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L my 12199` mor 84 F -AGE 8 0 2 reasonable to expect then that the subject property's land use change would prompt these property owners to request land use changes. The lands to the west would then be adjacent to higher density residential development with no physical separation or buffering, and the owners of this land would probably also request redesignation to a higher density. -,,,Potential Impact on Environmental Quality The subject property is located within floodplain zone AE. Conservation Policy 4.3 of the Comprehensive Plan states that the lands within flood prone areas shall have a low residential density, up to three units to the acre. If the subject property's land use designation' -was changed to 1 dwelling unit to the acre, the subject property's land use designation would not be inconsistent with Conservation Policy 4.3. .,Staff's concern, however, is that any potential increase in the allowable residential density in a floodplain can cause problems. An increase in density generally increases the amount of impervious surface and the potential hazard for flooding. For that reason, development should be directed to upland areas outside of the 100 year floodplain, whenever possible, with development densities severely restricted for floodplain sites. }r Consistency with the Comprehensive Plans:. wR; Land use amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all,~"s*� policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(l) ofk, a rfi; the County Code, the "Comprehensive Plan may only be amended in r, ®R-, 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. 4;{ on the -Future Land Use Map, which includes agricultural,` residential, v recreation, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their densities. The goals, objectives and policies are the most ' important parts of''SFr� the Comprehensive Plan. Policies are statements in the plan which ,u� ' ' identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct ` by the community's development. As courses of action committed to the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions - including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability are the following policies. �a -Future Land Use Policy 13.3 " s In evaluating a land use amendment request, the most important x_ 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 . ..-.. .. � } l 1 ! JL t.C_ ]+..•--LLQ a substantial change In circumstances aLLectin L11C - subject property Based upon staff determination, the subject land use amendment request does not meet any of the three criteria as stated above. The first two criteria allow the county to approve a request to amend the land use map only if a mistake or oversight was made duririq plan preparation, adoption, or amendment. In this case, the subject property's land use designation was changed by the plan amendment adopted to implement the county/DCA compliance agreement. 72