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BOOK 86 f'hu Jut 0 8 1991 Community Development Director Robert Keating explained that this is a county initiated request to rezone approximately 210,364 acres of land within the unincorporated portion of Indian River County. The purpose of this request is to rezone all parcels which currently have zoning classifications inconsistent with their corresponding land use designations. Those parcels proposed for rezoning are shown on attachment 4 of staff's recommendation. Director Keating advised that staff has tried diligently to notify all the people who would be affected by this rezoning. We have sent out two mailings to every property owner who is affected by this. The first mailing notified the property owners of a hearing before the Planning & Zoning Commission and the second mailing notified them of this public hearing and the next public hearing scheduled for July 21, 1992 at 5:01 o'clock P.M. With each one of the mailings we included, as part of the label, the tax I. D. number of that person's property so that if that person contacted us, we could determine immediately which parcel it was. We also notified people in the first letter that we were having a staff workshop on this issue prior to the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, and 40-50 people attended that meeting and asked questions. For awhile there, staff probably was handling 30-40 inquiries a day, so we have discussed this matter with quite a few people throughout the process. Director Keating pointed out the general areas being affected by the rezoning proposal, noting that much of the area affected is west of I-95. In many cases where parcels are partly zoned residential and partly zoned commercial, they are being put into one zoning district, either residential or commercial. He emphasized that State law mandates that the zoning of every parcel in the county must be consistent with the land use designation in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. He noted that the Board does not have a lot of alternatives in relation to this, but if the Board sees there are some proposed changes that do not appear to be warranted, the Board could do the rezoning and then direct that a land use amendment be done. He then reviewed the changes recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission. Director Keating advised that based upon the analysis performed, staff recommends that the Board consider this proposal to administratively rezone the subject parcels as shown on Attachment 4; provide direction to staff; and announce its intention to make a final decision on this matter at the second public hearing on July 21, 1992 at 5:01 P.M. Chairman Eggert opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. W