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BOOK 93 PAGE 325 <br />With the adoption of the subject amendment, DCA will take two <br />actions to resolve the noncompliance status of the county's <br />comprehensive plan and thereby eliminate the threat of state <br />financial sanctions. Those actions are: <br />1. issue a cumulative notice of intent addressing both the Coraci <br />amendment and the comprehensive plan; and <br />2. request dismissal of the administrative hearing case for the <br />Coraci amendment and for the comprehensive plan. <br />ANALYSIS <br />This section will describe each of the proposed changes to the <br />comprehensive plan as well as the effects of the changes. In <br />addition, this section will discuss the subject amendment's <br />consistency with the comprehensive plan, environmental impacts, and <br />effect on the C-3 land use designation's compatibility, with <br />surrounding areas. <br />Future Land.Use Element Policy 1:5 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.5 generally defines p83:mitted land <br />uses in, and the intent of, the conservation land use designations. <br />Currently, up to ten percent of the open space in C-3 areas may be <br />used for recreation purposes. The proposed amendment would modify <br />this policy to read "passive" recreation, and would specifically <br />permit nature centers and trails, scenic areas, wildlife <br />sanctuaries and feeding stations, picnic areas, and historical <br />sites, as appropriate. In this way, the proposed changes will <br />simplify determinations of permitted uses on C-3 designated land. <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.31 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.31 defines the criteria to be used <br />to determine the exact boundaries of areas with conservation land <br />use designations. The proposed amendment adds more specificity and <br />detail to these criteria. <br />Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element Policy 6.1 <br />Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element Policy 6.1 lists the conditions under <br />which on-site wastewater treatment systems or septic tank systems <br />may be permitted. The proposed amendment would add a provision <br />allowing centralized community septic tank systems for clustered <br />residential development within C-3 designated areas, provided that <br />the centralized community septic systems are located outside of the <br />C-3 area and outside of any other environmentally significant area. <br />This provision gives owners of C-3 designated land another option <br />for the provision of wastewater disposal service. <br />Conservation Element Policv 6.16 <br />Conservation Element Policy 6.16 states that the county shall <br />protect the xeric scrub community along the St. Sebastian River. <br />To accomplish that task, this policy permits the use of several <br />tools including buffers and design regulation. <br />The proposed amendment adds several highly detailed criteria that <br />-must be met prior to development in the C-3 area. Generally;. -these <br />criter# .inc�l�de,; but .:not: limXterd ta-0 pl,.4nt..and au-imal _surveys;.. <br />86% preservation -of scrub habitat, r requlatiorn- of.- access -road <br />design, and the preparation and implementation of a detailed <br />habitat management plan. - <br />September 20, 1994 34 <br />