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ORDINANCE NO. 2012- 040 an individual application is submitted, land development regulations shall provide for payment of an appropriate fee and disclosure of all individuals having an equitable interest in the proposed change. Applications to amend other portions of the comprehensive plan may be submitted by any interested party, the planning staff, or the Board of County Commissioners. Applications to amend the comprehensive plan will be accepted only during the months January, April, and July, and October with the exception of DRI -related amendments and small-scale amendments. Policy 14.2: Applications requesting amendments to the Comprehensive Plan or Future Land Use Map shall be evaluated to consider the following: • consistency with the Goals, Objectives and Policies of the comprehensive plan; • impacts on public facilities and services; • environmental impacts; • compatibility with surrounding areas; and • other timely issues. Policy 14.3; Indian River County shall approve plan amendments only upon a showing that one of the following criteria has been met: • The proposed amendment will correct an oversight in the approved plan. • The proposed amendment will correct a mistake in the approved plan. • The proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances. For Future Land Use Map amendments, the change in circumstances must affect the subject property. • For Future Land Use Map amendments, the proposed amendment involves a swap or reconfiguration of land use designations at separate sites and, that that swap or reconfiguration will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map. Policy 14.4: The county shall require applications to amend the comprehensive plan to include a written statement discussing the following: • The proposed amendment's consistency with all the goals, objectives, and policies of the comprehensive plan; • The proposed amendment's impact on public facilities and services; • The proposed amendment's environmental impacts; and • For Future Land Use Map amendments, the proposed amendment's compatibility with surrounding areas. Policy 14.5: The county may utilize the small scale development amendment process; as described in section 163.3187(1)(c)2., FS, only for Future Land Use Designation Amendment requests that meet all of the following criteria: Future Land Use Element 170