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r AR ®1199 pn M BOOK. � 9�.. PAGE 8�1 designation and then selling the property for general commercial use. Consistency with Comprehensive Plan Land use 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 only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to Section 153.3177(2)F.S." Amendments must also show consistency with the overall designation of land .uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, which includes agricultural, residential, recreational, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their densities. The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the Comprehensive Plan. Policies are statements in the plan which identify the action which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions --including plan amendment decisions. While all Comprehensive Plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability for this request are the following policies and objectives. - Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 The most important policy to consider in evaluating a plan amendment request for consistency with the county's Comprehensive Plan is Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. This policy requires that one of three criteria be met in order to approve a Comprehensive Plan land use designation amendment. These criteria are: • an oversight in the approved plan; • a mistake in the approved plan; and • a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property. Based on its analysis, staff believes that the proposed land use amendment meets the first criterion. As noted in the previous section, the future land use map currently depicts only one area with a size and configuration suitable for a regional mall facility, other than the large nodes along the interstate. Since there is probably no one best site for such a facility, and to reduce the chances of land speculation, at least one other node should have contained vacant land with enough area and in a configuration that meets the requirements of a regional mall facility. Because the county's Comprehensive Plan established only one node in the urbanized area of the county suitable to accommodate a regional mall facility, there was an oversight in the comprehensive plan. Therefore, the proposed amendment meets the first criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 and is consistent with the policy. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 states that all commercial land use designations must be located within the Urban Service Area. Since the subject property is located within the Urban Service Area, the subject request is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15. 44