§ 106-4. Threshold Designations.

(a)

When the Planning Department's biennial report, prepared pursuant to Section 114-2(b), identifies areas with specific service deficiencies, these areas may be designated as areas of critical county concern (ACCC) in accordance with Section 106-3. As part of this designation, the Planning Department shall formulate a work program and management policies for each designation. Threshold designation areas must meet all requirements of this chapter. While the designation of an area of critical county concern as a result of a threshold designation does not prohibit development permitting, such designation is intended to focus planning efforts on areas with marginally adequate public facilities and to ensure that development approvals are conditioned so as to minimize the potential of reaching inadequate facilities levels of service which would preclude further development. Areas of the county that meet the following criteria in the annual report may be designated ACCC:

(1)

Areas within three miles of any section of U.S. 1, State Road 905 or any secondary road that is operating at level of service D on a peak-hour basis; and

(2)

Areas within 25 miles of a solid waste site with a minimum expected life capacity of less than five years.

(b)

Additional thresholds for designations may be proposed by the Planning Director. A threshold ACCC may be repealed only after the deficiencies that caused the designation no longer exist.

( Ord. No. 006-2016 , § 1(Exh. 1), 4-13-2016)