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require something comparable to an urban service area. For example local governments must delineate land use boundaries, base those boundaries on availability of facilities (and other factors), provide a clear separation between urban and rural uses, and establish water and sewer service extension areas. Consequently, lines must be drawn, and policies addressing these issues must be adopted. 0 Indian River County Comprehensive Plan Like many other counties in the state, Indian River County adopted an urban service area boundary as part of its comprehensive plan. Based upon existing development patterns, existing service areas, and proposed service areas, the county's urban service area encompasses those lands that are served by or will be served by the full range of urban services and facilities. By definition, the urban service area is that portion of the county which can support urban type land uses. In establishing its urban service area, the county developed various policies addressing urban service area functions. Among these policies are a prohibition on extension of urban services outside of the USA, a prohibition on establishing urban land uses outside the USA, and a commitment to provide urban services within the USA. During plan preparation, staff felt that establishing an urban service area and a USA boundary was not only useful, but necessary. Besides serving as a basis for setting land use designations, the urban service area provided a target on which utility master plans could be based. Utility line extensions, even more so than other types of projects, must be based upon service area limits and demand projections. With an established urban service area, the necessary utility master planning can be done with more certainty. Although the county's urban service area boundary establishes the limits of urban development in the county, the county's future land use map would not be any different without the USA. The reason for that is that both the USA boundary and the county's land use pattern were ultimately established through negotiation with the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA). To address issues such as urban sprawl, overallocation of residential land, agricultural preservation, and others that arose after plan adoption, the county made significant changes to its future land use plan map and urban service boundary. In setting its urban service area boundary, the county used roadways, as much as possible, as dividing lines. This not only provided an easily identifiable boundary, but also served as a physical separation between urban and rural uses and between residential and agricultural uses. o Plan Amendment The issue of roadways serving as urban service area boundaries arose in 1991. It was then that David Feldman submitted a land use plan amendment request for forty acres of land west of and bordering Rings Highway. Mr. Feldman's request was to expand the urban service area to encompass his property and to change the land use plan designation for his property from AG -1 to R. As justification for the amendment, the point was raised that having roadways which serve as utility line corridors as urban service area boundaries and prohibiting utility service to land on one side of those roadways 13 LJUL �? M3 ROOK 90PAGE 49