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F— J U L 211992 BOOK, 62Y N' t E c3;D - Future Land Use Policy 10.6 Similar to Policy 10.5 stated above, Future Land Use Policy 10.6 requires the elimination of inconsistencies between the comprehensive plan and the county's development regulations. The county's Land Development Regulations were adopted on September 11, 1990, consistent with policy 10.6. This administrative rezoning will eliminate existing inconsistencies between the current zoning districts and the county's adopted Future Land Use Map. - Future Land Use Policy 16.1./Coastal Management Policy 11.4 Both Future Land Use Policy 16.1 and Coastal Management Policy 11.4 require a maximum density of 3 units/acre for land located in the Coastal High Hazard Zone (CHHZ). The Comprehensive Plan identifies CHHZ areas within the county and assigns a maximum density of 3 units/acre to those areas. Currently, a portion of the north barrier island is zoned for 6 units/acre, but has a land use designation allowing only 3 units/acre. This request will assign a 3 unit/acre zoning district to this part of the county. Therefore, the requested zoning is consistent with Future Land Use policy 16.1 and Coastal Management policy 11.4. - Conservation Policy 4.3 Conservation Policy 4.3 requires the county to establish low density land uses for areas which are flood prone, with the exception of existing lots of record of a higher density. This request will reduce zoning densities in those areas considered to be flood prone areas. It is staff's position that the requested rezoning will be consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. Compatibility with the Surrounding Area Compatibility is not an issue with this request, since the administrative rezoning action is being undertaken to make the county's zoning atlas consistent with its land use map, and the land use map was developed using compatibility as a major criterion. Because the county's future land use map reflects a pattern of uses that ensures land use compatibility, the zoning proposed by this action will also result in compatibility. ALTERNATIVES With this proposed rezoning, there are essentially no alternatives. Since state law requires that the zoning designation of each parcel in the county be consistent with its underlying land use designation, the rezoning must occur. If problems are identified during this process with respect to one or more parcels, the Board of County Commissioners can recommend that a comprehensive plan amendment be considered for those parcels. Even in such a case though, the parcel's zoning must be changed at this time. While the county has no option other than rezoning those parcels where the zoning and land use designations are inconsistent, the Board of County Commissioners does have limited alternatives. These are as follows: 10