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Table 2: Future Land Use Element — Summary of Proposed Edits Pages Description (Objective ) *Policy 46, 63-64, 78- Numerous text edits to replace the word "septic tank" with "septic system". 79,85 & 87 63 Updated county sewer and septic statistics. 63 Changed "Indian River County Public Health Unit, Division of Environmental Health" to "Department of Health in Indian River County (DOH -Indian River)". 78 & 79 Changed "Environmental Health Department" to "DOH -Indian River". 164 Text edit to replace the word "septic tank" with "septic system". -*Policy 7.7 165 Text edit to replace the word "septic tank" with "septic system". Changed "Environmental *Policy 7.11 Health Department" to "DOH -Indian River". Consistency with Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive Plan amendment requests are reviewed for consistency with all applicable policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the county code, the "Comprehensive Plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan. For a proposed amendment to be consistent with the plan, the amendment must be consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan, which identify actions the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions -including plan amendment decisions. While all comprehensive plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests. Of particular applicability for this request is Policy 14.3. Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3 In evaluating a comprehensive plan amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. This policy requires that one of four criteria be met in order to approve a comprehensive plan amendment request. These criteria are: • The proposed amendment will correct an oversight in the approved plan; • The proposed amendment will correct a mistake in the approved plan; • The proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances ; or • The proposed amendment involves a swap or reconfiguration of land use designations at separate sites, and that swap or reconfiguration will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map. In this case, the proposed Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element and corresponding land use element amendments meet Policy 14.3's third criterion. The proposed changes were either directed by the Board, or requested by a local agency/organization or staff due to changes in circumstances. For the proposed Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element and corresponding Future Land Use Element amendments, changed circumstances include the need to update outdated information and references, the need to 2087