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MY 2 5 1993 NOX 89 D -UF 617 members and the subject application received only three affirmative votes, the favorable recommendation technically failed. On November 17, 1992, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5 to 0 to transmit the proposed land use amendment request to the state DCA for their review. The Board took this action after stating that OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential, would be the most intense zoning district that they would approve when the rezoning issue is addressed at the final adoption hearing. Subsequent to Board approval, staff transmitted the subject amendment request to DCA for their review. On March 15, 1993, planning staff received DCA's Objections, Recommendations, and Comments (ORC) Report. The DCA ORC Report contained one objection to the subject amendment. That objection was that the proposed amendment does not discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl, because the county already has too much land designated as commercial/industrial based on population projections and commercial/industrial land needs. As with all proposed amendments to the county's comprehensive plan, _ the Board of County Commissioners is now to decide whether or not to adopt the requested land use designation and zoning. Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property is zoned RS -6, Single -Family Residential District. Two of these lots --are vacant. The other four are developed with single-family homes. The parcel across 9th Street, to the north of the subject property, is zoned CL, Limited Commercial, and contains a small retail plaza. To the west of the subject property are lots within the Ridge Acres Subdivision. This area is zoned RS -6, Single -Family Residential District, and contains single-family homes. The properties across 8th Street, south of the subject property are within the Reams Glen Subdivision. This subdivision is also zoned RS -6, Single -Family Residential District, and contains single-family homes. To the east, across Old Dixie Highway, the land is zoned CH, Heavy Commercial. Most of this area, however, is used as a mobile home park (a non -conforming use). Knight and Mathis Company's metal fabricating plant, along Old Dixie Highway near 9th Street, is also in this area. Future Land Use Pattern The subject property is designated L-2, Low -Density Residential, on the county future land use map. The L-2 designation permits residential densities up to six units/acre. All properties to the west and south are also designated L-2. Properties to the east and north are designated C/I, Commercial/ Industrial,, which permits commercial and industrial zoning designations. Environment The property is not designated as environmentally important or environmentally sensitive by the comprehensive plan; no wetlands or native upland plant communities exist on site. Existing vegetation on undeveloped portions of the property consists largely of nuisance exotic Brazilian pepper and Australian pine. A few scattered native trees are on the overall property as part of single-family home landscapes. According to Flood Insurance Rating Maps, the subject property does not contain any flood hazard areas. 16