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600X2 f,3�a ` _ 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 (which are not suitable for a regional mall). 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. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.19 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.19 states that commercial land uses shall be located at intersections and along roads with functional classifications appropriate for the level of activity. The subject property is located along two arterial roads and at their intersection. Since arterial roads are designed to be appropriate for commercial uses, the subject request is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.19. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20 requires that nodes be designated at a size determined by their use, service area population, existing land use pattern, availability of infrastructure, and other demand characteristics. Based on the area's land use pattern, centralized location, available infrastructure, and proximity to the population center, expanding the subject node to accommodate a regional mall is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20. 34 July 199 1994 M M M