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AUG 15 194 BOQ1( 58 F�1.) � Position of the Vero Beach -Indian River County Board of REALTORS re: County initiated request to amend land use element of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan providing for node boundaries. 1. OBJECTIVE. The objective of nodal definition should be to create stability and certainty of overall land use, plus some flexibility based on demand for use. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS. To accomplish the objective the Vero Beach -Indian River County Board of REALTORS recommends the following: (a) Recognize each node with the acreage as currently desig- nated in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. (b) Define and rezone each node and the total acreage in conformity with zoning allowed within the node. (c) Create through the rezoning and definition of the node size a permanency of land use that can be relied upon. (d) No property within the defined node shall have its zoning allocation transferred to lands outside the established node. (e) In recognition of the need for some flexibility in the area surrounding the node, through the amendment process to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance, other properties may have their uses rezoned. In no event should those rezonings reduce the allocation within the original node. The reasons that a reduction or re -allocation should not occur are: (1) Good planning should not be based on first come, first served premise. (2) The public has a right to a degree of reliance upon the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and property uses should -not be restricted through the flow of allocation. The concept of "infill" is contra to private property rights. (3) A great deal of flexibility, the result of which depends upon administrative discretion, will result in government induced speculation, development away from the core area (cheaper prices) and discrimination among the prop- erty owners. - (f) The response to the need for flexibility changes to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan should be allowed at least quarterly. (g) The representations made to land owners on adoption of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan should be followed through in • regards to the existing node areas since many people, rightly or wrongly, have made decisions based upon the location of the nodes and provisions within the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. 3. SUMMARY. The Board of REALTORS believes that lands within Indian River County should be developed in an orderly fashion in accordance with zoning and the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Owners of property and purchasers of property have the right to a certain degree of reliance upon the County Zoning Ordinance and Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The less discretion administrative personnel are afforded the more reliance property owners and taxpayers within the County receive. We hope you will consider the above recommendations in your deliberations regarding the nodal structure. 22 _I