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-SUN U2A92 I �r, d P �� [A, E By adopting its land development regulations on September 11, 1990, Indian River County achieved substantial compliance with the Act's implementation requirement. One aspect of making the land development regulations consistent, however, was not undertaken at that time. That aspect involves the administrative rezoning of property to make the zoning designation of each parcel in the county consistent with its land use plan designation. On February 18, 1992, the Board of County Commissioners directed staff to initiate the administrative rezoning process to make zoning of county lands consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map. In response to that directive, the staff initiated the administrative rezoning process. As part of that process, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on May 28, 1992. At that meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission considered the proposed administrative rezoning and recommended that the Board of County Commissioners approve the rezoning request. Accordingly, the Board of County Commissioners must now take action on this proposed administrative rezoning. Because this rezoning involves 5 percent or more of the total land area of the county, the rezoning procedure is as follows: The Board of County Commissioners shall hold two advertised public hearings on the proposed ordinance or resolution. Both hearings shall be held after 5 p.m. on a weekday, and the first shall be held approximately 7 days after the day that the first advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held approximately 2 weeks after the first hearing and shall be advertised approximately.5 days prior to the public hearing. The day, time, and place at which the second public hearing will be held shall be announced at the first public hearing. To proceed with this process, the Board must now set dates and times for the two required night hearings. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS According to state law, the county must rezone those properties where the current zoning and land use plan designations are inconsistent. Based upon its analysis, staff has determined that approximately 1,924 parcels will need to be administratively rezoned. While that represents only about two percent of all parcels in the county, the acreage amount is more substantial. Staff estimates that approximately 210,364 of the county's 318,000 acres will be affected by the administrative rezonings. Most of the acreage and slightly more than half of the parcels involved are situated west of I-95. This occurred because the county's adopted land use plan assigns almost all land west of I-95 to designations with densities of either 1 unit/per 10 acres, 1 unit/20 acres, or no density (conservation areas owned by the St. Johns River Water Management District), whereas the lowest density residential zoning district applied to these areas has been 1 unit/five acres. Given the amount of land and the number of parcels included in this administrative rezoning, staff anticipates great public interest. Consequently, the hearings will probably be long. One set of meeting dates which would comply with state requirements is: 26