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M .Co_nservation Element will be implemented, and protection of the agricultural industry in the county will be further enhanced. DCA's Obiections -Although DCA's objections to the mixed use district proposal, as transmitted, were extensive and substantive,.staff feels that all of the objections have been adequately addressed. Besides providing justification for the mixed use designation, staff has made several changes to the mixed use district criteria. These changes include establishing a minimum separation distance between districts, increasing the minimum amount of affordable housing, requiring that the mixed use designation be established through a comprehensive plan amendment, and mandating that all mixed use districts be, approved as Florida Quality Development Projects. With these modifications, staff feels that DCA's objections have been satisfied. In considering this request for establishment of a mixed use designation, it is important to note that application of the mixed- use designation process to agricultural areas is a relatively new concept; there are few examples of similar successful efforts. Through the staff analysis, it has been demonstrated that a mixed use floating designation in the agriculturally designated portion of the county will provide an opportunity for non-agricultural. development while protecting agricultural land. This floating: designation. will create self-sufficient communities and provide for county control over developments in agricultural areas through the planned development process. Therefore, it is the opinion of staff, that the proposed comprehensive plan amendment would be reasonable: and is compatible with the intent of the comprehensive plan and will satisfy both the DCA and two of the intervenors in the Comprehensive Plan administrative process. The criteria established for a mixed use designation are restrictive and provide for maximum county.control over development in agricultural areas. RECOMMENDATION Based on the analysis performed, staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve this request. Director Keating pointed out that this item is an opportunity to create a mixed use in agriculture districts. Staff has worked extensively with DCA in making changes. When the Board considered this item in December there were still rigorous and substantial requirements for anyone wanting to do this. We had a minimum size requirement along with a minimum mix of types of uses, including residential, service commercial, employment commercial, recreational, and all these uses in one self-contained community that would function pretty much independently. DCA had comments and criticism, and they came back with a number of objections in their ORC report. We negotiated with them, and among the major changes we have here is a separation distance between these types of mixed use projects. You can have one right adjacent to the Urban Service Area, but otherwise they have to have a six -mile separation distance between themselves. There are three minimum 77 JUN 18 1991 L RUrK 6-).-) __67 °a F',�r u r b