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DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Edmonds, the owners, are requesting to amend the Comprehensive Plan by redesignating 6.4 acres located 600 feet southwest of 125th Place, northwest of Roseland Road and southeast of the Sebastian River from RR -2, Rural Residential 2 (up to 1 unit/acre), to LD -1, Low -Density Residential 1 (up to 3 units/acre). On February 21, 1985, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on the applicants' initial request to redesignate the subject property from RR -2 to LD -2. During the hearing the applicants stated that they would be amenable to changing their request from LD -2 to LD -1 as the staff recommend- ed. After the public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commis- sion voted 5 -to -0 to recommend that the applicants' original request to redesignate the property as LD -2, Low -Density Residential 2 (up to 6 units/acre), be denied. The Commission gave as their reasons the facts that they felt this property was correctly designated as RR -2 when the Comprehensive Plan was adopted and that conditions have not changed in this area since then to warrant a change in the land use designation. After the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on this request, the. applicants formally amended their application in writing to request the LD -1 land use designation. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the application will be, presented. The analysis will include a description of the current and future land uses of the site and surrounding areas, potential impacts on the transportation and utility systems, and any significant adverse impacts on environmental quality. Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property contains one single-family residence. Northeast of the subject property is another 6.4 acre parcel containing a single-family residence. Southeast of the subject property, across Roseland Road, are single-family residences on large parcels of land. Southwest of the subject property are single-family residences. Northwest of the subject property is the Sebastian River. The subject property and all of the land around it is zoned R-1, Single -Family District (up to 6 units/ acre). Future Land Use Pattern The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property and the land northeast and southwest of it as RR -2, Rural Residential 2 (up to 1 unit/acre). The land southeast of the subject property is designated as LD -1, Low -Density Residential 1 (up to 3 units/acre). Redesignating the subject property to LD -2 would allow it to be developed at a much higher density than the land around it and would represent a spot land use designation. The subject property should not be redesignated as LD -2 unless all of the Roseland area designated as RR -2 and LD -1 is also redesignated as LD -2. However, it would not be unreasonable to redesignate the subject property to LD -1. The land on the southeast side of Roseland Road is designated as LD -1 and has characteristics similar to the subject property. Redesignating the subject property as LD -1 would be a natural extension of the LD -1 land use designation located across Roseland Road. 36 MAR 27 1995 BOOK 60 FAGF '3,P 3 AL