Supporting Documents (Data and Analysis) - Satellite Beach

of-way that provide an alternative to automotive travel. There are no limited access thoroughfares,
airports, ports, or railroads within the corporate limits.
As shown in Table 2-1, the City’s major roads are maintained and operated by agencies other than
the City of Satellite Beach. S.R. A1A and S.R. 513 (South Patrick Drive) are the maintenance
responsibility of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). The local collectors listed in the
table are the responsibility of the City of Satellite Beach. The City has adopted a LOS of “C” for all
arterial and collector roads in the peak traffic hour.
Table 2-2 shows the annual average daily trips (AADT) generated on the FDOT maintained
roadways within Satellite Beach as well as those forecasted for 2009, 2014 and 2019. The 2008
counts show that some segments of roadways are below the City’s LOS standards. However, there
are FDOT maintained roads and within the FDOT LOS standards.
Need for Existing Facility Upgrades
The issue of strengthening storm evacuation and post disaster reconstruction policies is based on two
primary areas:
1. Minimize vulnerability; and
2. Maximize preparedness for hurricanes.
Over the past five years, there has been record setting hurricane activity in the State of Florida. In
2004 there were 15 named storms with eight strengthening to Hurricanes. In 2005 there were 27
named storms with 14 strengthening to hurricanes. This has caused a general state of heightened
awareness regarding hurricane preparedness, response, and recovery. Lessons learned from
communities that suffered the impact of a direct catastrophic hurricane strike demonstrate that the
City of Satellite Beach must be vigilant in its preparation for potential hurricane impacts and that
intensive and ongoing intergovernmental coordination before, during, and after a hurricane strike at
the local, regional, state, and federal levels is key to successful mitigation, response, and recovery.
The coastal location, built out condition, and significant investment on Satellite Beach results in the
need for the City to be highly sensitive to its vulnerability to hurricanes. The City of Satellite, as well
as the entire Space Coast Region, has been very fortunate over the past few years to avoid a direct
strike by the numerous hurricanes that have crossed the State resulting in devastating losses for those
directly struck. Nevertheless, impacts of these hurricanes were felt within the Space Coast Region
with areas experiencing loss of power, flooding, and relatively minor damage.
While the entire City is vulnerable to the most intense hurricanes, susceptibility to the effects of a
Category 1 storm is limited to the immediate Atlantic coastline where the Coastal High Hazard Area
(CHHA) includes some properties as close as 100 feet east of A-1-A. Most of the properties that
may be affected by a Category 1 hurricane in this area are residential, although there are some
commercial, recreational, and public/semi-public types of uses.
All properties in the City that are located west of South Patrick Drive (SR 513) fall within the
CHHA. This includes the entire park/conservation area and the residential uses to the north and
Transportation Element
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