Indian River County Impact Fee Study Final Report - irccdd.com
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Table X–2<br />
Parks & Recreation Facilities Current Level of Service<br />
Calculation Step<br />
Figure<br />
Unincorporated Area Population (1) 88,710<br />
Current Regional Parks Number of Acres (2) 551.39<br />
Current Regional Parks LOS Component (Acres per 1,000 Residents) (3) 6.22<br />
Current Neighborhood Parks Number of Acres (2) 33.86<br />
Current Community Parks Number of Acres (2) 1.03<br />
Total Number of Acres (Neighborhood and Community) (4) 34.89<br />
Current Neighborhood & Community Parks LOS Component (Acres per 1,000 Residents) (5) 0.39<br />
Current Total Parks LOS (Acres per 1,000 Residents) (6) 6.61<br />
(1) Source: Section II, Table II-1<br />
(2) Source: Table X-1<br />
(3) Current regional parks number of acres (Item 2) divided by the unincorporated population<br />
(Item 1), multiplied by 1,000 residents.<br />
(4) Sum of current neighborhood parks number of acres and current <strong>com</strong>munity parks number of<br />
acres.<br />
(5) Current neighborhood/<strong>com</strong>munity parks number of acres (Item 4) divided by the<br />
unincorporated population (Item 1), multiplied by 1,000 residents.<br />
(6) Sum of current regional parks LOS (Item 3) and current neighborhood/<strong>com</strong>munity parks LOS<br />
(Item 5).<br />
Table X-3 presents a <strong>com</strong>parison of LOS in other counties to IRC (unincorporated county<br />
area only). As presented, IRC’s LOS is higher than Martin and Brevard counties, but<br />
lower than St. Lucie and Osceola counties.<br />
Table X–3<br />
Level of Service Comparison<br />
<strong>County</strong><br />
LOS<br />
[Acres per 1,000 Residents]<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>River</strong> (1) 6.61<br />
Martin (2) 5.00<br />
Brevard (3) 3.00<br />
Osceola (4) 7.00<br />
St. Lucie (5) 10.00<br />
(1) Source: Table X-2<br />
(2) Source: Development <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Fee</strong> Update <strong>Study</strong>, Martin <strong>County</strong>,<br />
July 1999. Standard of 5 acres per 1,000 residents includes regional and<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity parks only. Martin <strong>County</strong> also has a standard of 24 acres per<br />
1,000 residents for conservation land that is not included in this <strong>com</strong>parison.<br />
(3) Source: Brevard <strong>County</strong> Planning Department. Includes the entire county.<br />
(4) Source: Osceola <strong>County</strong> Comprehensive Plan, Parks and Recreation Facilities<br />
Element. Level of service is 2 acres per 1,000 residents for <strong>com</strong>munity parks<br />
and 5 acres per 1,000 residents for regional parks.<br />
(5) Source: St. Lucie <strong>County</strong> Comprehensive Plan, Policy 9.1.1.1. Level of<br />
service is 5 acres per 1,000 residents for <strong>com</strong>munity parks for unincorporated<br />
county and 5 acres per 1,000 residents for <strong>com</strong>munity parks (countywide).<br />
Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.<br />
<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />
May 2005 X-10 <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Fee</strong> <strong>Study</strong>