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Potential Impact on Environmental Qualit As previously stated, the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission (GFC) has identified the subject property as part of a larger sand pine scrub habitat. The property is less than 10% disturbed, and at least two rare endemic species have been identified on-site; these are the gopher tortoise and the Florida scrub lizard. As such, the applicant will be required to coordinate with the GFC and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect such species to the extent feasible. Since the subject property has been determined to be a part of the county's environmentally important upland area, the applicant must comply with the specific land development regulation requirements in Chapter 829, Upland Habitat Protection. These regulations will be applied at the time of development review, and include the requirement of an upland habitat 10-15 percent set-aside. The subject property I's also located within the Surficial Aquifer Primary Recharge Overlay District, (SAFROD). Specific requirements in Chapter 931, Wellfield and Aquifer Protection, of the county's Land Development Regulations limit certain uses in the SAFROD district and mandate that development in that district be j ,-coordinated with the environmental health department at the time of development review for the protection of groundwater quality and quantity. As indicated, the subject property has a number of environmentally sensitive characteristics. These, however, do not preclude development of the subject property. Given the county's adopted environmental protection regulations, the property could be developed as either residential or commercial without significant adverse impacts. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Land use amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all-' policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the County Code, the "Comprehensive Plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency, of the plan pursuant to Section 163.3177(2)F.S." Amendments must also show consistency with the overall designation of land uses as depicted on 't Future Land Use Map, which includes agricultural, ..residential, recreational, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their densities. Commercial and industrial land uses are located in nodes throughout the unincorporated areas of Indian River County. The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the Comprehensive Plan. Policies are the actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. Specifically, policies are the courses of action or ways in which =programs and activities are conducted to achieve an identified goal or objective. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others- in reviewing plan amendment. requests. _ i; -Future Land Use Policy 13.3: In evaluating a land use amendment request, -the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3.. This policy requires that one of.three criteria be met in order to approve a land use amendment request. These criteria are: * a mistake in the approved comprehensive plan * an oversight in the approved comprehensive plan, or * a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property Based upon staff determination, this land use amendment does not meet any of the three criteria as stated above. 23 _Y O