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M M M <br />Consistency with Comprehensive Plan <br />Rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of <br />the comprehensive plan. Rezonings must also be consistent with the <br />overall designation of land uses as depicted on the Future Land Use <br />Map,, which include agriculture, residential, recreation, <br />conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their <br />densities. Commercial and industrial land uses are located in <br />nodes throughout the unincorporated areas of Indian River County. <br />The goalso objectives and policies are the most important parts of <br />the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan which <br />identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct <br />the community's development. As courses of action committed to by <br />the countyr policies provide the basis for all county land <br />development decisions. While all comprehensive plan.policieg are <br />important,, some have more applicability than others in reviewing <br />rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request <br />are the following policies and objectives. <br />- Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 states that the commercial land <br />use designation is intended for uses such as retail and wholesale <br />trade, officess business and personal servicest residential <br />treatment centers,, limited residential uses.. and other similar type <br />uses 0 In addition, that policy states that all commercial uses <br />must be located within an existing or future urban service area. <br />Since the subject property is located within a commercial/ <br />industrial node within the county's urban service area, the request <br />is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15. <br />- Future Land Use Element Objective 5 <br />Future Land Use Element objective 5 states that the county will <br />provide for a mix of land uses which permit and encourage a variety <br />of development patterns to accommodate a diversity of lifestyles. <br />Since the OCR zoning district allows a mix of usest granting this <br />request would encourage a diversity of development in this portion <br />of the county. Therefore, the requested zoning is consistent with <br />Future Land Use Element Objective 5. <br />- Future Land Use Element Objective 10 and Policy 10.1 <br />Future Land Use Element Objective 10 and Policy 10. 1 state that the <br />county will reduce the number of non -conforming uses - The existing <br />residential uses on the subject property are non -conforming in the <br />CG zoning district,, but permitted in the OCR zoning district. <br />Therefore,, rezoning the subject property from CG to OCR would <br />implement Future Land Use Element Objective 10 and Policy 10.1 by <br />eliminating these non -conforming uses. <br />Potential Impact on Environmental Quality <br />It is staff's position that the requested zoning change will not <br />negatively impact the environmental quality of this previously <br />disturbed site. Since the property is less than one acre in size, <br />county native upland preservation regulations do not apply. Given <br />the disturbed nature of the site, however, this lack of <br />applicability is insignificant. Based upon its analysis,, staff has <br />23 <br />JUN 151993 Bou 89 P,�,UE 824' <br />