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k BOOK 92 FAGS 1?5 APR 121094 land use amendment request is exempt from concurrency review, because the requested land use designation would not increase the total number of potential units that the site could accommodate. It is important to note that there will be no effect on service levels for any public facility as a result of the proposed land use amendment. In this case, a detailed concurrency analysis will be done in conjunction with site development. That concurrency ..analysis will address facility service levels and demand. Compatibility with the Surrounding Area As with any proposed land use change, it is important to assess whether or not this requested land use designation will be compatible with surrounding areas. Since the subject property is located at the edge of the urban service area, this request is essentially for an extension of the existing agricultural land use designation west and south of the site. Therefore, staff determined that any possible impacts associated with this request would be on future residential development to the north and east. If the subject property were redesignated to AG -1, the parcels to the north and east would be among parcels in several areas of the county where agricultural and residential land use designations abut. The parcel to the north of the subject property is approximately eight acres in size, while the parcel to the east of the subject property, across the drainage canal and 90th Avenue, is approximately 65 acres in size. Both of these parcels are large enough to buffer themselves from active agricultural uses as required in the County's comprehensive plan (Future Land Use Element Policies 1.36 and 6.3) and LDRs (Section 911.04(3)(c)5). According to these requirements, the minimum buffer provided must include a 25 foot buffer yard with a type "B" buffer and a six foot opaque feature. Additionally, given the present agricultural uses of the parcels north and east of the subject property, incompatibilities would occur only if the current agricultural uses of these parcels were converted to residential uses. Since agricultural and residential land use designations must abut, the most logical place for it to occur, in terms of compatibility, is in an area presently dominated by agricultural uses. In this way, if agricultural land were developed with residential uses, the developer and the residents would know in advance that adjacent land is designated for agricultural uses. For these reasons, staff has determined that this request will not create incompatibilities with the surrounding area. 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 LDRs, the "comprehensive plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to Chapter 163.3177(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 34 M -