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APR 12 1''99�4, �OijK `F1 E155 of 82nd Avenue/Laconia Street crosses the city/county boundary, this project would require coordination between the City of Sebastian and Indian River County. Eighty-sixth Avenue, an unpaved local road, borders the west side of the subject property. ANALYSIS AND ALTERNATIVES In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the application will be presented. Specifically, this section will include: • a response to DCA's objections; • an analysis of the R and L-1 land use designations; • an analysis of the proposed amendment's impact on public facilities; • an analysis of the proposed amendment's impact on the residential allocation ratio; • an analysis of the proposed amendment's consistency with the comprehensive plan; • an analysis of the proposed amendment's compatibility with the surrounding area; • an analysis of the proposed environmental quality; and amendment's potential impact on • a description of applicant and Board alternatives. Response to DCA's Obiections DCA's first two objections to the. proposed amendment, both relating to the proliferation of urban sprawl, are not valid. In one of these objections, DCA cites Future Land Use Element Policy 4.3 as being inconsistent with the proposed amendment. Since this policy deals with the location of commercial/industrial nodes, it has no applicability to the proposed amendment. Also in its first two objections; DCA asserts that the proposed amendment would permit low density residential development in an area of existing agricultural uses and, therefore, does not discourage urban sprawl. The current land use plan designation for the property, however, permits residential densities up to 1 unit/acre. Since the county's land use plan already permits low density residential development on the subject property, the plan recognizes that the existing agricultural use of the property may be terminated. In contrast to DCA's urban sprawl objection, the proposed amendment may actually reduce urban sprawl. Under the current land use designation, the site can be developed with single-family houses on one -acre lots. With the proposed density increase to 3 units/acre, there would be a decrease in the amount of land used for each unit, thus increasing land use efficiency and decreasing urban sprawl. Finally, DCA staff, in a conversation with planning staff, emphasized that the ORC Report objections should be read as a whole. It was their position that addressing the first two objections was not as critical as addressing the third objection. DCA's third objection calls for more detailed data and analysis, demonstrating that the county's approved residential allocation ratio will not be increased by adoption of the proposed amendment: While staff's position is that the data and analysis provided was adequate to demonstrate that there would be no increase in the residential allocation ratio, staff has undertaken a more detailed M