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Since the subject property is located within an area designated as L-I on the county's future land use <br /> plan map and is located within the county's urban service area and since the proposed zoning <br /> districts would allow residential uses no greater than the 3 units/acre permitted by the L-1 <br /> designation, the proposed request is consistent with Future Land Use Policyl.11. <br /> Future Land Use Element Policy 1.16 <br /> Future Land Use Element Policy 1.16 states that the Commercial/Industrial land use designation <br /> should be within the urban service area and in areas that are suitable for urban scale development and <br /> intensities. <br /> Since subject property 1 has frontage on US Hwy 1, is within the urban service area, and the <br /> proposed swap of the commercially designated land on subject property 2 would allow commercial <br /> development on Subject Property 1 without an increase the overall intensity,the proposed request is <br /> consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.16. <br /> Future Land Use Element Objective 2 <br /> Future Land Use Element Objective 2 states that the county will locate residential densities greater <br /> than 0.2 units/acre and commercial/industrial uses within the urban service area. Since the proposed <br /> rezoning would allow residential development up to 3 units per acre and would allow commercial <br /> uses within the urban service area,the proposed request is consistent with Future Land Use Objective <br /> 2. <br /> Future Land Use Element Policy 2.2 <br /> Future Land Use Element Policy 2.2 states that the county shall encourage and direct growth into the <br /> urban service area through zoning and LDRs. Since the proposed rezoning would allow and <br /> encourage development of up to 3 units per acre on the subject property and since the subject <br /> property is within the urban service area, the request implements Future Land Use Element Policy <br /> 2.2. <br /> As part of its consistency analysis,staff compared the proposed request to all appropriate objectives <br /> and policies in the comprehensive plan and all applicable land development regulations and found no <br /> conflicts. Staff also evaluated the request with respect to the public interest and determined that the <br /> request does not conflict with the public interest and is in harmony with the purpose and interest of <br /> the land development regulations. Therefore,the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan. <br /> Compatibility with the Surrounding Area <br /> If approved, the small scale land use amendment will simply swap the land use designations on <br /> properties 1 and 2, while the proposed rezoning will re-establish conventional residential zoning <br /> districts on all subject properties. Because the overall property was zoned for residential and <br /> commercial uses before it was rezoned PD, this rezoning action will restore, more so than change, <br /> the site's zoning designation. Since the residential and commercial uses had previously been <br /> determined to be appropriate for the site and compatible with surrounding properties,it is reasonable <br /> to conclude that that is still the case. <br /> 13 <br /> 162 <br />