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JUL 6 1983 wt Shores. This letter (see Attachment 1) requested that the County consider amending the land use designations which it had assigned to those County enclaves which are totally surrounded by the Town of Indian River Shores. The letter states the reasons for this request. These reasons include establishing lower allowable building densities, which would conform to the allowable building densities which Indian River Shores has assigned within its jurisdiction, as well as protection of the County's natural resources, maintenance of traffic and utility capacities and flood control. Because the enclaves listed in the amendment request are private- ly owned and within the County's jurisdiction, the Town of Indian River Shores cannot submit a formal plan amendment application. According to F.S. 163.3163 (Local Government Comprehensive Planning Act) the County, as governing body for the landowners of the subject properties, can change the land use designation of these subject properties in the absence of land use amendment requests from the individual property owners. This would involve the redesignation of 21 parcels of land (see Attachment 3). The request from Indian River Shores was that the Land Use Plan designation of all unincorporated land from a point starting 400' west of S.R. A -1-A and continuing westward to the Indian River be amended to conform to the City's R-lA zoning classification. This classification has a maximum allowable building density of 2.9 dwelling units/acre. Therefore, the land use plan would have to be amended from LD -2 to LD -1 for those parcels numbered 3-23 on the map in Attachment 3. The Town also requested that all parcels east of this line be designated in conformance with the Town's R -2A zoning classification. Since. these parcels (1 & 2) are currently designated LD -2 (6 dwelling units/acre), and the Town's current zoning classification allows construction of 6 dwelling units/acre, no land use amendment would be needed for these parcels. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS There are several points which should be considered in evaluating this amendment request. First, when the Comprehensive Plan was being formulated, the Board of'County Commissioners considered the land use designation of all County enclaves which were surrounded by the Town of Indian River Shores. At that time, the Board determined that the land use designation of these parcels should be LD -2. The Board will have to decide, at this time, if there is a need to review this decision. A second point which needs consideration is that, if the County does initiate a land use amendment application, this will allow the County to compare the County's land uses in the area with the adjacent land uses in Indian River Shores. As part of the application review process, staff would be able to analyze whether the LD -2 land use designation is consistent or inconsis- tent with the actual land uses in both the County enclaves and the Town of Indian River Shores. Thirdly, in reviewing recent land development applications, the Board of County Commis,sioners has commented that the Town of Indian River Shores' land use regulations should be considered when development applications for County enclaves are submitted. Consideringa change in the land use designation of these enclaves would conform with this policy of cooperation between Indian River Shores and the County. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners consider all the facts in the Town of Indian River Shores' request and make a decision as to whether the County should initiate its land use amendment procedure. ® W M