The city shall utilize the following criteria to determine whether levels of service are adequate to support the specific impacts of a proposed development:
(A) Roadways.
(1) (1) Capacity for transportation facilities shall be evaluated using the 2002 Quality/Level of Service Handbook, Florida Department of Transportation.
(2) Projected impacts on the transportation system shall be determined by utilizing the trip generation standards set forth in the Trip Generation Manual, 7th Edition, Institute of Transportation Engineers, and evaluating their impact at points of ingress and egress to roadways in the city.
(3) (a) The calculation of total traffic generated by a proposed nonresidential project will assume one hundred percent (100%) buildout and occupancy of the project. Credit against the trip generation rates may be taken utilizing the percentages below:
Percent of Captured Trips from Passing Traffic | |
Use | Percentage (%) |
Percent of Captured Trips from Passing Traffic | |
Use | Percentage (%) |
Shopping centers: | |
More than 400,000 sq. ft. | 25 |
100,000 – 400,000 sq. ft. | 25 |
Less than 100,000 sq. ft. | 25 |
Supermarkets | 25 |
Hardware stores | 5 |
Convenience stores | 40 |
Fast food restaurants | 35 |
Restaurants | 15 |
Banks | 46 |
Day care centers | 10 |
Service stations/carwashes | 58 |
Offices | 0 |
Industrial uses | 0 |
(b) Any capture of trips from passing traffic for uses not specified above or in excess of those percentages must be justified by the applicant.
(4) Current operating level of service shall be based upon the most recent traffic counts available plus projected traffic counts from previously committed developments.
(B) Sanitary sewer and potable water.
(1) City system. Capacity shall be determined by capacity reservation for the project by the Public Works Department of the city.
(2) General development utilities system. Adequate capacity shall be determined by capacity reservation for the project by general development utilities.
(3) Brevard Consumer Health Services. Issuance of a septic tank permit and approval of potable water well.
(C) Solid waste. County Utilities Department shall certify that capacity exists prior to development approval.
(D) Parks.
(1) Adequacy of public parks shall be based on Palm Bay's level of service standards of five (5) acres per one thousand (1,000) population by planning area.
(2) The impact of a proposed development will be determined by utilizing the official household-size multiplier, from the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research for Palm Bay, times the number of units projected for a project.
(E) Drainage. Certification that a project meets all applicable standards of the stormwater management regulations set forth in Chapter 174 of this code of ordinances shall be made by the city engineering division prior to permit approval.
('74 Code, § 18½-72) (Ord. 88-09, passed 4-27-89; Am. Ord. 2006-128, passed 11-14-06)