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 Manatee County
 Comprehensive Plan
 Element 12 - PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES
 GOAL - 12.5

  Objective 12.5.3. - Establish a Concurrency Management System which Evaluates Residential Development Applications for School Concurrency Requirements and Maintains Adopted Levels of Service.  

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  • Policy 12.5.3.1. Manatee County shall ensure that the above service levels are maintained through the review of proposed residential development for consistency with the adopted standards.

    Policy 12.5.3.2. Concurrency determinations shall be made at the point in the development review process which constitutes the final concurrency determination for each local government.

    Policy 12.5.3.3. Capacity Demand shall be determined by adding the following for each School Type within the Service Area:

    • Existing students residing within the service area as determined annually by the School Board;

    • Spaces reserved for future development by vesting;

    • Spaces reserved for future development with previously issued Certificates of Level of Service for school capacity;

    • Spaces reserved, subject to final approval by Manatee County, of the potential number of students from the proposed development based on the most recently adopted methodology of the School Board of Manatee County.

    Policy 12.5.3.4. Capacity Availability shall be determined by adding the following for each school type within the Service Area:

    • Existing FISH permanent capacity.

    • Improvements which will be in place or under construction within three (3) years of the issuance of the final subdivision or site plan approval, or functional equivalent.

    Policy 12.5.3.5. The School Board of Manatee County shall provide an analysis of capacity demand versus capacity availability.

    Policy 12.5.3.6. A proposed residential development shall receive a Certificate of Level of Service for public schools when it is determined there is sufficient Capacity Availability, as determined by Policy 12.5.3.4 for the proposed impacts to schools based on Capacity Demand, as determined by Policy 12.5.3.3.

    Policy 12.5.3.7. If sufficient capacity is not available within the School Service Area in which the proposed project is located, available capacity from contiguous service areas may be used.

    Policy 12.5.3.8. The School Board may utilize available capacity as needed from a contiguous School Service Area to meet the adopted level-of-service standards to determine financially feasibility within a School Service Area.

    Policy 12.5.3.9. The contiguous school service areas referenced in Policies 12.5.3.7 and 12.5.3.8, are as follows:

    SSA 1: SSA 2

    SSA 2: SSA 1, SSA 3

    SSA 3: SSA 2, SSA 4

    SSA 4: SSA 3