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While the parcels proposed to be rezoned are located throughout the county, most of these parcels are concentrated in five general areas. These areas are: c St. John's Marsh O Agriculturally Designated Areas 0 Areas adjacent to the New Urban Service Area (USA) Boundary C Areas adjacent to Commercial/Industrial Node Boundaries C The North Barrier Island Area - St. John's Marsh As depicted on the future land use map, the urban service area divides the county into two zones. One is the undeveloped and agricultural land area, while the other comprises land within the Urban Service Area. Included among those land use designations assigned to land located outside of the USA is the C-1, Conservation Land Use Designation. The C-1 District encompasses approximately 61,800 acres of the St. Johns Marsh, and it includes only that land which is under public ownership. As the name implies, the C-1 district limits land uses to wildlife and natural resource management and recreation uses. As such, the conservation designation precludes the development of this property. The zoning district which corresponds to the C-1 land use designation is Con -1, Conservation - 1 District (no density permitted). The existing zoning for those parcels having a C-1 designation is A-11 Agricultural - 1 (up to 1 unit/5 acres). - Agricultural District The Agricultural District encompasses over 187,000 acres. More than 51,000 acres are located west of the marsh and used primarily for cattle operations. Most of the nearly 95,000 acres located between I-95 and the marsh are devoted to citrus, plant crops and grazing. The remaining 41,000 acres are located east of I-95. This land is largely undeveloped, with much of it used for citrus production or pasture. The development potential of much of the land within the non -urban service area is severely limited by natural, man-made and economic constraints. Many of the soils are poorly drained and within floodplains. Where agricultural operations such as citrus or crops exist, drainage improvements have been made; however, these improvements are generally not capable of supporting. large scale development. Few improved roads exist west of I-95. Prior to the Stipulated Settlement Agreement (SSA) between the county and DCA, all agriculturally designated land had a residential density of one-unit/5 acres. During review of the county's plan, DCA objected to this density and contended that the county had allocated far more residential acreage than needed by the year 2010, the planning horizon of the plan. In order to reduce the over -allocation of residential land, the county amended the future land use map by reducing the density for the following agricultural areas: C Agricultural land west of St. Johns Marsh was reduced to a 1 unit/20 acre density C Agricultural land between I-95 and the marsh (except for the areas around Fellsmere and I-95/C.R. 512) was reduced to a 1 unit/10 acre density Agricultural land between I-95 and the Urban Service Area boundary was assigned a 1 unit/5 acre density 5 rJ L 21 J99 "v f`Ai E t�