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This Petition is submitted by a large number of concerned citizens <br />of Indian River County for the purpose of ensuring the orderly development <br />of this County for the benefit of all of its residents. <br />Indian River County, through the Vero Beach -Indian River County <br />Planning Commission, has taken steps toward the adoption of a land -use <br />plan by contracting with the Department of Community Affairs, State of <br />Florida, for the preparation of various technical memoranda relating to <br />land -use planning. A great deal of time and money from local tax funds <br />and federal grants has gone into the preparation of these reports and now, <br />i <br />at long last, they are available. <br />The Petitioners understand that the reports prepared do not, I in <br />themselves, represent the so-called "Master Land -Use Plan" but are, i in <br />effect, an important step toward the adoption of such a plan. We are i n- <br />cerned, however, that the eventual adoption of the plan may be a futile; act <br />in view of the run -away rezoning currently being sought before the Indian <br />River County Zoning Commission. <br />I <br />i <br />The technical memorandum entitled "Conceptual Land Use Sketch <br />Plan" presents three land -use alternatives and, by its own language, is an <br />attempt to ".... provide a background upon which to formulate a more finite <br />and detailed plan and subsequent phases of the local planning program:" <br />The "Conceptual Land Use Sketch. Plan" presents three alterna- <br />tives based on population density: <br />i <br />Alternative I - Lower net residential density. <br />Alternative II - Encourage existing development trend. <br />Alternative III - Higher net residential density. <br />It is recognized that each alternative offers its own advantages and disad- <br />vantages. The Petitioners do not intend, at this point, to urge the adoption <br />Rook 74 <br />s <br />