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The single-family districts are established to implement p ent the policies of the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan for managing land designated for residential uses, providing single-family housing opportunities, and ensuring adequate public facilities to meet the needs of residents. These districts are also intended to implement the county's housing policies by providing opportunities for a varied and diverse housing supply. The multiple-family districts are established to implement the policies of the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan for managing land designated for residential uses, providing opportunities for multifamily residential units and ensuring adequate public facilities to meet the needs of residents. These districts are also intended to implement the county's housing policies by providing opportunities for a varied and diverse housing supply. One principal difference between the RS-6 and RM-6 districts that is particularly applicable in this case is that the RS-6 district does not permit duplex uses, while the RM-6 district allows that use. ANALYSIS In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the rezoning request will be presented. Specifically, this section will include: • An analysis of the request's impact on public facilities; • An analysis of the request's consistency with the county's comprehensive plan; • An analysis of the request's compatibility with the surrounding area; and • An analysis of the request's potential impact on environmental quality. Concurrency of Public Facilities The subject property is located within the County 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, and Recreation. The 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 concurrency determination. For rezoning requests, that review is undertaken as part of the conditional concurrency determination application process. As per the Concurrency Management Chapter of the County's Land Development Regulations, projects which do not increase land use density or intensity are exempt from concurrency requirements. In this case, the request is to change the zoning of the subject property from RS-6 to RM-6. Because both of those districts allow up to 6 units per acre, the proposed rezoning represents no change in land use density or intensity. Therefore, this rezoning request is exempt from concurrency review. z 119