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<br />OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br /> <br />Community Development Director Bob Keating through a PowerPoint (copy on file in <br />the office of the Clerk to the Board) presentation explained the Comprehensive Plan amendment <br />process in detail. The purpose of this request was to realign the urban service area boundary <br />(USA) to include the subject property and to secure land use designation and zoning that is <br />appropriate for light industrial uses that are allowed in a C/I (commercial/industrial) node inside of <br />the USA. He said he Planning & Zoning Commission struggled with this one; their issue was not <br />if it should be done, but how. Although several motions were offered, the P & Z did not make a <br />specific recommendation to the Board. He described the location of the subject property and <br />current uses and existing adjacent land uses. It is appropriate to have packinghouses near the fruit <br />and it is also appropriate to have them in town. He advised that the existing packinghouse was <br />there when the Comp Plan was written. The owner of the property, at that time, did not want the <br />property inside the USA because he thought he might have to connect to County water. Due to <br />negative impacts on the citrus industry, the applicant is now looking at options for future uses. <br />Director Keating reviewed the Board’s options (see pages 246 and 247 of the backup) and <br />explained results of the alternatives. Staff determined it would be a challenge and less efficient to <br />do a text amendment, the third option. Staff believes the request is compatible with the <br />surrounding uses; it is consistent with the Comp Plan; it meets the concurrency test, and, there <br />would be no additional environmental impacts. Therefore, a change in land use and zoning is <br />appropriate and staff has recommended changing the land use map. Staff recommended approval <br />of the proposed amendment to realign the USA to include the subject property and change the land <br />use designation of the property from AG-1 to C/I and to rezone from A-1 to IL. <br />Vice Chairman Wheeler preferred that all packinghouses be treated the same; noted <br />several reasons for the citrus industry’s decrease; favored employment opportunities; and was <br />opposed to moving the USA boundary to include this property since that might lead to rezoning for <br />residential use. <br /> <br />May 2, 2006 <br />18 <br /> <br />