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M <br />configuration that meets the requirements- of a regional mall <br />facility. Because the county's comprehensive plan established only <br />- one node in the urbanized area of the county `suitable to <br />accommodate a regional mall facility, there was an oversight in the <br />comprehensive -plan. Therefore, the proposed land use amendment <br />meets the first criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 <br />and is consistent with the policy. <br />The proposal to create the new Regional Commercial land use <br />designation is the result of a change in DCA policy. Previously, <br />DCA agreed that Development Order conditions were sufficient to <br />ensure that only regional commercial uses would be developed on a <br />site. Now, however, DCA contends that a specific land use <br />designation is needed to ensure that only regional commercial <br />development occurs on -a site where the land use designation is to <br />be changed to commercial to accommodate a regional mall. <br />Therefore, the change in DCA policy constitutes .a change in <br />circumstances. For that reason, the proposed remedial text <br />amendments meet the third criterion of Future Land Use Element <br />Policy 13.3 and are consistent with the policy. <br />- Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 states that all commercial land <br />use designations must be located. within the Urban Service Area. <br />Since the subject property is located within the Urban Service <br />Area, the subject request is consistent with Future Land Use <br />Element Policy 1.15. <br />- Future Land Use Element Policy 1.19 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.19 states that commercial land <br />uses shall be located at intersections and along roads with <br />functional classifications appropriate for the level of activity. <br />The subject property is located along two arterial roads and at <br />their intersection. Since arterial roads are designed to be <br />appropriate for commercial uses, the subject request is consistent <br />with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.19. <br />Future Land'Use Element Policy 1.20 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20 requires that nodes be <br />designated at a size determined by their use, service area <br />population, existing land use pattern, availability of <br />infrastructure, and other demand characteristics. Based on the <br />area' -s land ' use pattern, centralized location, available <br />infrastructure, and proximity to the population center, expanding <br />the subject node to accommodate a regional mall is consistent with <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20. <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.21 <br />Future Land Use Policy 1.21 also applies to this request. This <br />policy states that node boundaries are designed to eliminate <br />commercial strip development and urban sprawl, and to provide for <br />maximum use of transportation and public facilities. The subject <br />property, located on a corner, with access to two arterial roads <br />and one collector road, has Ample depth as well as width. Through <br />the provisions of the proposed Future Land Use Element Policy <br />1.26a, the county can ensure that the site will be developed as a <br />regional mall facility and in a nodal manner, as opposed to a <br />"Strip Center" type development. For these reasons, the proposed <br />remedial- amendments are consistent with Future Land Use Element <br />Policy 1.21. <br />53 Ofl3 PA., -6 <br />October 25, 1994 <br />