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Concurrency of Public Facilities The subject property is located within the Urban Service Area, an area deemed suited for urban scale development. Within the Urban Service Area, the comprehensive plan establishes standards for transportation, potable water, wastewater, solid waste, stormwater management, schools, and recreation. Adequate provision of those services is necessary to ensure the continued quality of life enjoyed by the community. To ensure that the minimum acceptable standards for those services and facilities are maintained, the comprehensive plan requires that new development be reviewed for compliance with concurrency requirements. For a land use designation amendment and rezoning request, that review is undertaken as part of the conditional concurrency determination application process. According to county concurrency regulations, projects which do not increase land use density or intensity are exempt from concurrency requirements. In this case, the subject request is to swap the land use designations and zoning of two properties that are the same size. Consequently, no change in land use density or intensity will result. Therefore, the subject land use amendment and rezoning request is exempt from concurrency review. It is important to note that adoption of the proposed land use amendment will not have any additional impact on any public facilities or services. As with all projects, a detailed concurrency analysis will be done in conjunction with review of an application for site development. That concurrency analysis will address facility service levels and demand based on a specific development plan. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Land use amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. Per the county code, the comprehensive plan may be amended only in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan. Amendments must also show consistency with the overall designation of land uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map. The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan that identify actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions, including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing an individual plan amendment request. Of particular applicability for this request are the following objectives and policies. Future Land Use Element Policy 1.24 With respect to CII node expansion land use amendment requests, the most important policy is Future Land Use Element Policy 1.24. That policy states that a Commercial/Industrial node cannot be expanded unless that node is 70 percent developed or unless otherwise warranted. One of the otherwise warranted situations involves a swap of land use designations. 5 92