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M M M While allowing the land owner reasonable use of his property, the proposed changes to Conservation Element Policy. 6.16 will also ensure that at least 80% of C-3 designated land will be preserved. In addition, these changes will ensure that, through mandatory clustering of development, the impacts of any development occurring in C-3 designated areas will be limited and mitigated to the greatest extent possible. The Data and Analysis Section of the Conservation Element The proposed changes to the Data and Analysis Section of the Conservation Element. are needed to ensure that this portion of the plan is consistent with the proposed changes to Sanitary Sewer Sub - Element Policy 6.1. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive. plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with .all . pol.icies ,of, •the comprehensive plan. . As per section 8D0:�}7:(.1-). of thii -:county code, the' s'campfeheneive �.plsn.• may., bea amended only in such a way as io..pteserve the' internal.poheistencY: of the plan pursuant to section 163.3177(2).F.S." � The goals, objectives, and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the.plan which identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. Specifically, policies are the courses of action or ways in which programs and activities are conducted to achieve an identified goal or objective. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Most important with respect to comprehensive plan amendments is Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 requires that at least one of three criteria be met in order to approve an amendment request. These criteria are: • a mistake in the approved comprehensive plan, or • an oversight in the approved comprehensive plan, or • a substantial change in circumstances. Based on its analysis, staff feels that the proposed amendment meets the second criteria of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. Currently, the comprehensive plan contains general criteria to be used to determine the location of the C-3 land use designation. The comprehensive plan also contains land use criteria and requirements for development within the C-3 land use designation. As structured, however, existing C-3 criteria are not sufficiently detailed to ensure adequate environmental protection. Since the plan's lack of details regarding the exact location of and requirements for development in the C-3 land use designation constitutes an oversight, the second criterion of Future land Use Element Policy 13.3 has been met. While Policy 13.3 is particularly applicable to this request, other comprehensive plan policies also have relevance. For that reason, staff evaluated the. proposed amendments for consistency with all policies . Based upon that .and):Y.Au x. staff. -.determhned that. the pramen ... entsb tee-. condfsteint -,with tlW—comp September 20, 1994 35 BOOK 93 PAGE •.326