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fJOL 081`452 mOR�,--. xl The fifth major area of this rezoning occurs along the commercial/ industrial node boundaries. Since these rezonings will decrease intensity as much as they will increase intensity, it is staff's position that there will be no effect on service levels for any public facility as a result of the changes along the county's node boundaries. Because these node related rezonings will address primarily split parcels, where some split parcels will be totally excluded from the node and other split parcels will be totally included within the node, the result will be no impact in intensity. Consequently, these rezonings also meet the no intensity increase concurrency exemption. Potential Impact on Agricultural lands and Environmental Quality Because these administrative rezonings are being undertaken to implement land use plan changes which were adopted primarily to enhance agricultural and environmental protection, it is certain that these rezonings will have a beneficial effect on both agriculture and the environment. 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. These land uses include agricultural, residential, recreation, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses. 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 - including rezoning decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing rezoning requests. Of particular applicability are the following policies. - Future Land Use Policy 10.5 For this administrative rezoning request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Policy 10.5. Future Land Use Policy 10.5 states that, by 1990, Indian River County shall initiate action to rezone property to conform to the land use designations identified on the adopted Future Land Use Map. This request is not only consistent with policy 10.5; the rezoning action is mandated by that policy. Through this rezoning action, zoning throughout the unincorporated county will be made consistent with the adopted Future Land Use Map land use designations. Although policy 10.5 established a deadline of 1990 to implement the administrative rezoning process, that deadline was not met for one major reason. That reason was that the.county's plan was not found in compliance until August of 1991, and staff knew that changes necessary to bring the plan .into compliance would, themselves, require massive rezonings. Consequently, it was determined that doing the administrative rezonings prior to a compliance finding for the plan would be premature and inefficient. Although the county's zoning has not been completely consistent with the Future Land Use Map since plan adoption, the plan's policies have been implemented pursuant to the provisions of policy 10.5. - Future land Use Policy'l.5 Future Land Use Policy 1.5 identifies densities for conservation land. The identifies these areas within the county are designated as conservation. This conservation zoning consistent with its 8 appropriate uses and Future Land Use Map which, by their nature, request will establish corresponding land use