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DEC - 7 1993 BOOK 91 PACE176 In updating the CIP, revisions must be made to other portions of the CIE. The county does not have an alternative. However, changes may be made to the revisions as proposed. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the county code, the "comprehensive plan may be amended only in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to section 163.3177(2).F.S." The goals, objectives, and policies are the most important parts of the Comprehensive Plan. Policies are statements in the plan which identify the actions which the County will take in order to direct the community's development. Specifically, policies are the courses of action or ways in which programs and activities are conducted to achieve an identified goal or objective. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have, more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Most important with respect to comprehensive plan amendments is Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. - Future Land Use Policy 13.3 Policy 13.3 requires that at least one of three criteria be met in order to approve an amendment request. These criteria are: • a mistake in the approved comprehensive plan, or • an oversight in the approved comprehensive plan, or • a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property. The following table shows how the subject comprehensive plan amendments are related to Future Land Use Policy 13.3. Correct a Mistake S.S. & P.W: Policy 5.9 CIE: Correct an Oversight Change in Circumstance X CIP & other X portions or the CIE ****************************************************************** CIE: Capital Improvements S.S.: Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element Element P.W.: Potable Water Sub -Element ° Sanitary Sewer and Potable Water Sub -Elements Based upon its analysis, staff feels that the proposed amendment meets two of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3's criteria. When the comprehensive plan was adopted on February 13, 1990, the boundaries of the USA were established along major roads because roadways are easily identifiable on maps. At that time, the county did not consider the economic feasibility of providing utility service to both sides of roads whose rights-of-way contain utility lines. This fact constitutes an oversight and meets the second criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. 73