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14614 12 IV NOOK 8 F',41, _. , Besides the subject request, the applicant had originally submitted a request for an additional 83 acres of property to be redesignated from AG -1 to R, Rural, (up to 1 unit/acre). After review of that request, staff recommended denial. Subsequently, the applicant withdrew the 83 acre request, but opted to continue with the 888 acre plan amendment submittal. Existina Land Use Pattern The subject property lies within the A-1, Agricultural -1 zoning district, and consists of mostly vacant, undeveloped, 10 -acre tracts of land within the plat of the Fellsmere Farms Subdivision. The Fellsmere Farms Subdivision is an old plat of reclamation filed by the Fellsmere Water Control district long before the county had its present subdivision and platting requirements which ensure the provision of basic infrastructure. Consequently, the Fellsmere Farms Subdivision plat includes a series of ditches and adjacent ditch right-of-way, none of which are dedicated to the public. The ditch roads are located partially within the ditch right-of-way and partially on the private 10 -acre tracts. While these unpaved roads provide ingress and egress for the platted 10 -acme tracts, the ditch roads are not publicly owned or maintained. Properties to the north of the western portion of the property are in the unincorporated county and have the same A-1 zoning _ designation as the subject property; this area consists mostly of undeveloped tracts of land, containing a few scattered single - y<< family residences. To the north of the eastern portion of the = subject property lies land within the unincorporated county. ` Platted as the Homewood Subdivision, this land consists primarily`"�F, �; f� ;, of undeveloped tracts zoned A--1. Additional vacant tracts within '' the. .Plat of the Fellsmere Farms Subdivision lie to the east, and r�r , i Y these tracts have an A-1 zoning designation. Southern and western. �A properties are also zoned. A-1 and contain larger tracts of _,�;�; undeveloped and agricultural lands. .. >" I - TI OIf 4 Future Land Use Pattern The subject #888 acres and the properties to the south and west are , 7 " included in the new AG -2 land use designation on the Future Land�a,$ Use Map. The redesignation of this land to AG -2 occurred on June,'°YsL 18,- 1991, when the Board of County Commissioners adopted plan a Frt' amendments to implement the Indian River County/DCA compliance agreement. The AG -2, Agriculture -2, designation permits ` agricultural uses and residential development at a density of one , unit per 10 acres. T- Land to the east has an AG -1 land use designation, allowing up to 1 unit/5 acres. Located to the northeast of the subject property, the Homewood Subdivision currently has an L-1, Low -Density ion. North of Residential- d use designation. - ial 1�(up to 3 units/acre) land g the subject property, the land is designated AG -1, Agriculture -1, and L-1, Low -Density Residential - 1 (up to 3 units/acre), on the County's Future Land Use Map. The AG -1 designation permits residential uses at a density of 1 unit per 5 acres. Transportation The subject property will have access to C.R. 512 (Fellsmere Road). This two 1•ane, paved segment of Fellsmere Road is classified as a rural minor arterial roadway on the future roadway thoroughfare plan map; in this area, C.R. 512 has approximately two hundred (200) feet of public road right-of-way. Environment The site consists largely of dry prairie, intermixed with pinelands and -'isolated freshwater wetlands of various sizes. These vegetative communities are relatively undisturbed, with the exception of dirt access trails. Property appraiser blueprint 42