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M analysis of the proposed amendment's impact. on the residential allocation ratio. The results of this analysis are provided in the residential allocation model section of this staff report. Analysis of R and L-1 Land Use Desianations Presently, there are 11,878 acres of L-1 land designated throughout the county. Even accounting for the approximately 6,400 acres of L-1 designated land that has been subdivided, although not necessarily developed, there are more than 5,400 acres of raw L-1 designated land. Approximately 4,000 acres of this L-1 designated land is one half of a mile west of the subject property. That area includes several subdivisions, the largest of which is Vero Lake Estates. At this time, less than 20% of these 4,000 acres is developed. In contrast, there are only 1,115 acres of R designated land in the county, less than any other residential land use designation. Except for 40 acres along 58th Avenue, all R designated land is located between C.R. 510 and the City of Sebastian. Approval of this amendment would reduce the amount of R designated land in the county to 956 acres. It is reasonable to expect that approval of this amendment would affect the rest of the R designated land in the county. Since the subject property has similar characteristics to all other R designated parcels along C.R. 510, redesignating the subject property would likely result in redesignation of all other R designated parcels. This would eventually leave the county with no R designated land. While the R designation serves as -a transitional designation from agricultural to urban uses, the large required lot size often makes development prohibitively expensive, especially where utility service is available. In contrast, the L-1 designation allows for more cost efficient, compact and affordable development. Concurrency of Public Facilities This site is located within the county Urban Service Area, an area deemed suited for urban scale development. The Comprehensive Plan establishes standards for: Transportation, Potable Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste, Drainage and Recreation (Future Land Use Policy 3.1). The adequate provision of these services is necessary to ensure the continued quality of life enjoyed by the community. To ensure that the minimum acceptable standards for these services and facilities are maintained, the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations (LDRs) also require that new development be reviewed. Policy 3.2 of the Future Land Use Element states that no development shall be approved unless it is consistent with the concurrency management system component of the Capital Improvements Element. For land use amendment requests, conditional concurrency review is required. Conditional concurrency review examines the available capacity of each facility with respect to a proposed project. Since land use amendment requests are not projects, county regulations call for the concurrency review to be based upon the most intense use of the subject property based upon the requested land us -6 designation. For residential land use amendment requests, the most intense use (according to the County's LDRs) is the maximum number of units that could be built on the site, given the size of the property and APR 12 1994 65 MCI. 920, -,mu 156