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Nov occurred since the 1990 adoption of the comprehensive plan. Such changes could relate to the property itself, such as an unforeseen adjacent incompatible use being established or a significant change in adjacent development patterns occurring. Regarding the 888 acre request, staff is of the opinion that this land use amendment request to AG -1 is warranted based on an oversight which occurred when the county adopted the -compliance agreement to the comprehensive plan on June 18, 1991. The subject property's land use designation was AG, Agricultural (up to 1 unit/5 acres), prior to implementation of the compliance agreement. In June of 1991, the county changed the land use of the property to its current land use designation of AG -2, which will allow half the AG -1 density. It is staff's position that the proposed land use change would not provide justification for adjacent property owners to the west_ and south to request a higher residential land use designaLi.un. iii! surrounding area is predominantly agricultural in use, and it is projected that the agricultural use will remain as such for the next twenty years. - Future Land Use Policy 1.8 Future Land Use Policy 1.8 states that the agricultural land use designation is .intended for uses such as agricultural uses, recreation uses and residential uses. Since the subject property is located outside the urban service area and the applicant 50 M When the comprehensive plan was adopted in February, 1990, there was only one agricultural land use designation; this was AG, which allowed a density of one (1) unit per five (5) acres. As part of its compliance agreement with DCA, the county reduced its residential allocation ratio by several means. One way in which this ratio was reduced involved redesignating_ the county's agriculturally designated land into three land use categories: AG - 1, (1 unit/5 acres); AG -2, (1 unit/10 acres); and AG -3, (1 unit/20 acres). At that time, staff was aware that a transition was needed between the higher density areas within the City of Fellsmere .and the Plat of Homewood, and the adjacent AG -2, Agricultural -2, land use designation. As a result, a transitional density of the AG -1 land use was applied to a portion of the land surrounding the Fellsmere and Homewood areas to the east, north and northwest. An oversight, however, was made regarding the establishment of a transitional area for the portion of land to the }{>> southwest and south of the Fellsmere and Homewood areas. Based on its more detailed analysis, it is staff's opinion that a_' transitional land use designation should be established in the areas southwest and south of the Fellsmere and Homewood areas. ' Any proposed land use amendment that would increase density must be evaluated to determine the effect of additional dwelling units on the county residential allocation ratio. This ratio is the : relationship between the number of residential units allowed by the. ' plan and the number needed within the plan's 20 year time horizon ,, 1 -.,=.- based on population projections. In its compliance agreement with." DCA, the county established a residential allocation ratio -of 4.48. kti This 4.48 ratio was based on the following formula: Projected # of Units (119739) -Existing Units (26000) Additional Units Needed Between 1991-2010 (20887) While the proposed land use plan amendment would increase the number of units that could be built on the subject property from 88 to 178, this would have no effect on the residential allocation ratio. No change in the ratio would occur because both the existing land use designation and the proposed designation are non- urban categories, and the county's residential allocation ratio considered only those units which could be built within the urban service area. It is staff's position that the proposed land use change would not provide justification for adjacent property owners to the west_ and south to request a higher residential land use designaLi.un. iii! surrounding area is predominantly agricultural in use, and it is projected that the agricultural use will remain as such for the next twenty years. - Future Land Use Policy 1.8 Future Land Use Policy 1.8 states that the agricultural land use designation is .intended for uses such as agricultural uses, recreation uses and residential uses. Since the subject property is located outside the urban service area and the applicant 50 M