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Future Land Use Element Policy 1.37 states that: By 1993, Indian River County shall conduct a corridor study for each roadway which serves as an urban service area boundary. A corridor includes road right-of-way and property within one-quarter mile of land area on both sides of the right-of-way. The Kings Highway Corridor is hereby designated as a high priority corridor study area. For each corridor studied, the analysis shall identify programmed infrastructure improvements, particularly water and sewer lines. Where water and sewer lines are planned for installation within the right- of-way of a roadway serving as the urban service area boundary, the study will examine the financial, environmental and physical impacts of providing urban services to land on both sides of the right-of-way. Based upon the study results, the existing urban service area designation and land use plan designation for lands within the corridor will be assessed, and necessary changes will be identified. Any identified changes shall address the need to reduce the size of the Urban Service Area boundary depicted on the Future Land Use Map in order to compensate for any recommended expansion of the Urban Service Area boundary to discourage the proliferation of urban sprawl, to ensure the separation of urban and rural land uses and to maintain the relationship between the needs of the projected population and the land uses depicted on the Future Land Use Map. Such changes shall then be considered by the Board of County Commissioners as proposed comprehensive plan amendments. In April 1993, staff completed the corridor study mandated by Future Land Use Element Policy 1.37 (see attachment 2). Based on that study, a land use designation -amendment request was initiated by the county. That amendment request involved expansion of the USA to include all land within a quarter of a mile from roadways for which utility line installation is programmed to be completed by 1995, as well as the fast growing 58th Avenue corridor which was designated a high priority in Future Land Use Element Policy 1.37. As proposed, that amendment would also have changed the land use designation of the land added to the USA from AG -1, Agricultural -1 (up to 1 unit/5 acres) to R, Rural (up to 1 unit/acre). On April 22, 1993, the Planning hearing to consider that land i public hearing, concerns wer increase in density. Citing Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to Commissioners transmit to DCA expand the USA, but which would of the subject property. and Zoning Commission held a public se designation amendment. At that raised regarding the proposed these concerns, the Planning and recommend that the Board of County a land use amendment that would not change the land use designation On June 22, 1993, the Board of County Commissioners considered the land use designation amendment request to expand the USA and redesignate land from AG -1 to R. At that time, the Board voted not to transmit the proposed amendment to DCA for its review; instead, the Board directed staff to research the issue further and to schedule a Board workshop to discuss the issue in more detail. In taking this action, the Board indicated that it wanted to revisit the comprehensive plan's utility provisions in general, rather than focusing only on USA expansion. In a staff report for a July 27, 1993 Board w3rkshop, staff identified Potable Water Sub -Element Policy 5.9 and Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element Policy 5.9 as prohibiting extension of water and sewer services outside of the USA. At that workshop, the Board directed staff to initiate a comprehensive plan text amendment, revising 85 APR 12 1994 FOOK 99 176