real urban environments. The decisions made by the USG BC will not impact just one building, one developer or one tenant. Instead, LEED-ND has the potential to impact entire communities well beyond the development that is being certified. The USGBC has been charged to do so by the market, outside of the purview of elected officials or government planners and without any legal oversight or review.

The due process problem

A zoning decision is a government decision, whether it is legislative or administrative. An administrative zoning decision is typically appealable to a governmental appeals board, whose decision is appealable to a court of law under the applicable zoning laws and/or state or federal administrative procedures acts. In some instances a legislative zoning decision is appealable to the body politic by referendum vote or is subject to constitutional challenge.

The due process that is inherent in governmental decisions is noticeably absent from the LEED-ND process. While the USG BC provides an internal process for appeals of its decisions, the USG BC does not provide for judicial review. In fact, the USGBC expressly disclaims any liability and opportunity for review.

Do not even think about looking to the USG BC if you disagree with, disapprove of, are affected by or are otherwise adversely impacted by any decision made by the USGBC with respect to LEED-ND. Unlike with government planning and zoning decisions, urban property owners will not have any ability to challenge any decision about LEED-ND certification with respect to neighboring or adjacent properties. Also unlike government planning and zoning decisions, which must be reasonable and supported by evidence, the USGBC is permitted by law to act unreasonably and arbitrarily if it so chooses.

This legal scheme differs greatly form the due process rights an individual property owner enjoys with respect to governmental decisions about land use and zoning decisions. Under the typical scheme, it is known who is making government decisions - government planners, elected officials, board of zoning appeals and planning commission members, among others. Such officials are elected to advance the public interest and plan for the general health, safety and welfare of the community at large. They are held accountable to the public by the public and their decisions can be overturned if beyond the bounds of constitutionality.

The USGBC's realm is the private sector, and in the private sector liability can be disclaimed and parties can be released. In the private sector, decisions are final and non-appealable and accountability is only as agreed upon by the parties. As a result, certain responses will likely be taken in order to preserve the rights of property owners to check such decisions.

Possible responses

If LEED-ND becomes the standard by which all urban in-fill developments are measured, then local governments will likely respond similarly to the way they responded to LEED certification of individual buildings. Certain cities such as Boston and Los Angeles have adopted building code regulations that mimic LEED standards for individual buildings. Likewise, local governments may incorporate the LEEDND standards, or standards similar to them, into their existing zoning codes.

Infusing government into such decisions is one way to preserve individuals' due process rights and allow property owners their day in court to defend the use and value of their property. However, mimicking such standards will not resolve the issue of holding the USGBC accountable for land use decisions made purposefully or inadvertently through the LEED-ND certification process. Even if a government decision based on LEED-ND standards is challenged successfully, the USGBC can still deny LEED-ND certification. These parallel processes not only may have the effect of creating additional hurdles to urban in-fill development, but they do not solve the due process problem associated with the certification of neighborhoods by a private organization.

Additionally, developers may find it desirable to incorporate the LEED-ND standards into their restrictive covenants to ensure that their development will forever maintain such certification and conformity to zoning standards that mimic or incorporate LEED-ND standards. This may add yet

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It is clear that if urban neighborhoods are certified, local governments will no longer control all of the decisions about the urban built environment. The USG BC is the new sheriff in town and many decisions about development, the real estate market and land use will be impacted by the USGBC's determinations about whether a neighborhood is to be LEED-ND certified. The impacts of such decisions will have lasting effects on the community.

Where new urbanism was an aspiration to be incorporated by the market and governments alike, LEED-ND is a market driver that will undoubtedly compete with government for control of urban development. The controls in place to check the government are not in place to check this new type of market-driven regulation. Sustainable development is a worthy and necessary goal, but the due process associated with land use decisions should be preserved. LEED-ND certification represents the future of private market-driven self-regulation - much desired by many in the business community -however the result may be larger government involvement and additional layers of regulation. As with any regulation that impacts the larger community, the channels of due process and accountability should be incorporated and preserved so that those impacted also have influence over the decisions about their community.

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The level of Lake Okeechobee dropped below 11 feet this week with no rain in sight and parched southern Florida continues to be tinder-dry.

"This is unprecedented," said Susan Sylvester, hydrologist for the South Florida Water Management District. "We can go all the way back to 1932, and this is the driest six-month period on record."

Estuary-saving freshwater releases from the lake into the Caloosahatchee River have continued, but the latest 11-day release is scheduled to end Friday.

"We'll be talking to the Corps of Engineers tomorrow afternoon," Lee County water resources manager Kurt Harclerode said Wednesday. "We'll be asking that environmental releases continue."

Even as east coast news outlets write about "dumping water to sea" down the Caloosahatchee, Lee officials say the water crisis cannot become us-versus-them.

"Let's not put ourselves where it's between the haves and have-nots," Lee Commissioner Tammy Hall said.

Hall said what west coast residents want is a comprehensive look at competing water needs and real shared adversity. When water to the Caloosahatchee was cut off for several days in March while agricultural use was unabated and east coast utilities remained on restrictions more lax than year-round rules in place here county officials, environmentalists and tourist businesses that rely on a healthy estuary were incensed.

"We don't want people to not have drinking water and we don't want crop prices sky-high," Hall said. "We need to look comprehensively, and where we have to take a hit we'll take it. We can't be the only one taking the hit."

Sylvester said she cannot address the Caloosahatchee releases. They are after all a Corps of Engineers decision.

"The thing I just don't know is what's going to happen with future releases," she said. "The bottom line is a deficit in rainfall. It's the reason why."

If not enough fresh water comes down the river salty water makes its way up the river, damaging seagrass beds that are the nursery for estuary life. The river has also been close to warning standards at the county's Olga Water Treatment Plant. Harclerode said the water is already too salty at the Fort Myers Yacht Basin, but a freshwater enclave remains upstream.

The balancing act for water managers is only going to get tougher. The lake level is now but an inch or two above the so-called Water Shortage Management Band, where stricter restrictions kick in across the district. Evapotranspiration - water evaporating out of the lake - is accelerating, Sylvester said.

"The meteorologists don't see much of anything for a week out," she said. "We have absolutely no certainty about future rainfall. We expect the rain to start because we're heading into the rainy season. But when does that start?"

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If the lake falls to about 101/2 feet, water stops flowing south and east. Forward pumps would move water in that direction for thirsty crops and residents, but only a little more than half what those areas are receiving now. The Water Management District governing board would also be asked to make recommendations to the Corps on environmental releases.

But the final decision still falls on Col. Paul Grosskruger of the Corps of Engineers.

"He's keeping track of the conditions," said the Corps Nanciann Regalado. "I haven't gotten any read on him or the technical people, but we continue to monitor."

By next week the lake is likely to enter the Water Shortage Management Band. The Water Management District governing board is slated to meet next week, too.

"If we got one more scheduled release of 11 days it might get us through to the rainy season," Harclerode said. "We're so close now we might make it. If they turn off the tap now and we go another month without rain that's different."

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,,n,· ,-,[ its Si\ ,·uuntivs to lie 11·!1ti\l\· 1 .. ·ithin it, b"un,L1ric:s. Tlw v,iskrn h.ilf of Indian l<(ivn Countv i:s i11Clud,•d. hit uni\- a s111c1ll ,Lri1.1 t'I- ,·,bk·rn \',,lu:si.1, .1 ,t1·q1 ut c•,i,.;lt'rn Rr,·1·,ird, Lill' ,·askrn half of \!arLin

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•;,•,•els ul vari,H1s agricultur,1! cro1.1s, p,1rlicul,1d1· cit1·1.1s, i11l'ludi11~; lt:mrnb, •,\\'el'I ,rnd ~our ,,r,111;;,•:;, ,ind t:·itrnn~. !-le c·.irrit'd the s,•,·cb t,, tlw i:,la-11c:I "I l lisp.iniol.1 .il whz11 is 110\\· th,· 11Jli<111 of I L1ili, c1rriving on November 22, 149], ,rncl l'Venl11,1llv St'<.'ing t,1 it that nrck1rds Wl'l"l' pLrnt,·,l. ·

rhcrc: i~. c·1·idl:.'nCl' that urc1ngc· s,:vd.s \\'('!"\.' lc11t-r 11l,111ll'd in Cvntrc1I ;\mcric\l during July ol I ::;1:-::.

FLORIDA'S FIRST We' kno11· from S11,111ish ll'ritings th.11 ,1r,lll,\;e~

11,•rc' being produvd in c1buncL111c:,· ,ll St. .'\u~ gusti1w in 1.'i79. ll Sl'l'lllS likvly thcit tlic·1· wvrc inlroduu•d ab(lul tlw year of the city's fuu11din!; in ·1 'i65. For the 1wxt t1vc1 t:'l'nturic·s, settkr~ d!Ti1·in(~ in rl,lrida Immel wild ;;rtWL'S ,,f b,1lh c.our ,111d s1-vn~t ,1rangc~ in I Jri,,us l"<lrIJer:, Pi' tlw stale, with Native /\meri,·,111:-; apparvntly pl,rnting thc!lll in ,·lumps simibr to today's oranf~C grn1·es. They 11Trc' usu.illy near lakes and ri1·cr.s, but many have lil'l'n touncl in undisturbed hammocks along the Treasure Coast.

_ll'sse Fish, a lransplantcd New Yorkc1~ plantt:d ,1 u1mnwrcial nram,,• grovt.' on /\nJslasia bland nc.1r St. 1\ugustine,in \7(,?,_ }k madl' one shi11-11wnt to Englond in 177(, but shiprnu1ts were' suspendl'd bcc,1usc uf tlw Rcvulution,iry \-\I.Jr.

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INDIAN RIVER'S FIRST rhe first gnwe in the Indian Ri\·cr District was 11 lc111tc>d

s<,nwtinw ,1fler 1825 by C,111tain Dougl,1s Dumnwtt ,.H Uummitt, in wh,1l is no\\' :Vkrrilt Island i\ational \\'ildlite Rl'fu,,;L', which joi11s the l<t'nm·dy Space Center on its north side. Durnmclt's grove is thought lo be the first florid,1 i';rOVLI

planted usi11,,; bucldnl trees. Uud vvood from ;,weet orc111g<' tree:- in :'\cw Sm \Tlld, m-,·nt'd Liv a i\·lr. Jo1ws, 11 dS ~rattvd to \\'ilcl st,ur \lrar~\!.L' trt'CS c1bnui" three' ft•L'l abc1VL' ,,;:,Hillel. ,, ,.J

l)ummell·c- f.ithcr h.id eMlier purc-has,:d ,1 sug,:r pl,rnt<1liu11 tlll 1,·hich tlll.'SL' 11·ild sour Llrc111g,' tree•,; grL"11·. T!w grove, u11 .1

lldrrow st1·ip of 1,md between the lndi,m River and \•losquitu L1goo11, was prntccled from fn.'czes by tlw heal stoned in tlw l,Hgc hudie~ pf waler 011 both sides uf il. This, ,lll\lll:', with till' culd-hard1· sour ,Ha11gc root stnck, lwlrwd it sur1·ini tlw u-nc; frL'C7e. Uummetl',., gruve was the bud w,lnd "''urc,· 1·,,r m.1111· l,1li::'r pl,111ti11,~s in till' Indian Ri1·cr Di,-,tricl.

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Orn· i"land that bee am,.' famous 1Yas Orchid lsLmd in prl'SL'nt-d,11· lndi,rn l<in'r County. It w,b nc1mcd by Captain 1-'rzin].._ F,i1·s\c•r, tlw first postmaster, lwcausc uf all the wild mchids gnl\1·ing there. Captain Forstt'r planted the first commercial gro\'L' in l11di,111 Ri\'c'r County. A. B. ~-Aichacl planted his grove, on tiw island u~ing bud wood from the Dummett grove.

MOVING SOUTH '.->Lite S,'1:. 11. S. William::; was one of the first and large,;\

,·itrn'.-, ,;n,,,,,rcc in Brc•1'ard Countv. The 1WJ4-95 fn:Pzc,; kilkd hi, ,;r,i1·,,..,_ L0 ul his son, F. S. \\'il!iams, he.HJ thc1t l·ilrus tree'' ,ll'Pund th,, pioneer:-;' lwmes in St. 1.ucie County had survilL'CI. 1-k bllught tlw uld Bell honwstcad in St. Lucic C\1u1m ,111d sl'l ab,n1t clearing thl' land. The lc1rgc orange gmvv lw r•l,mll'd \\',1s .ibnut a h,ilf-milc west nf what is now the F,1rt JJivr,:e Tumr,ikc· ,md -,outh of Okeechobct· Road. ES \Villi,1111,-, 1'-·'" :iw t,1tlwr ot Fort Pince aerial applicator 1-1.irolci \\'iili.1111s.

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lkiich rl'c()gni/.cd tl1c1t sunwthing 1w,:c!c:cl to be clone to incn'dSL' the rtH1ting ;irea available to the t1·t','. I k ;;t,1rll'd building double h·d,; th-1! 11·,_,rl' wickr c1nd higher th,rn tlw uld single L,,,ds. L.dsal is r,•c,1gni/.\'d in the citrus industry .ts '·the L1tiwr of tlw cl,Htble bed." His L1111ih· i,; c'>lill in tiw citrus businvss in thl' lndi;111 1-.:ivL:r Dis-lrid lud,11·. >> ()vicl" Vachon rid,·,.-. 1,.11:-lnr cl1c11vr, g,,1,h·r u-,ed by cilrt1s pi()/wer l.S. VVilli,HnS.

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:vl<J.';l i111porlz111tly, dcc·urding tu the il'a,c;uc', thl' di,;trict'~ .inrn:.!i ,·,1i11L11l ,,1 ab()ut ;::, in,·h,:~ per \,.',lr - ,,r 01w inch p,·1· '.'.\·1•k ·· c1btll'l'o the pruducliun ,,1 high quzilit\· citru~ 1,·ith ,1 ii1i11 "kin ,ind high ,-,ug,ir c·c>nte111.

r:,._.ni-;,, "I ih s1q 1 e·ri,,r qu,1lilv, d,:m,rnd lc-,r illdi,111 l\i1·cr ,i:111•, i11<re,is,·d in tlw 1ci:211s. T,, di~tins.;ui.sh their fruil grc,11·n., b,·g,rn usin;~ LilL' 1,,rn1 "lndi,rn Eive,1·" fur mc1rkelin~.'si11c·,, !r'.tiiJr~ !\i\-L'r fruit V\d--. brinr 1 irh~ hi~her prices, ~:nl\\"t'r~ in 1>:hc't· f)drls of Lhl' sL11l' ht'_\';;,·n lo u~,, tlw krm t;;c1.

1.·,,11,·,:1Twd llvcr tlw rni~11.,,,, ,>f l]w nc1111c, ,,,:vn,il i11fluvnlis1l ''-'<'h ,.1!,,ng tlw ln,ii,1n l\i\l·r. !(,d h\ tlw I.it,· \Viii l·c•,· llt.

I 1it'rd:\ \\ l.'.111 ll p d!h..l dl \\Vl1 tlk' ,vgiun u i·gi ng grl l\\'L1 l''", t1- i

iuin in ..1 nwv,-'nH·nl 1,, •;tn11 thi,, i11lri11genwnl. lin,ilh. ill l':(,11. Llw h:d,,r,d Tr,1dv Ctlrnmi,;si,111 i~:;u<.'d

"·\,•;:•;,, ,md d,,si,l" ,,rdn pr,1hihiti11g the u,,, of "lndi,lll Eivn" ,n, ,·itrus nol grown ill tlw lnclic1n ]\iver I lislrid. .\11,•1·1, ,Hd, )',l\11,·c'rs l(>t>k tlw prelirninM\' st,,ps tu11·,nd tlw lur111;:tic1n llf tl1L' Indian l,ivn Citrus Le,1gue. Tlw l.h1und.1n· ,ii th,, district wc1, ,kti1wd bv lullll1-1 i1w tl.1,· uutli1ll' \Ji 1v.1kr

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,-i1c·d~ ,l:ld S()il ty,,, .. ~. ii,.:~,·! i'in;1n,i,il su11p<1rt illr tlw 1~r<111~>, 1-,,,, signed u11 q;

p,·1u·11t ,11 tlw di,;t1·ict', shippl'rs t,, pav ,1 ft:l' t,ll' L'cich 1<:,,1d,,d r 1ilr,1,1d ,·,1r. l'l-1e l,:,1);u,· 11 ,b t,,rmnll\' or6 .1ni1.,,d in 1931, 1\·ith h .. ·,· .iclinc; as ,,·nl'l:11·\· and dning m,,'.:il uf Lill' kc;wurk.

ThL' iL',~.",Ltl' w;is th,: lirst such .~r(nvc•r,:;' tlrg,mi\,iti,,n in tlw ,1:11,, ,md 11 zis tlw furc'1·urnll'l' ,,f llll' ,lat,,11·i,.k Flt11·idc1 Cilru, \lutu:il. F,1r his ,·fl'urt, in pr,.,ml\ting lndi,lll Rin·r cilrus. \\'ill l·c'c 11·c1.s indlll:1,-:d into thl' Citru;, IL1ll ,)t f·,1rn,· in 197l!.

GOOD TIMES 1\lth,111gh Slllllt' ,;r,q,<'frnil 11·c1•, \)Lrntcd in the dist rid in llw

l',1rlv ye,1r,, must ,,f lilL' ,·itrus shif'i'''d 11·,1s <.'dr\_l', mids,·,is«11, .111d l.11,, ,,rc1111;,"-. 11·hi,·h kq,t lhl' ]l,ll'ki11r, h,,us,•s h11s1 fur ,1b<1ut ,·i,:ht nwnlh:;. 1\flt'r the dt'l't'ic1pnwnl ,11 ,,r,111,;,· juicl' c\\11Cc11tr.ilci, h,,11·l'\·,:1·, l11dic111 J-;i1·,,r ,>r,rn1~,,~ brl'uc;ht hi~lwr priC,"' l,H· th,11 u,-,, th,111 i,lr fr,:sh (>l'dll\'t'S.

Withs() rn,mv ,,r;,ngc", ,•,uing lu tiw';."nn·nlri!lci pl,llli',, thc' Ui~tricl ,- pc1,:ki11,s;hc>thL'' 1w,·cied fruit t,, h,llldk. \\p1·,, ,L;l'dj'•-·truit 11·,·:·c planll:d ,1ml ,·1·1,11'.u,ilh· g,1i1wd rnurt.' 11-·llrld11 idl'

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Paul R. Berg Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer

aud Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer

17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Louis 'Buck' Vocelle Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer

and Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer

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fa11w tl1<111 tlw orangt.',;. Till' gra.rwfruit grown in tlw w.1rn1 humid climate,,\ th,: lndi,111 Riv,'r t,1,;t,•s belkr th,m tho,C' ,;nnv11 in th,· comp,:lin,; drv d,,,;,•1·1 ar,·c1s ul till' world likt• C1lifurni,1, !,,r,wl, '.--i,H1lh Afric,1, and Turkcv. lkc,1u;,,• "f th,1t, rn,irkt'ling efforts \\'l'rt.' su,.n!sslul in both "r:uru1.w ,llld ,\~ia, t.'SJ)L'l'i,11ly Japan.

lnmic<1llv, d In•,,,_,, ,in Dec. IJ, 1962, \';ave the lndi,111 l{iVl·r (itrns di,t/i,·1 ,11wlher hlnsl. V\'hile tl1,:·frcezc• c,1u:,(•d ,,xt,·11-,,iH· d,1rna1;,· lo tr,•c•s c111d fruit in the slate's 11,)rlh-,·,·nlr,1I counti,·s, tlw Indian l,ivl'r arc·a wa, u11Jl.frctl'd. To 1\:]1 L1n· tlw lart;e ilcrvagv kill,·d in the nnrth, growe1·s lw1;an planting trc•,•s in counti,'s \\·here tlwrc h,1d bcvn nll damagv. Thi.s cu11ti11ucd until l'J94, when tlw l11di,m River District ilcrc;igc pc,1kcd ,11 202, I'll ln'<' .icn.•s. This i,; the ,Ktu,1! acres in tr('vs ,rnd the s,:rvicc c1crv,, \or roc1ds, ,:anal,, ,md barns ,ll"<' 1101 i11<·lmkd. I.ii· 2lll.l8 the Dislrid tre,· acre;; h,1d dl'c·lin,:d t,.J 'h,S'i11 ,lLTl'.''-

ln 1'19ch, l(l:',,-1-lS tr,•e acres of St. Luci,· C(iunty',:, :,7~·.,h)1I ,1n,•s Wl'l"l' pLmll'd in citrus. The st,1tl''s prnduclinn l''-',1kcd in the 1979-811 sl'ason, ;1 )'l'al' th.it s,.iw !lw lrn:li.rn l\ivn l)i,trict produce, 'i3,8'J3,!IOU boxl'S.

lkcaus,· of several Central Florid,1 fn·<',('S, lndia11 Ri\'<.>r pricl's rl'rnained high through the llJSOs, but urange price', heg;m to declin,· in tl1c• early 1990s. Oranges h,1d been co111pl'ling in a gl,.1hal omct.·ntrak juice markt'l in 1vhich production had innl'.beci Sl' mu,·h that .supply wa.s grc'.iter th,m dv1r1dnci. flurin,c~ the ;.dlllL' 1•c·c1rs tlw ~tille's grapdruit fJrnducli,,11 incr,,;bl'd, m;iinlv in till' lndi,111 l,iv,2r Uistrid, ;ind ;i~;,1in su1 1 1,!1· \-V<lS gre(1lt:'r th.in dt•n1.H1d.

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THE DECLINE Till' di;;trict',, gr;-i1wfruit markl'l f,'.11 victim to two unrelated

fdct()rs: chllkstcrol ,md dc'.v,•loprnenl. \\"ith the introductinn of stalins for reduction ofbloud cho

l,•ster,11, ,ildn adults begc111 lo e;it less grapefruit. The seniors likl'd !Ill' L1ste, but their doctors were telling them lo ,1vuid ,,;ra1.1l'l°ruit wlwn tlwy l<ll>k statins. >>

INDl,\N RIVi·k COUNTY I IISTOillCt\l SOCll:iY 1\r1 ,1,_'1 i.il ! )hi ):1) ::,!HJ\\..:. cirni:, f~ruvt:', (Jf 1.':1rious ,-1gr_•s ir: lnd1a.n River (1)t.inty.

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Tlw frnil ,1d11,1llv i11cr,•c1.,,1 d tlw c'ffectiv,•n(y; "I s1c1till, !,1 l1lucki11g ci11 ,·11z1·11w thc1t hrc,1ks them down, ht1t tlH' ind11:-, t1-y'.s c1lkrn11ts t,, use· th,1t l,KI tc1 ih <1dvalll.tgl' 1\·,b c1 1'1il1m·. Enzyme kl'l:I;., Vcll')' ,rum pc•r:-.,111 [() f)L'l"S(l!l, rn.,killg ii i111p,1o,;,ihle l" cr,·c11L' ,1 workahil' rl'crrn1mcn,latiun.

ill till' middk· I 'JCJ(J., ,c;r,ll"·'fruil pri,·,•,; lc·il ~u k>1\· th,11 f, •r ,-;,•1·,,r:tl _1·ec1 rs gr,. >1V(·1·s ldt Ln1.;.:· 11 u rnhcrs t,f tli, ·m un I ill' l rl', ", 1·,1tlwr I hall 1,,11· l,1 pi,·k thv111.

!'his ,;i,1rt,·d a dm1·n11 c1rd ln•nd i11 dcTL'<li;v thcit \1·,1s ,1'-

l:"-.UL.\0-' RIVFk CUl.:>,J"iY HiSi()l\lt ,\t_ >(.)t iL n I his phol1"i <.[Hi\vr; ,1.,nrk in:.,idc Jrt cJrly lndi;J11 River ( itrth p;1cki11ghrn1sr·

55 ,. ,·vlcr.ikd 1.,·h,·ll the sli1l,1 ,rnd fcdernl governments decided t,, givl' up 011 ,-·1·;idi,·c1ting citrus canker, a disease that was being ··1-'n·,1d .1,·r,,ss t!w ,Lill.' b1· liurricincs. Sincl' g1·a1wfruit is tlw mo.st ;,11,;,·,-ptihll' cilrw, vc1riety lo crnkcr it suffer,,cJ lc1rgc ,l(n_•dgt.' !1.)<Sl'S.

\1ll'i1ll\\·i1ik-., citi·u:~ grP\\'\'rs \vhu:.,c: gn:,vcs \\'Crl· (iOSL~ t()

lrc'cbUn· C<1c1:,l populc1tion centers cliscov,:rcd tlwy could nuke· l.ir 1rn,n· llhlll<';" bv s,•lling lo de1,,·l,,p,·'rs.

::,1. I lll:i,· C,,unly is the J,1rgv;;t citrus 1xoducing cuunt\· in tlw lndi,lll l,ii·t·r Dislrid. Its h<1rd-prl•ssed grovvt:rs ha\'l' pusli,:,l tq1 ,md h11r1wd 111<111\ ,.1cn:s uf in:,:s plus c1b<1ndoning 2'1,2K5 ac1"t·s of gnivt·~, the most of ,my county in the sl,1tc. Thi-, l,·.1\·,·s -+8,(17, citrus-producin.c, d~:r,·s in llw county ,1cc't1rdi11;•. i,J tlw J;111u;1ry 7.008 lrl'l' n•11su,s. r\t:rl·:.ig,: in Indian l,in,r l',,unt1·, liil' s,·c:1nd-Lngcsl pn,duccr in the clistric:t, h,ts ,lroi11,,·d tn,m a hit,h 01 69,2,10 tr,·,:· ,1cres in llJLJ4 to .3'!,013 1-r,,,, c1,-r,•s in 2ll0K, plu;; another 1:'i,7Sl abancloned anes. ,\II lhe uth,·r ,,Junti,•,; in tlw Jndidn Rivc·r District have seen sirnila1· reductions. :.11

About the author Pnl.l! ]. Driscoll i~ a For/ Pierce nntiuc

tL1itl1 bucl!elor and n1astcr's des recs in cit ms fro111 tile U11iuersity of Florida. A retired lirnte111w! whine/ in !11<' U.S. J\nm1 r<e-::.erre, ht J:ns ozcnt'd and nunzagcd groi:ic5 ~i11ce 7955.

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