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APR 28 1992 It is important to note that there will be no effect on service levels for any public facility as a result of the rezoning. The overall density would decrease substantially under the proposed agricultural zoning, and the potential impact on the county's services and facilities would be less than what it could be under the present RS -3 zoning. In this case, as in all cases, a detailed concurrency analysis will need to be done at the time of site development or redevelopment. That concurrency analysis will address facility service levels and project demand. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. Rezonings must also be consistent 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 related decisions. 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 1.12 and 6.3. - Future Land Use Policy 1.12 r Future -Land Use Policy 1.12 states that the Low -Density Residential land use designations are intended for residential uses (not to exceed 3 units/acre for L-1), recreational uses, public facilities, institutional uses and agricultural uses as permitted'in Future Land Use Policy 6.3. In order to determine whether this request is consistent with Policy 1. 12, it is necessary to first determine the request's consistency with Future Land Use Policy 6.3. - Future Land Use Policy 6.3 Future Land Use Policy 6.3 states that Indian River County shall permit the continuation of agricultural uses east of I-95 where they serve to enhance open space --and green belt areas of the county. By rezoning the subject property to A-1, the site will serve as a continuation of the green belt areas to the north, northwest and west of the subject property. Therefore, the agricultural zoning of the property would be consistent with the intent of Future Land Use Policy 6.3. Based upon the determination that this request is consistent with Policy 6.3, it is staff's opinion that the requested A-1 zoning would also meet the intent of Future Land Use Policy 1.12. In addition to policies 1.12 and 6.3, all other policies in the comprehensive plan were considered. Based upon this analysis, staff determined that the proposed rezoning is consistent with the comprehensive plan. 18