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MAR 10 1992 BOOK PAGE 157 6. Most intense use of the Subject Property: 24 units As per Section 910.07(2) of the Concurrency Management Chapter of. the County's Land Development Regulations, projects which do not increase density or intensity of use are exempt from concurrency requirements. This provision is particularly applicable to rezoning requests involving a change from a commercial district to a residential district. Since commercial/industrial zoning districts are considered to be more intense in use than residential districts, changing a property's designation from commercial to residential represents no increase in intensity. Therefore, any rezoning request, including the subject request, which involves a change from CN to RM -8 would be exempt from the county's concurrency requirements. It is important to note that there will be no effect on service levels for any public facility as a result of this rezoning. Since non -residentially zoned properties are considered to have a higher development potential (10,000 square feet of "retail commercial" use per acre) than residentially zoned properties (the maximum number of units based upon the acreage and the density of the zoning request), there will be no increase in intensity of development and therefore no additional impact on facilities from a site zoned RM -8 than from a site zoned CN. In this case as in all cases, a detailed concurrency analysis will be done at the time of site development or redevelopment. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. Rezonings must also show consistency with the overall designation of land uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, which include agricultural, residential, recreation, 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 statements in the plan which identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development decisions - including rezoning requests. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request are Future Land Use Policies 1.13, 1.14, 1.24, and 10.1. Future Land Use Policy 1.13 Future Land Use Policy 1.13 states that the M-11 Medium Density Residential -1, land use designation is intended for urban scale development and intensities. In addition, that policy states that these residential uses must be located within an existing or Future Urban Service Area (USA). Since the subject property is located within an area designated as M-1 on the county's future land use plan map and is located within the county's urban service area, the proposed request is consistent with Policy 1.13. Future Land Use Policy'1.14 Future Land Use Policy 1.14 identifies those uses allowed in the M- 1 land use designation. As reflected in policy 1.14, uses allowed in the M-1 designation are limited to residential, recreation, institution, and public uses. Only if a site designated as M-1 on the future land use map is approved as a neighborhood commercial 30